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"Sweating" Australia's aged coal-fired generators past their use-by date risks shortfalls in supply equivalent to cutting power to around 2 million typical households, new report finds.

While it's far from perfect, the Safeguard Mechanism's first compliance report suggests it's helping solve Australia's decarbonisation challenge.

Queensland's coal generators have long been used to seeing coal eat their midday lunch, now they are seeing wind take their midnight snacks as well.

Macquarie backed battery energy storage developer Eku Energy has acquired a 2 GWh portfolio of planned battery storage projects.

Volatility in equity markets is slowly cooling down and indeed spreading to currency markets with some range trading across the Asian session today although the Kiwi is making big gains against the USD while the Australian dollar remains well above the 63 cent level this afternoon. Oil markets are still trying hard to stabilise with

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Tonight, I will appear on DFA Live with Martin North from 8:00 pm AEST, where we will discuss everything related to the latest announced housing policies and the election. The YouTube feed is below. I hope to see you there. It promises to be spicy.

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Australia's only surviving newsprint paper producer has been extended a lifeline, with the promise of a federal grant to help wean it off coal.

Some Australian wind and solar farms have been hit hard by extreme weather events. Most have not. But how long will their luck last?