Can you hear that sound? That incessant rumbling of republican agitation? The growing protest that Australia remains formally under the reign of the British monarchy, even as a truly dark scandal surrounds it? This disquiet over the fact that the Andrew formerly known as Prince, recently arrested, could theoretically become our head of state?
Australia’s universities say they are over-regulated—and the chief executive of Universities Australia (UA), Luke Sheehy, has just secured a promise from education minister Jason Clare to give his members a break. A “better regulation” working group composed of “regulators, university peak bodies, unions and student representatives” will lead the charge in reducing regulation and cutting
International Reading: Days before the national debt is due to hit $39 trillion, President Trump didn’t mention it once during the longest State of the Union ever – Fortune If AI Causes an Office Job Wipeout, It’ll Cause Huge Problems for Blue Collar Work Too – Futurism Trump Administration Provides Biggest Illegal Tax Cuts Yet
The so-called Board of Peace, established by US President Donald Trump, has now begun its work[1]. This body was originally intended only to coordinate and then manage the peace process in the Gaza Strip in the long term. This peace council was indeed authorized to do so by the United Nations.
On the Way to the New Feudalism
There is something for everyone in China’s coal data, but the direction that the energy market is headed is clear.
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Santos beat greenwashing claims in court, and while the ruling exposes the limits of climate law, the battle for climate justice and accountability is just ramping up.
A flurry of new solar and battery projects has appeared in AEMO's grid management system, driving home just how popular the two technologies have been with investors. But in the EPBC queue, it's all about wind.
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In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, breaks down the rise of HALO companies — the resilient, pricing-power businesses proving largely “immune” to AI disruption — exploring why they continue to outperform, what protects their economics from technological shocks, and how investors can position around this defensive theme. Watch the episode
One of Australia's fiercest defenders of nature and biodiversity has thrown his hat into the ring to become the first CEO of the National Environmental Protection Agency.
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The tsunami of auction activity is beginning to weigh on home values in Melbourne and Sydney. On Thursday, Cotality released its final auction results for last weekend, which showed that the national clearance rate declined to 62.0%, down from 63.3% the prior week and 66.1% three weekends ago. The decline in the national clearance rate
Roll the tape. Iron-ore giant Fortescue is speeding up its switch to green iron because CEO Dino Otranto told investors that the Pilbara must help China decarbonise steelmaking in order to stay competitive. Otranto said on the company’s earnings call that work on Fortescue’s Green Metal project at Christmas Creek is going well and that
The worst treasurer since Jim Cairns, and the dumbest since Wayne Swan is certainly not the unluckiest. Having squandered incredible national income windfalls as record inflation outbreaks, slaughtering real incomes, Treasurer Jim “chicken” Chalmers is ready to ride another unlooked-for river of gold flowing into his backside. This time, it is literally a river of
Lauri Myllyvirta, lead analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, on China’s record solar and wind build, and why clean energy is now driving more than a third of the country’s economic growth.
About a third of practicing American Christians say the spiritual advice they get from artificial intelligence is just as good as that from a pastor, with practicing Christians more likely to agree with this notion than non-practicing Christians and non-Christians, according to new research from the Barna Group.
Business Council of Australia Chief Executive Bran Black delivered a keynote address to the Universities Australia Solutions Summit that repeated the same old myths and fallacies about the vital importance that international students play in the Australian economy. Is international education a major economic pillar? Black claims that international education is a major economic pillar: