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Renew Economy
Sunday, January 11, 2026 - 07:43
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The post More than just “fuel saving:” How rooftop PV slashed grid demand in middle of heatwave appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, January 11, 2026 - 07:28
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Renew Economy
Sunday, January 11, 2026 - 07:22
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The post First stage of Australia’s biggest battery starts operations in shadow of biggest coal plant appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Renew Economy
Sunday, January 11, 2026 - 06:55
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The post Australia’s most powerful turbines unveiled as fourth wind farm reaches financial close in Xmas flurry appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Your Democracy
Sunday, January 11, 2026 - 06:55
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The US military intervention in Venezuela to kidnap President Maduro was a gross violation of the UN Charter. Nothing justifies this blatant flouting of international law. The arguments given by the US to justify its aggression do not stand up to scrutiny.
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Your Democracy
Saturday, January 10, 2026 - 18:44
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"Among the men who have profoundly affected the development of mankind and have given their best energies to the promotion of toleration, reason, and justice, Voltaire stands without a peer. Gifted as he so evidently was by nature for intellectual leadership and literary supremacy in France and in Europe, he was never content with these honors alone.
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MacroBusiness
Saturday, January 10, 2026 - 13:46
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Donald Trump’s anarcho-imperialism has given DXY a new leg as snowflake EUR melts in the new world order. AUD is at critical support. CNY is still supportive. Gold is unstoppable. Oil trying again. Metals did better, but DXY up means they are going down. EM too. Junk rejection. US curve keeps steepening. Stocks liked weak The post Australian dollar rally frozen in Greenland appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Saturday, January 10, 2026 - 09:55
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Dancing, dancing, dancing! There is no stopping the iron-ore-crazy man. Except for one small problem. Steel mill margins are being obliterated. These developments will weaken the start of 2026 steel production, especially because steel product inventories are higher than last year. And there is another problem. The iron-ore-crazy man is dancing on top of the The post Iron ore crazy man keeps on dancing appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Saturday, January 10, 2026 - 09:33
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Robber Fly with catch Photo courtesy of Geoff McVeigh Reads (more coming) Why is Trump interested in Greenland? Look to the thawing Arctic ice – The Guardian Here’s why Labour is struggling to deliver: the British state is immense, but pull the levers and nothing happens – The Guardian The Bondi The post Weekend links and Videos: 10 – 11 January 2026 appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Saturday, January 10, 2026 - 09:26
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Je vois des peuples infortunés gémissants sous un joug de fer, le genre humain écrasé par une poignée d’oppresseurs, une foule affamée, accablée de peine et de faim, dont le riche boit en paix le sang et les larmes, et partout le fort armé contre le faible du redoutable pouvoir des lois... Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Your Democracy
Saturday, January 10, 2026 - 06:55
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Former US Secretary of State and CIA Director Mike Pompeo seems irked that the Ukraine conflict could end without Russia groveling and handing over concessions on a silver platter. |
Your Democracy
Saturday, January 10, 2026 - 05:44
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The Australian government remains silent on Israel banning 37 international aid organisations in Gaza, despite warnings from humanitarian groups. Stephanie Tran reports. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 16:30
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Asian share markets are generally higher in the final session of the week however are hedging what will come later tonight with the expected US Supreme Court ruling on the Trump regime’s tariffs and the post-government shutdown employment print – aka the NFP. News that Trump wants to make his own QE by purchasing $200 The post Macro Afternoon appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 12:30
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The Aussie trade balance for November was out yesterday and shows one great, big trend: a disappearing trade surplus. Some of this was always going to happen as the post-Ukraine War commodities mania subsided. I expect we’ll be running a deficit by year’s end as iron ore and energy continue to fall, despite gold. There The post Albo reloads China’s trade cannon appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 12:00
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Calculated Risk sums the data. On Friday at 8:30 AM ET, the BLS will release the employment report for December. The consensus is for 55,000 jobs added, and for the unemployment rate to decrease to 4.5%. There were 64,000 jobs added in November, and the unemployment rate was at 4.6%. From Goldman Sachs: We forecast that The post US jobs preview appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 11:30
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Charts from TME. SPX is caught in a bearish rising wedge, tough it could also be seen as a bullsh asending triangle. Tech is more neutral and could go either way from a symmetrical triangle. The NY rotation has been from tech to the broader market, or, put another way, from AI spenders to AI The post Tech bubble struggles to find oxygen appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 11:00
