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Your Democracy Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 10:11 Source

Last October, Deutsche Bahn (DB) launched a social media campaign with popular comic Anke Engelke in the main role. We watch Engelke, as train conductor Tina, and her team doing their best to navigate everything from defective doors to blocked toilets and broken-down trains — and, at the same time, keep passengers happy.

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Renew Economy Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 09:41 Source

Golden Plains wind farm.The second stage of what is already the biggest wind project in Australia has started sending power to the grid, and soon will be the first in the country to reach the gigawatt scale. The first 766 megawatt (MW) stage of the Golden Plains wind farm – majority owned and developed by Portugal-based TagEnergy – […]

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Your Democracy Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 09:31 Source

Now that the Japanese ruling coalition has secured a majority in the lower house, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi doesn't need to "immediately resign". However, attention remains focused on her recent erroneous remarks and actions.

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MacroBusiness Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 09:00 Source

DXY was firm overnight after a reasonable jobs report. AUD had another tearaway night. This story was not about US jobs, which should have capped it. It was about a rocketing JPY post-election and CNY still on the up. Oil and gold are both chasing Iran. AI metals were mixed. Big mining parabolas have never

The post Australian dollar joins the march of Japan appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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MacroBusiness Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 08:00 Source

In August last year, Health Minister Mark Butler set a target to reduce NDIS spending growth from its current annual rate of 8% to 5-6%. According to estimates from the e61 Institute, this 5-6% growth figure is roughly consistent with the cost pressures on the NDIS from inflation, population growth, and population aging. While there

The post NDIS growth surges higher appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Your Democracy Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 07:45 Source

Exactly 19 years ago on Tuesday [10/02/2026], Russian President Vladimir Putin took the podium at the Munich Security Conference and demolished the myths and falsehoods underpinning the American-led world order. Did anyone heed his warning?

To Russia, the “rules-based international order” has always been shorthand for a system in which the US makes the rules and issues the orders.

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Renew Economy Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 07:01 Source

Unlike many countries, Australia does not allow balcony solar, which now even come with their own batteries. But that may change.

The post Moves afoot to bring balcony solar to Australia, and new wave of products has batteries included appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Your Democracy Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 06:55 Source

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MacroBusiness Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 00:01 Source

Announcing targets is easy. Delivering on them is the hard part. Two years ago, the Albanese government, alongside the states, announced the National Housing Accord, which set a target of building 1.2 million homes over five years from 1 July 2024, equating to 240,000 housing completions annually. This target was always overly ambitious, given that

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Renew Economy Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 20:40 Source

cropped-RGT4TnGQ-copy.jpegRenewables advocacy groups join the likes of Tesla to push back against proposals to increase the fixed network cost component of electricity bills.

The post Solar and battery households will be biggest losers from network tariff changes, advocates say appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Renew Economy Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 20:28 Source

The UK's latest renewable energy auction has secured a record amount of new development capacity and the largest onshore wind project in a decade.

The post Renewables auction delivers record number of solar projects, biggest onshore wind farm appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Renew Economy Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 20:26 Source

uungala wind farm helicopter transmission linesA helicopter has been deployed to start stringing the transmission lines that will connect the huge Uungala wind farm to the grid in central western New South Wales.

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Your Democracy Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 17:06 Source

 

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Renew Economy Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 14:50 Source

Williamsdale battery in Canberra to fund two rooftop solar and battery storage systems for lo

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