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Renew Economy
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 13:09
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Friday, January 23, 2026 - 13:00
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This is my fourteenth year of working from home. I brew my coffee, and when I need a hit while driving, I almost always purchase a cheap $2 coffee from a service station or convenience store. While travelling around New South Wales and regional Victoria over the Christmas break, I visited several cafés and was The post $7 coffees are the tipping point for 28,000 cafés appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Renew Economy
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 12:51
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MacroBusiness
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 12:30
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Westpac is unmoved by the good jobs report. The December LFS clearly landed on the firmer side and the wash-up for the last few months suggests that the ‘gradual softening’ narrative, which characterised the bulk of last year, paused or completely halted. This leaves us with the question of whether further gradual softening is still The post Major banks: still no rate hikes appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Renew Economy
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 12:20
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The post Shared solar: Labor’s “free power” plan to have daily cap to stop abuse by EV and home battery owners appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 12:00
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China’s population fell for the fourth straight year in 2025, dropping by about 3 million people, as the country recorded its lowest birthrate since 1949. Births fell to 5.63 per 1,000 people, the lowest since the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949. Only 7.9 million babies were born in 2025, down sharply from 9.5 The post China will grow old before it becomes rich appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 11:30
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With the release of the most recent Newspoll revealing that support for the Coalition on primary vote has fallen behind One Nation and to its lowest level on record (i.e., 22% for One Nation vs 21% for the LNP), it’s worth exploring what demographics are shifting their vote behind Pauline Hanson. Using granular data from The post Who is voting for One Nation? appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Renew Economy
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 11:04
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MacroBusiness
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 11:00
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In 2024, The Age reported the YIMBY (‘Yes In My Backyard’) manifesto as follows: “Key to the YIMBY manifesto is the idea that a restrictive planning system, including existing height and heritage controls, is blocking a potential deluge of apartment construction in inner and middle Melbourne that – if allowed – would force down prices The post Australia’s housing supply pipeline is broken appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Friday, January 23, 2026 - 11:00
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Renew Economy
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 10:32
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The post “Tallest, Mightiest and Widest:” Fortescue’s unique wind tech sees 30 pct cost savings over traditional towers appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 10:30
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I noted yesterday that Australia’s East Coast is currently enjoying a flush of wholesale energy price relief, as a cool summer delivers cheaper, less frequently used gas-fired power to set the price for power. The result has been the cheapest quarter of wholesale power since Albo’s energy vandals won government in 2022. If we don’t The post Five years of energy price relief ahead, if… appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 10:00
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I reported earlier in the week on the massive rise in bridging visas, which has been driven by former international students. As illustrated above, the number of bridging visas on issue ballooned by 201,300 between Q3 2019 and Q3 2025. The Attorney-General’s department recently reported an “unprecedented surge” in appeals over student visa refusals, which |
Your Democracy
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 09:44
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Friday is “ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth & Freedom,” a general strike supported by Minnesota’s unions, progressive faith leaders, Democratic lawmakers and community activists. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 09:30
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The ferrous jaws remain far too wide. Scuttlebutt is negatory. Australia’s Fortescue posted a 2% rise in second-quarter iron ore shipments, supported by the resilient performance of its Iron Bridge project alongside an uptick in output from its hematite operations. It maintained its forecast for fiscal 2025/26 shipments, with quarterly iron ore shipments remaining at The post Save steel, not Twiggy appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Renew Economy
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 09:14
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The post Biggest battery on standby as rooftop PV sets stunning new records, meeting 117 pct of state demand appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 09:08
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Via Judo Bank. Flash Australia Composite PMI Output Index: 55.5 (Dec: 51.0) Flash Australia Services PMI Business Activity Index: 56.0 (Dec: 51.1) Flash Australia Manufacturing PMI: 52.4 (Dec: 51.6) To cope with rising workloads, Australian firms hired additional staff at the start of the new year. That said, the overall rate of employment growth softened The post Flash PMI bounces into New Year appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 09:00
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Wall Street continued the TACO trade overnight led by tech stocks while a series of high inflation data in the US failed to get the USD moving higher with all undollars continuing the structural “off-America” risk trade with the Australian dollar making another new high. Gold surged again alongside silver while oil prices fellback and The post Macro Morning appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Renew Economy
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 08:40
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Your Democracy
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 08:00
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A sweeping new bill to combat antisemitism, hate and extremism was rushed through federal parliament this week with minimal scrutiny and major rule-of-law flaws. Its vague definitions, retrospective reach and expanded executive powers risk undermining rights, due process and democratic accountability.
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Your Democracy
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 07:39
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Miller is a grotesque figure granted power, a carnival barker of repression whose racism operates as projection: a deep, unresolved self-loathing displaced outward and weaponized. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 07:27
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DXY slumped post-Greenland deal. The Davos speech of the American madman was an obnoxious mess about “Iceland”. Hard to see how DXY can flourish as POTUS loses his mind. AUD had a multi-sigma day to remember after the strong jobs numbers. Without CNY help. But with gold’s help. No Greenland dump for gold. This is The post Australian dollar blows roof off in perfect strom appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 06:55
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As the hypersonic penetrators broke through the cloud layers, each was enveloped in a luminous plasma sheath, producing brief but violent flashes that momentarily illuminated the surrounding atmosphere. These flashes were not explosions in the conventional sense, but visual signatures of extreme velocity, friction, and compression as the warheads tore through dense air at hypersonic speed.
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MacroBusiness
Friday, January 23, 2026 - 00:05
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Like Australia, Canada experienced a record surge of immigration once borders opened following the Covid-19 pandemic, with the nation adding around 1.2 million people in 2023 alone. This record spike in immigration caused a slew of problems for Canada, including severe housing shortages, skyrocketing rents, productivity and infrastructure stress, services inflation, and rising youth unemployment. |
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MacroBusiness
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 16:30
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Asian share markets are generally higher across the region with only Chinese shares taking a breather as markets react to YATT (Yet Another Taco Trade) from Trump as all is forgiven over Greenland at Davos. Of course the “America-off” strategy is still in play as a broader trend with more news of Treasuries being sold The post Macro Afternoon appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Renew Economy
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 15:45
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The post Ocean heat is especially bad for Australia, buy disaster recovery shares appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Renew Economy
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 14:53
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The post AGL revives zombie gas power plant idea first proposed 14 years ago, to locals’ horror appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Renew Economy
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 14:37
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The post “They don’t spin:” Trump says China only sells wind turbines to stupid people appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Renew Economy
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 13:43
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MacroBusiness
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 13:30
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The great CBA bubble is deflating. The valuation metrics got completely out of hand. The forward P/E has tanked to about 24x, still well above the historical average of about 15x, so there is room for more falls. Why is it so? One reason is that global banks have been re-rated amid the monetary easing The post Why is the Aussie bank bubble bursting? appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Claims and promises of carbon offset schemes are falling deep into the category of being ‘too good to be true’.
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