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MacroBusiness Friday, February 13, 2026 - 09:30 Source

An angry Michelle Bullock won’t hear a bad word about the Australian economy. Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has fired back at Nationals senator Matt Canavan after he accused her of “gaslighting” Australians over the state of the Australian economy. Ms Bullock has also rejected repeated efforts by the federal opposition to pin the blame

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Renew Economy Friday, February 13, 2026 - 07:34 Source

 Rachel WilliamsonInstalling the North Star battery was simpler and cheaper and than most other projects in the mining company's job list to reach real zero by 2030.

The post “Copy and paste:” Fortescue says installing big batteries are the easy part of its plans to reach real zero appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Renew Economy Friday, February 13, 2026 - 07:12 Source

 Rachel WilliamsonFortescue has launched the first of its massive battery trains, which it says the hardest part of its goal to eliminate fossil fuels by 2030.

The post Fortescue launches its first electric locomotives – with batteries the size of more than 200 Tesla EVs appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Your Democracy Friday, February 13, 2026 - 06:55 Source

The US Republican Party has accused Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar of “calling for the execution” of President Donald Trump, after she called him a “pedophile” and suggested that he would be put to death if he were in her native Somalia.

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Renew Economy Friday, February 13, 2026 - 06:52 Source

liddell batteryThe first gigawatt scale battery built by AGL Energy, which remains the country’s biggest generator of coal fired power, has recently begun charging and discharging from the grid, and will be guided by algorithms developed by the company’s own in-house team. The 500 megawatt (MW), 1,000 megawatt hour (MWH) Liddell battery is being built in […]

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MacroBusiness Friday, February 13, 2026 - 00:01 Source

Following the reopening of international borders after the conclusion of the Covid-19 pandemic, Canada experienced a record surge in immigration alongside a corresponding rise in rents. The following chart from the National Bank of Canada from February 2024 illustrates the situation at the time, with both population growth and rents exploding: Temporary residents drove Canada’s

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Your Democracy Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 21:26 Source

Israeli President Isaac Herzog is spending the last day of his trip to Australia in Melbourne.

He had planned to visit the Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea, which was the target of a firebombing in 2024, but that was cancelled due to safety concerns.

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Renew Economy Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 21:04 Source

Rooftop solar suburbia plain small iStock-1291540475With the right policies, we could double rooftop solar in Australia backed by storage by 2035 and do it in a way that includes renters, not excludes them.

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Renew Economy Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 20:59 Source

Asked to help a reader beat the deadline for feedback on the proposed hike in fixed network tariffs, I accidentally went and wrote a submission template.

The post Hate the idea of higher fixed network tariffs? There’s still time to register your opposition appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Renew Economy Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 20:59 Source

Asked to help a reader beat the deadline for feedback on the proposed hike in fixed network tariffs, I accidentally went and wrote a submission template.

The post Solar and battery households hate the idea of higher fixed tariffs: There’s still time to register your opposition appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Renew Economy Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 18:27 Source

What does it actually look like when a normal Australian house installs solar, battery storage and EV charging?

The post How my perfectly ordinary house became a small power station appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Your Democracy Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 16:42 Source

…in an old notebook of Marx’s I have found the eleven theses on Feuerbach […]. These are notes hurriedly scribbled down for later elaboration, absolutely not intended for publication, but they are invaluable as the first document in which is deposited the brilliant germ of the new world outlook.1

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Renew Economy Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 14:46 Source

origin energy eraring battery nswOrigin Energy says big batteries are doing the heavy lifting for its aging fossil fuel plants, and cutting the costs of gas, but won't rule out new gas peakers.

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Renew Economy Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 14:42 Source

China is not just leading in the uptake of wind and solar, it is also upgrading its massive coal fleet from "baseload" operations to flexibility.

The post China is shifting its massive coal fleet away from baseload to flexibility, paving way for its ultimate exit appeared first on Renew Economy.

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MacroBusiness Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 14:30 Source

Charts from TME. Tech continues to range trade, reminiscent of 2024/25 when it ultimately fell out of bed. Tech volatility continues to trend higher  as well One possible threat to tech is oil, which is pushing the upper limits of its downtrend. If it were to break out and put pressure on long-end yields, tech

The post Violent stock rotation hints at trouble appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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