One of a number of giant renewable energy projects stranded by the lack of grid capacity has proposed another cut in turbines numbers, and project size.

Federal Labor says offshore wind plans for NSW Hunter region are not sunk, just on ice, after developers call time on the only project in the zone offered a feasibility lice

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut the official cash rate (OCR) by 25bp to 3.0%, a decision widely expected by economists and markets. This meant that the OCR has fallen by 2.5% from its 5.5% peak in mid-2024. The above OCR track published by the Reserve Bank is projected to end the year at

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James Campbell from the Daily Telegraph reported on the explosion in bogus asylum seekers under the Albanese government: When Labor came to office, there were roughly 68,000 people who had been told they must leave who were still here. By the end of July, this number had reached 98,979, which without a doubt will be

I am philosophically opposed to using scarce taxpayer funds to subsidise private car purchases. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are heavily subsidised in Australia. Every year, the federal government loses more than $500 million in tax income due to the Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) exemption for BEVs, a figure that will rise as the number of

One of the main purposes of migration is to raise productivity. After all, governments are ostensibly meant to be pursuing a highly targeted process to bring in the best and brightest that the country needs. It’s rather self-evident that welcoming brilliant innovators to the nation who are earning 2.5x or more the average income will

Insights into the financial performance of solar farms in Australia are rare. What is clear is that the last six months have not been good, due to curtailment and low prices.