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Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 15:00
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The post New big battery kicks off commercial operations next to outage-prone Queensland coal plant appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 13:00
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By Salvatore Babones, Associate Professor at Sydney University and author of the book “Australia’s Universities, Can They Reform” Universities Australia (UA) has published its pre-budget submission, and it opens with the claim that its members educate “1.5 million Australians every year”. That is incorrect. They educate roughly 1.5 million people every year—of whom only about |
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 12:06
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The post Developer drops coal country solar and battery plans in face of mounting local opposition appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 11:46
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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) revised its forecasts on CPI inflation and wage growth in the February Statement of Monetary Policy (SoMP), as summarised below: The key takeaway was that the RBA does not anticipate that real wages will recover over the forward estimates, as illustrated below: By the June quarter of 2028, Australia’s real The post Australian real wages crunched lower appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 11:30
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The six-month annualized growth rate of the Westpac–Melbourne Institute Leading Index, which shows how much economic activity is expected to change in relation to trend three to nine months from now, went down from +0.44% in December to +0.02% in January. Westpac argues, as I do, that the most recent data shows that the momentum The post Leading index drives into RBA ditch appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 11:00
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The minutes from the RBA’s February monetary policy meeting were released on Tuesday. The key takeaways are that the RBA is highly uncertain about the outlook for inflation and interest rates: “Members agreed that the prevailing uncertainties meant it was not possible to have a high degree of confidence in any particular path for the The post A RBA rate hawk enters the room appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 11:00
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 10:49
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The post An all-electric, off-grid luxury lodge, powered entirely by solar, wind and a battery appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 10:30
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Charts from TME. NDX is flirting with serious support levels while tech volatility trends higher.. Sag 7 in trouble. It’s pretty clear the market wants less capex spending. Apple is showing the way. Concentration is falling. NDX skew is nasty. Lot’s of bears here. Diffusion is extraordinary as the market gyrates wildly through winners and The post Tech wreck 2.0 just getting started? appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 10:00
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There’s no escaping the fact that buying a property in Australia will naturally entail high costs. This is especially true in populated regions near major cities like Sydney and Melbourne—places where demand for housing is steadily and sharply rising well beyond the $1 million barrier. The good news is that prospective homeowners don’t have to The post Property investing in Australia: costs beyond the deposit appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 10:00
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The post “Goliath won this round:” Santos beats greenwashing lawsuit, but activists claim small victory appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 10:00
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The Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) July 2023 Transmission Cost Report, which was released alongside updates to the 2022 Integrated System Plan (ISP), stated that estimated costs for some major transmission projects had increased by up to 100% compared with 2022 ISP estimates. AEMO also said that “we recognise that higher costs for network development |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 09:30
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“Tiny” Tim Wilson is your new shadow treasurer. New Coalition Treasury spokesman Tim Wilson has warned too many jobs are reliant on government support and vowed to put small business at the heart of his agenda, amid expectations real wages will go backwards for the first time in more than two years. With Labor set to The post “Tiny” Tim rises to shadow treasurer appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 09:00
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The RBA minutes made clear there is no hurry to move again, either way. In considering what these observations implied for upcoming decisions, members agreed that the prevailing uncertainties meant it was not possible to have a high degree of confidence in any particular path for the cash rate. They pointed to risks on both The post RBA will be pleased by crushed consumer appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 08:00
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Over the decades of America’s post-war history, few sectors have been as strongly protected as car manufacturers, with everything from bailouts to favourable regulations helping them survive in an increasingly competitive automotive landscape. Over the years, a well-trodden path for manufacturers seeking access to the American market with minimal to no trade barriers has been The post Trump risks opening door to Chinese cars appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 06:55
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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has said Israel is ahead of the US in developing cutting-edge weapons. |
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Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 06:22
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The vicious and sustained campaign mounted against Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, by Israel and the U.S. now includes the German, Italian, French, Austrian and Czech foreign ministers demanding her resignation.
