Ben McGowan, managing director of community-owned retailer Indigo Power, on the key role neighbourhood-scale batteries can play in regions. Plus news of the week.
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Foresight has bought a New Zealand solar-battery specialist at a time when the market for both is running hot.
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Federal Labor awards major project status to two companies seeking to strengthen Australia's homegrown solar supply chain.
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The owner of Australia's biggest solar farms has reported a fall in earnings, with falling prices offsetting a near doubling in output as new capacity joins the grid.
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It’s the 15th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and any lessons from that event seem to have been forgotten by most. Political leaders of all stripes, from centre-left to far right have been keen to promote nuclear power as at least a partial solution to the problem of replacing coal and gas. The peak of enthusiasm was reached at COP 28 when Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron and Rishi Sunak signed a pledge to triple nuclear power generation by 2050.
Alex Joiner, chief economist at IFM Investors, published a short analysis of the impacts of rising energy costs on the federal budgets and on Australians as a whole: Joiner argues that the energy shock is “not bad for Australia” but “terrible for Australians”. Joiner notes that higher energy prices will likely drive up Australia’s export
A US military investigation has determined that a US Tomahawk missile struck an Iranian girls' school because of a targeting mistake, The New York Times has reported.
According to the CommBank Household Spending Insights Index, household spending in Australia fell in February 2026 for the first time since September 2024, capping a 17-month era of rise. Annual growth slowed to 4.9%, the lowest level since August 2025, while spending decreased by 0.5% during the month. The decline indicates that, following a protracted
In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, takes a closer look at the so-called TACO trade — and whether the conflict in Iran could set the stage for a surprise turnaround. We explore what’s driving recent market moves, how geopolitics is reshaping sentiment, and whether investors should be bracing for more
The federal budget is facing deepening budget deficits and rising net debt. The Albanese government is seeking to raise revenue by a series of changes to the taxation of superannuation, property, and family trusts. For example, the government will increase the tax on the earnings of large superannuation balances from 15% to 30% for balances
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Charts from TME. Oil volatility is still climbing and pricing well above spot. Oil stocks to the moon. We’re all BFTD retail now. VLCC rates are through the roof as floating storage becomes the new strategic reserve. Chyna! Lol. No good for EUR raising the prospect that, at some oil price soon, it is no
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On-site renewables and a power purchase deal will be used to underpin a 4,500 tonne per year green ammonia facility, to swap fossil-made fertiliser for green.
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Leading independent economist Gerard Minack produced the following chart last year showing that population growth is a major contributor to house price growth across global housing markets: “I am gobsmacked by how many people don’t accept the obvious point that population growth has been a contributor – probably the single most important contributor – to