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Department of Energy adds three new words to its 'banned' listStaffers at the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy received an email last week announcing that several words have now been banned from their official terminology

Cotality has released its September housing market report, which contains more bad news for renters. The national rental vacancy rate has fallen to a fresh record low of only 1.4%, according to Cotality, which has driven a reacceleration in rental growth. “The national vacancy rate slipped to a new record low of 1.4% in September,

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Can governments keep their sovereignty without becoming innovation-stifling totalitarians? And on the other hand, are the tech feudalists willing to provide innovative digital infrastructure without eating into state sovereignty and freedoms?

Non-State Actors, Techno-feudalism, and Governments’ Dependency Syndrome

BY Tamer Mansour

Three of Australia’s largest manufacturers will receive a total of $12 million to demonstrate technologies aimed at reducing Australia’s industrial emissions.

As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has chosen to hold the official cash rate at 3.60%, in what was a unanimous decision. In arriving at its decision, the statement noted that “the decline in underlying inflation has slowed”, with “recent data, while partial and volatile, suggest[ing] that inflation in the September quarter may

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Origin seeks approval for huge wind and battery project on land it owns in New England REZ, where Coalition MP Barnaby Joyce is waging a war against renewables.

On Monday, Stats NZ released data on filled jobs for August, which recorded a 0.2% monthly rise, in line with expectations. However, as shown below by Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro, the August data incorporated chunky historical revisions, which suggest a weaker labour market starting point. The earlier reported 0.2% increase in July was revised

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Contested wind project in Tasmania's central highlands is now up to its fourth EPBC delay after winning a legal challenge and state EPA approval.

The explosion of artificial intelligence has triggered one of the largest capital expenditure booms in history. Trillions of dollars are being poured into building and upgrading data centres, which now sit at the heart of the global economy. Understanding their underlying economics—cost structures, pressure points, and investment implications—is becoming essential for investors and policymakers alike.

Dante Alighieri, in his book Inferno, places those who betray benefactors in the deepest circle of hell. If that is true, the place is likely overpopulated with the managers and executives of nonprofit organizations. 

In the world of traditional metrics of economic activity, there are few indicators that are more important than the volume of freight moving through a nation. Perhaps one of the most notable metrics to quantify these days is the Cass Freight Index, which has been producing data since 1955. The Cass Freight Index – Shipments

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This month, the Albanese government unveiled its 2035 climate targets, which promise to reduce emissions by more than 62% and up to 70% below 2005 levels. The hundreds of billions of dollars worth of investments required to meet Australia’s emissions reduction targets will drive up Australian energy costs and taxes, resulting in further deindustrialisation as

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From the Market Ear: The 4k magnet Gold continues marching higher. We have been pointing out the similarities with the early 2025 break out for weeks…the triangle, the support from the 50 day, positioning etc. The early 2025 set up saw gold rise some 25% before the euphoria calmed down. A similar move this time

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