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Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 05:44
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Palantir Technologies has been hacked, according to well-known blogger Kim Dotcom. The company develops software for intelligence and big data analysis. Palantir (named after the magical ‘seeing stones’ from ‘The Lord of the Rings’) doesn’t engage in surveillance in the conventional sense using spies, cameras, or bugs. Instead, it develops software that is sold to government agencies, military organizations, and large corporations.
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 00:01
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The media release accompanying the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) recent interest rate decision noted that “growth in private demand has strengthened substantially more than expected, driven by both household spending and investment”. The RBA’s Statement of Monetary Policy (SoMP) also noted that “the pick-up in consumer durables inflation was stronger than expected in the |
Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 00:01
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The post NSW announces extra tender for more firmed renewables capacity to fill looming coal gap appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Renew Economy
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - 23:59
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Renew Economy
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - 23:09
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The post Energy transition delivers fresh growth for BHP, but decarbonisation stays on the back-burner appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Your Democracy
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - 22:18
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It is not a glitch (that nothing gets resolved). It’s a feature. For it opens rather, a path for ‘Business’ to be done – for ‘stakeholder’ deals to be cut, and for billions to be shared out in payoffs. This is Trump’s geo-political transactional model: Business displaces traditional negotiation (at least while the money flows); Money is the politics.
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Your Democracy
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - 17:32
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Have someone repeat the word "white" very quickly and for a long time, then ask them what a cow drinks. Answer: "Milk." Ha! Ha! Have journalists and elected officials repeat "rise of anti-Semitism" all day long, then ask them if criticism of religions is acceptable. Answer: No. Have Muslims denounce the Muslim religion all day long, then ask Muslims if criticism of religions is acceptable. Guess the answer. |
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Your Democracy
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - 16:26
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Here’s how Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie responded on Sunday, during ABC’s “This Week,” to a question about the Trump regime’s handling of the Epstein files: |
Renew Economy
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - 14:55
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The post Locally developed solar-battery project with four hours of storage joins NSW planning pipeline appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Renew Economy
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - 14:51
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The post Transgrid seeks $1.1 billion in extra transmission costs for interstate interconnector appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Renew Economy
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - 14:46
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The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Zen and the art of battery optimisation appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Renew Economy
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - 14:43
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The post Solar and wind titans reboot push for huge inland renewables zone, as “least-regret pathway” to coal-free NSW appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - 13:30
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There is an immigration cult in Canberra. It has nothing to do with national interest and everything to do with self-interest. Because population growth adds to GDP, pollies don’t need to pursue reform to drive growth. And it lifts their property portfolios. Too easy! They can just lie that the economy is growing for you, The post One Nation is pro-immigration appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Queensland coal generator celebrates the commercial start of its first big battery, which will provide essential firming capacity and reliability "within fractions of a second." 
A solar and battery project proposed for the NSW Hunter region has been dropped by the developer, in what has been described as a "really welcome outcome" for local communities.
Our off-grid luxury lodge combines a whole of system approach with renewables and storage, and a backup genset triggered only by indiscrete EV charging.
The defeat of a climate suit against Santos has disappointed activists but opened the public's eyes to how the resources giant developed its net-zero targets.
New South Wales to run an additional tender for firmed generation capacity to plug forecast gaps in supply left by retiring coal plants and "extended lulls" in solar and wind.
If Angus Taylor thought there was "too much wind and solar" on Australia's grid back when he was federal energy minister in 2018, have we got news for him in 
BHP expects energy transitioning industries to supercharge its copper business - just don't expect any new detail on what it is doing to decarbonise. 
Melbourne based renewables developer begins community engagement for a proposed solar farm and battery energy storage system in NSW Southern Tablelands.
Transgrid is asking consumers to foot the bill for almost all of the $1.5 billion cost blowout from building the interconnector between South Australia and NSW.
OptiGrid founder and CEO Sahand Karimi on the ever evolving art of battery optimisation and the huge untapped value of the sub-5 MW "community" storage market. Plus news of the week.
A consortium of companies led by Tilt Renewables wants AEMO to factor in a massive, up to 10 GW inland REZ to its 2026 blueprint for the national grid.