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Zen Energy signs memorandum of understanding to develop a smart software based "24/7 Sustainable Energy Strategy" for large consumers in Queensland.

CPA Australia Media Release – Mid-year economic update failed to connect the dots between Australia’s increasing deficit and the nation’s desperate lack of business productivity – CPA Australia urges government to focus on the levers it can control to boost productivity and revenue – reduce regulation and encourage business growth – Young Aussies should be…

From December 19, 2024, Renew Economy will be changing its article comment platform. And for good reason.

From Westpac’s Head of Australian Macro-Forecasting, Matthew Hassan. Key points Leading Index growth rate lifts to 0.32%, holding in slight positive territory. Three quarters of components now giving positive growth signals. External headwinds may intensify in 2025, especially around commodities. The six-month annualised growth rate in the Westpac–Melbourne Institute Leading Index, which indicates the likely

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) posted the below image on Twitter (X), showing how the mining industry now uses more energy than any other industry in Australia, overtaking the manufacturing industry for the first time in 2022–23. Notice above how the manufacturing industry’s energy use has declined for over a decade. This makes sense,

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The Q3 2024 national accounts, released this month, revealed that Australia’s economy grew by only 0.8% over the year, the weakest annual growth since the early 1990s recession. The situation was worse adjusting for population growth, with real per capita GDP declining for six consecutive quarters. The market (private) sector has borne the brunt of

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Business Council of Australia chief executive Bran Black recently lambasted Peter Dutton’s proposal to cut net overseas migration, claiming it would exacerbate skills shortages. “It may also compound our existing skill shortages and make it harder to do business”, he said. Fellow business lobbyists, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Australian Industry

The Trudeau Liberal Government in Canada is facing electoral annihilation at the 2025 federal election. The most recent polling shows that the opposition Conservative Party has surged ahead in the polls, leading the Liberals by a margin of 23%. The sagging economy and the housing crisis have underpinned the collapse in support for Trudeau’s government.

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This was written ten years ago. A billionaire warning other billionaires that they are fucking everything up, and soon enough there will be a price to pay. Interestingly, the billionaire prophet says one of the reasons he is a billionaire is because he has a fcility for seeing things coming. Not because he’s extra intelligent or boast some off scale technical brilliance. He’s just less risk averse and he sees things coming.

Pitchforks, mostly.

The Israeli army is preparing to deploy automated, remotely monitored machine guns to protect illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Israeli Army Radio reported on 15 December.

The automated weapons, developed by Rafael Combat Systems, will be installed on watch towers around dozens of settlements and near their entrances. They will be controlled remotely from command centers "to prevent armed attacks and infiltration operations."

Neoen lands another $1.4 billion in debt finance for a handful of existing wind and solar projects, and two new projects, including the country's biggest battery.