Australians still keen to listen – and be heard – despite crisis of faith about energy transition
New data shows more Australians are havin
Big battery deals dominate as investors buy, sell, finance and contract Australian energy storage
Big battery projects including stand-alone BESS and solar-hybrids dominated investment activity in the final quarter of 2025, featuring in 16 deals across financing, M&A and PPAs.
thinking like cane toads.........
Solar Insiders Podcast: What’s the right way to consult with communities?
Camilla Hamilton from Cogency explains the importance of research, listening, and good coffee when consulting with communities on renewables. Plus news of the week.
the shame of sydney....
Thousands of mourners have filled the streets of the southern Iranian city of Minab for the funeral of 168 schoolgirls and staff killed in an attack on an elementary school on the opening day of the US-Israeli strikes.
Will the lunatic Greens scuttle sensible property tax reform?
The Albanese government has signalled that it will scale back the capital gains tax (CGT) discount in the May budget, most likely from 50% to 33% or 25%. It has also signalled that it will limit the number of investment properties that an individual can negatively gear. However, Greens senator Nick McKim says the 50%
Who’s afraid of the Straits of Hormuz?
Even the missteps of the American Madman can have a positive aspect. China still relies less on foreign energy sources than most large nations, but it has vulnerabilities worth exposing from time to time. This degree of dependence is far lower than that of major European industrial nations like Germany, Italy, and Spain, as well
Strong GDP heaps more pressure on RBA
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released national accounts data for the December quarter, which printed headline real GDP growth of 0.8% over the quarter and 2.6% year-on-year. The result beat expectations of 2.2% growth. Thanks to backward revisions, per capita GDP has now grown for four consecutive quarters, rising by 0.9% in 2025, the
Duck the pus as AI bubbles pop all over
Charts from TME. Like acne. AI bubbles are bursting everywhere. An oil shock is almost uniquely well-placed to smash tech because it causes a spike in duration, which hammers growth stocks on long-term ROE horizons. We already know that the Sag7 are kaput. Do you like your KOSPI served crispy? Who’s next? The cause is,
Falling approvals shatter housing targets
The latest quarterly dwelling completions data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that over the first 15 months of the National Housing Accord, 81,000 (27%) fewer homes were constructed than required to meet the government’s target of building 1.2 million homes over five years, commencing July 1, 2024: Out of the major markets,