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Foresight has bought a New Zealand solar-battery specialist at a time when the market for both is running hot.

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Alex Joiner, chief economist at IFM Investors, published a short analysis of the impacts of rising energy costs on the federal budgets and on Australians as a whole: Joiner argues that the energy shock is “not bad for Australia” but “terrible for Australians”. Joiner notes that higher energy prices will likely drive up Australia’s export

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According to the CommBank Household Spending Insights Index, household spending in Australia fell in February 2026 for the first time since September 2024, capping a 17-month era of rise. Annual growth slowed to 4.9%, the lowest level since August 2025, while spending decreased by 0.5% during the month. The decline indicates that, following a protracted

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The federal budget is facing deepening budget deficits and rising net debt. The Albanese government is seeking to raise revenue by a series of changes to the taxation of superannuation, property, and family trusts. For example, the government will increase the tax on the earnings of large superannuation balances from 15% to 30% for balances

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On-site renewables and a power purchase deal will be used to underpin a 4,500 tonne per year green ammonia facility, to swap fossil-made fertiliser for green.

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Most commentary on the local gas price has been very bearish about what is coming next. It can hardly be blamed for thinking so, given the Asian price for gas is sitting at about $22Gj, and likely to go much higher. While the local price has been about one-third of that. Gas prices have now

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Australia’s “productivity tsar”, Professor Gary Banks, was the long‑serving founding Chair of the Productivity Commission (1998-2013). Back then, you could trust the Productivity Commission to deliver sound advice grounded in evidence. Sadly, after Banks departed as chair in 2013, the Productivity Commission lost its way and became politicised. Banks has long advocated strongly for evidence‑based

Late yesterday, in a conversation with Michelle Grattan on The Conversation’s Politics podcast, Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser talked about monetary policy, oil prices, and the Australian economy. Hauser said the Australian economy is now in fantastic shape. Over the past year, economic growth has accelerated, unemployment is still near all-time lows, and overall wealth and

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Between the mid-1990s and 2004, Australia saw a strong rise in household formation for the 25 to 34 age demographic. With an adequate supply of new homes compared with dwelling completions, as illustrated by the chart below from AMP’s Shane Oliver, the nation’s younger demographics were able to form households in greater and greater numbers.

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ALTHOUGH OFFICIALLY A VICTIM OF THE WAR BETWEEN IRAN AND THE REST OF THE WORLD [APART FROM CHINA, RUSSIA AND A FEW MINNOWS] SAUDI ARABIA WAS ONE OF THE MAIN INSTIGATOR OF THE CONFLICT.

Draft rules to both protect the grid and make it easier for data centres to connect are open to consultation, but at least one tech giant is already pushing back.

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