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Jennie George is a former ACTU president and Labor MP for Throsby. George has been a vocal advocate for domestic gas reservation, which the Albanese government has shirked. Last week, George wrote a stunning article in The Australian attacking the Albanese government’s drive for net zero, warning that it will drive up energy costs and

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The 500 MW wind project is in a prime wind zone in WA and comes with a massive eight hour battery, the biggest to be approved yet.

The Market Ear on stock dislocations. The bull in fear This much fear with markets so close to ATHs is not your usual market. Source: MacroMicro Who to trust The BTC fade or the NASDAQ squeeze. The gap between these two is very short term wide. Source: LSEG Workspace Stocks vs the economy Citi US

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In this week’s MB Fund podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, unpacks the latest forecasts for fossil fuel use from the International Energy Agency—why oil demand is set to keep growing under current policies, what that means for coal, oil, and gas investments, and how investors should be positioning their portfolios for the

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His Excellency, Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations,Presidents,Prime Ministers,Heads of State,Permanent Representatives to the United Nations,‍It is with great relief that we welcome the ceasefire, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian captives, and the hope for an end to the daily killing, destruction, displacement, and starvation in Gaza.

I know a lot of people who matter read these posts. Why nothing gets done escapes me. The LNP has unnecessarily dumped net zero and opened itself up to another climate war. Apparently, its new energy principles will include. The two foundational principles are to create a stable energy grid with affordable power, and reduce

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The Simandou iron ore project is nicknamed the “Pilbara killer” because it threatens Australia’s dominance in the global iron ore market, particularly the Pilbara region of Western Australia. This is because Simandou offers massive volumes of higher‑grade ore that could reshape pricing power and supply chains. Simandou in Guinea holds reserves of at least 3

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Lachlan Murdoch won the battle to follow in his father’s footsteps and obtain control over News Corp, a media conglomerate in decline. Is he up for it? David Tyler asks.

Imagine inheriting a media empire after spending $1.1B per sibling just to buy them off. Then discovering you’ve just spent billions to secure control of something that looks glorious on the surface but is, underneath, a paper tiger gasping for oxygen. That’s Lachlan Murdoch in 2025.

Booming solar and continued wind energy growth has outpaced rising electricity demand so far in 2025, keeping fossil generation flat for the first time since the global Covid 19 pandemic.<

Risk markets continue to price in some stability returning to US governance with European shares also rallying on the better risk equation (aka less AI malevolence) with Wall Street again stumbling around overnight. The USD was relatively stable in the absence of any economic reports although it firmed against Yen and Pound Sterling while Euro

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has insisted he runs a "united team" after a senior minister was forced to repeatedly deny that he planned to oust the embattled premier.

Sir Keir's comments came after Downing Street sources said Britain's leader would fight off any leadership challenge, as the anonymous briefing exposed tensions at the heart of the beleaguered government.

It beggars belief that the outgoing head of the RSL, Greg Melick, has abused the quiet solemnity of Remembrance Day to lecture and berate the Albanese government on its defence policy.

Worse, he carelessly flung around the tired epithet of ‘appeasement’ at the Prime Minister and his Ministers.

Paul Keating