Queensland's decision to say no to renewables is bad news for some. But in NSW, it could help Snowy emerge to save the transition away from coal.
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New Zealand house prices continue to fall. The REINZ House Price Index fell 0.3% over the past two months (seasonally adjusted), with economists describing the result as “renewed weakness” after a brief stabilisation earlier in the year. Compared to May, house prices are down by more than 1.2%. Home sales were weak in November, declining
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I am accused of being a global funds manager masquerading as a journalist. Facts don't matter much in a war of disinformation waged agains renewables.
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It is better late than never, but the Albanese government has finally announced a domestic gas reservation scheme for the East Coast of Australia. Under the plan, Australia’s largest exporters would set aside up to 25% of annual east coast gas production for domestic use. Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said Australians “should
Spanish renewables giant agrees to buy one heavily constrained Victorian wind farms in line for a grid upgrade boost.
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By Stephen Saunders: On its triennial immigration stats, Albanese Australia is a radical outlier not the cautious reformer of embedded media narratives. Not even Bondi can budge him. The Labor-Liberal duopoly has made the concept of Big Australia central to its economic policy. After COVID froze mass migration, Morrison and Albanese rushed it back, bigger than
Australia's most successful big battery developer starts work on a new project, the first in the world to feature Tesla Megablock 20 MWh units.
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Japan is confronting existential crises: a rapidly aging demographic, a stagnant economy, crippling debt, fraying relationships with its neighbors, and a declining regional influence. Its military buildup and sanctions against neighbouring countries are only worsening these issues.
On Japan’s Soul Searching: Between Tokyo’s Neon Facade and Aokigahara’s Dark Forest
On the day after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the American left was thoroughly stunned; it had lost the race for the White House to a figure that many believed to be thoroughly unelectable. That morning, author and political activist Michael Moore appeared on CNBC’s breakfast show ‘Morning Joe’. What followed was a strange but
In a recent article for the Australian Financial Review, economist Christopher Joye made the case that the expansion of government at all levels was putting upward pressure on inflation and, by extension, interest rates. “At the federal level, the annualised monthly trend budget deficit has deteriorated rapidly from $12 billion in December 2024 to $24
The new prudential standard announced last month by the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) caps high-risk mortgages (i.e., with a debt-to-income ratio greater than 6x) at 20% of new lending, effective from February 2026. In line with government objectives to increase affordability through supply incentives, APRA’s policy does not apply to newly constructed homes. It
Wall Street is slowly drifting into holiday mode as risk markets peer through to 2026, with volatility contained to currency markets as Yen weakens significantly on the back of Friday’s rate hike by the BOJ. The USD took back some losses against some of the other majors with Euro now at a two week low
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Earlier this month, I argued that Victoria was a “lead weight on Australia”, which was informed by the latest state accounts from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). These data show that Victoria’s per capita gross state product (GSP) fell by 0.8% in 2024-25 and has risen by only 10.0% since the Global Financial Crisis
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