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2:04 – The draft boundaries for the Queensland state redistribution are apparently due to be published some time this afternoon. I expect the maps to be published on this website.

Unfortunately this is a bit of an inconvenient time for myself – I will attempt to analyse them as quickly as possible but a full analysis may need to wait for tonight or tomorrow.

This is the first redistribution of Queensland state electorates for a decade, with the current boundaries having been used at the 2017, 2020 and 2024 elections.

First sod has been turned at one of Australia's biggest DC-coupled solar battery hybrid projects, heralding a major change to the generation profile of large-scale PV.

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The Australian Greens have promised to waive through various tax reforms impacting superannuation and property investment, in a bid to boost budget revenue and improve equity. After months of pushing for amendments, the Greens have agreed to pass the extra 15% tax on earnings from super balances above $3 million without changes (i.e., Division 296).

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A heated debate over network pricing: should electricity tariffs reward households that cut their reliance on the grid, or should everyone pay more to simply stay connected?

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Charts from TME. Stocks printed a large hammer reversal as the G7 and Trump TACO rescued the day. God bless it. VIX is mean-reverting, so if we see an incremental shift towards the TACO from here, then stocks will automatically rise. Oil-printed a huge shooting star. This looks overdone to me. But it is a

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Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro produced the following chart, showing how Australia’s labour productivity growth (i.e., GDP per hour worked) has ranked among the poorest in the advanced world over the past decade. One of the longer-term factors behind Australia’s poor productivity growth is “capital shallowing”. I.e., the population, via immigration, has grown faster than

Join industry experts for an in-depth discussion on DC-coupled solar and battery hybrid systems transforming Australia's renewable energy landscape.

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A large-scale solar and battery project that was sent to the state planning arbiter by more than 80 written objections – none of them local – has been cleared to go ahead.

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Yes, you read that right, you’re about to get power and gas bill cuts. Gas prices have tanked over the last quarter. This is especially striking given the spike in Asian LNG prices above $23Gj. The falling gas price has helped wholesale electricity prices fall over the last five months from an average of $116M/h

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As the war in the Middle East continues to drag on, the Trump Administration is seeking a means by which it can be brought to a swift conclusion. One option that is increasingly gaining traction is seizing Kharg Island in the northwestern corner of the Persian Gulf, which currently accounts for 90% of Iran’s oil

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The 2020s are shaping up as a decade to forget for Australian households. According to national accounts data released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), real per capita household disposable income—arguably the best indicator of material living standards—remained stuck in the low growth zone in 2025, still tracking 3.9% below the COVID-19

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Jimmy and comedian, writer and actor Rick Overton light into Jon Stewart for recycling Islamophobic “72 virgin” jokes from the Iraq War era to mock Iran's response to U.S. aggression, accusing him of pushing war propaganda while ignoring critical facts. They detail how Iran only attacked U.S. military bases that were being used to bomb Iran, while Israel is simultaneously attacking Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Lebanon —facts Stewart omits, to paint Iran as irrational.