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As of the latest building approvals data from the ABS, in the last 12 months, 111,500 detached houses were approved for construction. This result comes with both good news and bad news. The good news is that the figure for detached house approvals is up by 6,800 homes from the lows seen in December 2023. The post House approvals plunge back to 1970s levels appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
xkcd.com
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 11:00
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Your Democracy
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 10:53
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In an article published in the Swiss Military Journal, Swiss officer Pascal Koller slanders Jacques Baud in the most despicable manner. We prove that he is lying and show that criminal charges are the only way to put this petty criminal in his place. Is he being protected by the Swiss army leadership or is he acting alone? |
MacroBusiness
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 10:30
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As expected, nothing of substance will be discussed beyond tightening a police cordon around your life and opinions. Tackling antisemitism by investigating the nature and prevalence of antisemitism in institutions and society, and its key drivers in Australia, including ideologically and religiously motivated extremism and radicalisation. Making recommendations that will assist law enforcement, border control, |
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THE BLOT REPORT
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 10:27
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After a stupid statement by the silly old fart Bob Katter stating that every school should have an armoury in which each child could store their rifles, I wrote a piece about him and the reason he was so keen to sell more guns to Australians. That reason was that his son-in-law owns a large supplier of arms, ammunition and accessories1. Ever the spiv. |
Your Democracy
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 10:21
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The fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by an ICE agent was a “tragedy of her own making,” US Vice President J.D. Vance has said, throwing his full support behind the agency. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 10:00
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Analysts are beginning to assess the implications of the Trump administration’s toppling of the Maduro government in Venezuela, not only for the Americas but also for the world. In 2024, Venezuela exported around 1 million barrels of oil per day. In January 2025, a little under half of that, around 390,000 barrels per day, was The post Venezuela intervention hits Beijing appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 09:45
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MacroBusiness
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 09:30
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The ferrous complex is up to its usual New Year games as speculation mounts about imminent yawnulus. There is some evidence for increased fiscal support in early-year bond issuance; however, the usual caveats apply. More and more, such spending is directed away from commodity-intensive uses. Additionally, the yawnies must now contend with the anti-involution investment The post Steel sag meets iron ore rip appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 09:00
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A huge fill in the US trade deficit overnight gave the USD some more power, while the latest US initial jobless claims suggest another weaker NFP print tonight that should encompass post shutdown data. Wall Street stumbled around however as did European stocks with oil putting in a surprise breakout, most likely due to protests The post Macro Morning appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 08:54
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Are Russia and China, the BRICS, willing to continue to let Trump redraw the ‘mappa mundi’ according to his own exclusive interests? Or is it time to see a real alternative to US hegemony take shape?
No alternative to US hegemony? Ricardo Nuno Costa
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MacroBusiness
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 08:30
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DXY is threatening a little again. AUS has a nasty candle but has not yet broken support at previous resistance. CNY is supportive. A rare up day for oil. Metal mania has turned DXY bust. Another nasty candle on big miners. EM sag. Junk refuses to corroborate any rally. US long-end warming up. Stocks struggling The post Australian dollar crashes into new world order appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 08:24
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A new analysis finds that the richest 15 billionaires in the U.S. saw their wealth skyrocket by nearly $1 trillion in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, which also contained one of the single largest cuts to welfare benefits in U.S. history. |
Your Democracy
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 06:55
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With corporate media forcing PM Albanese into a small target corner on messaging, the right is filling the rhetorical void. Andrew Gardiner looks at the repercussions.
Albo’s search for the middle leaves him exposed on both flanks by Andrew Gardiner
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In last week's heatwave, wind and solar generation were excellent, as they typically are on extreme demand days - certainly doing more than just 'fuel saving'.
The first stage of Australia's biggest battery has commenced commercial operations, in the shadow of the country's biggest coal generator.
The fourth wind farm to reach financial close in a late 2025 flurry of activity will feature the most powerful turbines to be installed in Australia to date.
