Can all solar homes become smart energy hubs? On paper – absolutely! IRL, a few hurdles remain
A South Australian trial to turn homes into grid-responsive energy hubs is now 100 households in, and has some brutal lessons to share.
A South Australian trial to turn homes into grid-responsive energy hubs is now 100 households in, and has some brutal lessons to share.
Plans for one of Australia's biggest solar-battery hybrid projects have been waved through the federal EPBC queue just one month after joining it.
Government and regulatory decisions are driving up Australia’s inflation and making the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) job significantly more difficult. As illustrated below by Alex Joiner from IFM Investors, administered prices like essential utilities (e.g., electricity, water, and gas), council rates, public transport fares, etc., rose by 7.55% last calendar year, roughly double the
The AFR hates nothing more than a resolution to eastern Australia’s energy woes. But there is good news today from the old hag. APA Group has committed to the east coast pipline expansion needed to ship QLD south during peak demand periods, instead of building LNG import terminals. The investment includes $260 million for compression
DXY is threatening to break higher again as Iran and oil heat up. AUD can’t catch a bid with China closed and JPY falling. Oil and gold are on the up as geopolitical risk rises. Not so good for AI metals, which still look rather nastily topped out. Big miners are momo, not fundamentals. Is

In the years since the pandemic and high inflation began impacting the Australian economy, the nation’s workers have gone backwards dramatically. Today, inflation-adjusted wages sit at roughly the same point as they did at the start of 2010, erasing all of the progress of the last 16 years. As the chart below, based on the


Posters depicting world ‘leaders’ wearing Nazi uniforms have led to a cafe owner having to shut down an unrelated gig as Canberra police established a crime scene.

Angus Taylor has assembled his shadow ministry, but unresolved tensions with the Nationals, policy baggage from the last election and doubts about his own authority leave his leadership exposed.