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Kidston pumped hydro plant enters AEMO management system, becoming the first pumped hydro plant to join Australia's grid in more than 40 years.

Market watchers pivoted on Japanese and Australian central bank words and actions today while some Federal Reserve members went dovish with calls for an actual rate cut in the upcoming December meeting as the US economy shows more signs of weakness (not that we would know given the NFP result hasn’t been printed for two

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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s dovish shift, including the larger 50 bp cut at its October monetary policy meeting, saw the official cash rate fall to 2.5%, down 3.0% from its most recent peak: The sharp drop in the official cash rate has been matched in the mortgage market, where rates have fallen back

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Sheep and cattle farmer describes what gross misinformation about wind farms looks like in a small regional community – and what it costs the people who live there.

Victorians are experiencing acute Stockholm Syndrome, wedded to the failing state Labor government who has been in power for 22 of the past 26 years. Victoria’s nine-month lockdown during the Covid-19 outbreak was among the longest and most severe in the world. It was also brought to us by the state government, whose incompetence with

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The Albanese government claims it wants to reduce immigration to Australia. However, its actions on the international student front say otherwise. Australia already has the highest share of international students and graduates in the world, accounting for 3.2% of the nation’s population as of Q3 2025, up from the pre-pandemic peak of 2.9%. However, the

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The Market Ear leads us off. Delicate levels NASDAQ is trading right on the 50-day moving average. Friday saw a huge doji candle, indicating nobody is in control. Let’s see how this develops from here, but the longer-term trend line is a must-hold. Source: LSEG Workspace Relative tech stress VXN – VIX spread has shot

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With the release of the latest polling RedBridge, it was revealed that Labor now hold 51% of the votes of Gen Z, followed by the Greens with 24% of the vote. This compares with Labor securing 40.3% of the Gen Z vote at the ballot box at May’s federal election, with 27.2% for the Coalition

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This is ridiculous in every way. In his first public interview on the issue, Australia Pacific LNG chief executive Dan Clark told The Australian that the east coast market’s chronic pressures cannot be solved with the series of band-aid solutions that have been applied over recent years. The call comes as the federal government prepares

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Its been a very cautious start to the trading week with more selling but not quite dumping on Wall Street overnight with a parallel selloff in Bitcoin not helping. The run back to USD continues even though without any key economic indicators being published by the Trump regime in the last two months, this looks

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Mining giant pledges more than $35 million towards the development of a demonstration plant for NSW-originated zero emissions steel technology.

Swiss executives gave luxury gifts for US President Donald Trump shortly before Bern and Washington announced a new trade deal that reduces the steep US import tariffs, according to media reports.