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Renew Economy
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 14:21
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The post Webinar: The new era of home energy storage in Australia appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Renew Economy
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 13:48
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The post Why an oil crisis is bad news for Australia’s biggest coal state – and how to break the cycle appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Renew Economy
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 13:15
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The post Energy Insiders Podcast: How the world’s fourth biggest economy plans to reach 100 pct clean energy appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Your Democracy
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 13:04
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The facility where detained Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has been taken is a notorious New York jail that has held a string of high-profile and celebrity criminals, from drug cartel leaders to hip-hop stars. From the outside, the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) looks like a series of beige multi-storey office buildings. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 13:00
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The Centre for Population’s latest Population Statement forecast that Australia’s capital cities will swell by 10,850,000 people over the next 41 years. Melbourne (9.1 million) and Sydney (8.5 million) are projected to become megacities by the mid-2060s, while Brisbane is tipped to grow by around 1.8 million to 4.6 million, and Perth by 1.7 million The post Why your water bills will soar appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Renew Economy
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 12:58
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The post When will the energy sector understand the National Energy Objective? When will governments enforce its intent? appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Renew Economy
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 12:42
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The post “It is paramount:” AEMO says system and market operator functions must be kept together appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Renew Economy
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 12:32
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The post Powerful new rooftop solar panel promises system sizes “previously out of reach” appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Renew Economy
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 12:15
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The post A battery with every turbine: Huge wind project seeks federal green tick with novel storage plan appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 12:00
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Rising energy costs drive fertiliser prices up because modern fertiliser production is fundamentally an energy-intensive industrial process. The link is direct, mechanical, and unavoidable: energy is both a feedstock and a fuel. For nitrogen fertilisers (i.e., urea, ammonium nitrate, and ammonia), natural gas is the single biggest input cost, used as a feedstock in the The post Next up: Food inflation appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Renew Economy
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 11:31
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The post Offshore wind installation tech promises to change logistics game, cut reliance on deep-water ports appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 11:00
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Joe Walker interviewed former immigration department bureaucrat-turned-influencer Abul Rizvi last year. During the interview, Rizvi openly acknowledged that slowing population ageing accounted for approximately “80%” of the motivation behind the 2001 changes that significantly increased Australia’s intake of migrants, particularly international students. WALKER: And so back in the late 90s, early 2000s, when you were |
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Your Democracy
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 10:41
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Retired Gen. Charles Wald had a word for it. “One glitch with a girls’ school,” he told Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum, “which was really sad.” |
MacroBusiness
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 10:30
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There is no hubris like BHP hubris. When you put yourself in front of an angry dictator you’ve been gouging for twenty years, eventually you’ll get yours. China has widened a ban on BHP iron ore for the second time in two weeks, escalating a months-long contract dispute with the world’s third-largest supplier of the The post Iron ore rips as China dismantles BHP appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 10:00
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One Nation proposes allowing wage-earning couples with children to split their income and file joint tax returns, potentially saving thousands of dollars in taxes each year. Senator Pauline Hanson launched One Nation’s income-splitting policy in January, which permits couples with at least one dependent child to combine their incomes and divide the total equally for |
MacroBusiness
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 09:30
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Let’s ask the question that’s plaguing the Australian bourgeoisie’s nightmares today: will the oil shock of 2026 crash house prices? I’m pleased to inform you that the answer is becoming increasingly “yes.” As a rule of thumb, every 10% rise in the oil price adds 0.4% to inflation. Given that Iran is winning the war The post Will the oil shock of 2026 crash house prices appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 09:00
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For decades, Israel has tried to trap US presidents in a war with Iran. All have dodged the trap until now. The American Idiot has walked straight into the trap, either due to his own stupidity or Jeffrey Epstein pictures, or similar, and the trap has snapped shut behind him. Consider how bad a day The post Iran is winning the war appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
The Tally Room
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 09:00
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9:00 – The draft federal redistribution for the Australian Capital Territory’s three federal electorates is due to be released this morning. Unfortunately I will be busy for most of the time until midday, but I will post my analysis of the redistribution as soon as I can. My plan is to follow a similar routine as I did with the Tasmanian redistribution two week sago. The ACT only has three electorates, so the changes shouldn’t be too dramatic. I ran through the enrolment numbers in this previous post. |
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Renew Economy
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 08:09
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The post New rules loom for home solar and batteries, as world’s biggest isolated grid tackles “unique challenge” appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 08:00
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In the weeks since news of the war in Iran first hit the airwaves, the Albanese government has been attempting to reassure the Australian public that there is no real concern about fuel supply in Australia. The focus was on claims that fuel stocks are adequate and above the minimum mandatory levels. On Thursday, Energy The post Welcome to the great Aussie fuel crisis appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 06:55
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When religion is fused with ambition and power, it becomes a tool of division and social exhaustion, writes Mohamed Elbaikam. FAITH IS MEANT to be a private moral bond between human beings and God. But when it is fused with ambition, fear and power, it becomes a language of division that leaves societies morally exhausted. |
Your Democracy
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 06:34
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Israel’s Foreign Minister praised Penny Wong for Australia’s Iran War stance, urged other states to pursue Queensland’s speech bans in Zionist leaders briefing. Stephanie Tran reports. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar praised Australia for expressing the “right positions” on the US-Israeli war with Iran in a conversation with Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong. |
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Your Democracy
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 05:44
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While NATO bombs were still falling on Tripoli in the summer of 2011, a different kind of predator was circling the Libyan capital from the safety of a Manhattan townhouse. Newly released 2026 US Department of Justice documents reveal that Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and alleged Israeli intelligence asset, was also a geopolitical vulture looking to feast on the remains of the Libyan state.
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Your Democracy
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 05:33
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MacroBusiness
Friday, March 13, 2026 - 00:01
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Independent economist Gerrard Minack recently posted the following chart illustrating how Australia’s rental inflation has tracked population growth: CBA’s latest housing market update notes that “there is a particularly strong relationship between increases in higher-density housing supply and rent growth”: “This likely reflects the fact that apartments make up a disproportionate share of the rental |
Renew Economy
Thursday, March 12, 2026 - 22:04
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The post “We are 80 pct renewable:” Wind and solar shields Gina Rinehart’s main lithium play from fossil fuel crisis appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Renew Economy
Thursday, March 12, 2026 - 22:04
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The post “We are 80 pct renewable:” Wind and solar shield Gina Rinehart’s big lithium play from fossil fuel crisis appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Your Democracy
Thursday, March 12, 2026 - 18:59
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In full-page statements in the national media today, 19 Australian security practitioners and former Defence leaders have published an Open Letter on why Australia’s dependence on fossil fuels is a critical economic and security vulnerability.
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Renew Economy
Thursday, March 12, 2026 - 17:29
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The post Bowen allows dirty fuel into market to address petrol bowser shortfalls and amid fears of record high prices appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Renew Economy
Thursday, March 12, 2026 - 15:45
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The post Methane-leaking, koala-threatening coal mine gets all-clear in state where renewables projects are in limbo appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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