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Renew Economy Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 07:53 Source

French oil giant developing massive multi-gigawatt solar and battery project south of Darwin that may be rival to bigger SunCable project further south.

The post French oil giant emerges as rival to SunCable with plans for massive solar and battery facility near Darwin appeared first on Renew Economy.

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John Quiggin Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 07:34 Source

How my AI report on housework started well, then went off the rails

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Your Democracy Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 06:42 Source

From being custodians of public knowledge, governments are turning to architects of manufactured ignorance. Amid disappearing evidence, citizens are struggling to hold power to account.

Around the world, governments are quietly deleting, manipulating, or withholding public data at an unprecedented scale, which is a direct threat to democratic accountability.

 

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Your Democracy Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 05:44 Source

 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Pope Leo XIV at Castel Gandolfo, located outside Rome.

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 00:05 Source

Research by Super Consumers Australia has found that the typical single retiree paying rent needs $659,000 in superannuation to enjoy a financially secure future, more than twice the $322,000 required by a homeowner. Couples face a similar gap: $786,000 for renters versus $432,000 for homeowners. Renters are three times more likely to struggle financially in

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Renew Economy Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 00:05 Source

 Neoen AustraliaAEMO's latest ISP says wind, solar and storage still cheapest option to replace coal, but warns that slower rollout may result in missed targets.

The post ISP warns of missed targets and added costs from delays, and as LNP throws coal spanner in the works appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Renew Economy Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 00:03 Source

TransmissionLineSA-copy-2The ISP remains the best planning document stakeholders could wish for. Its weakness is it’s only a planning document, someone else has to implement it.

The post AEMO’s latest ISP plots a steady course, but private sector is running out of excuses appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Your Democracy Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 21:53 Source

 

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Renew Economy Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 16:40 Source

Contractor signed up for early works at one of the biggest battery projects in Queensland, with construction to start next year.

The post Contractor signed up for early works at one of Queensland’s biggest battery projects appeared first on Renew Economy.

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 16:00 Source

All eyes on the RBA in its last meeting of the year today with a hawkish hold the expected outcome which gave the Aussie dollar a small boost but stocks didn’t like the result. Other Asian share markets are on the back foot due to a listless Wall Street as we head into the final

The post Macro Afternoon appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Renew Economy Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 15:17 Source

Two renewable energy projects have taken important next steps forward this week in state's race to meet pledge to quit coal by the end of the decade.

The post State moves ahead on new wind farm and Indigenous-backed energy parks in race to quit coal appeared first on Renew Economy.

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 14:40 Source

As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has unanimously chosen to keep the official cash rate on hold at 3.60%. In its media release accompanying the decision, the RBA suggested that “temporary factors” are behind much of the recent rise in inflation, but also admitted that it is unsure of the extent: While inflation

The post RBA holds, cites signal versus noise appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Your Democracy Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 14:07 Source

European leaders have said "now is a critical moment" to ramp up support for Ukraine and put pressure on Russia to bring an end to the war.

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 13:30 Source

From the Market Ear Two weeks of “agony” Two weeks ago, positioning was falling, HFs were net sellers, hedging was picking up, CTAs were cutting exposure, and Retail flow was fading. Shorts were working, and HF alpha held up. Now everything has flipped, buying has surged across cohorts, the 1-week change in JPM’s US Tactical

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