Independent economist Gerrard Minack recently posted the following chart illustrating how Australia’s rental inflation has tracked population growth: CBA’s latest housing market update notes that “there is a particularly strong relationship between increases in higher-density housing supply and rent growth”: “This likely reflects the fact that apartments make up a disproportionate share of the rental
Gina Rinehart's main lithium play is being shielded from diesel price hikes by its high share of wind and solar, the energy sources demonised by Australia's richest person.
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In full-page statements in the national media today, 19 Australian security practitioners and former Defence leaders have published an Open Letter on why Australia’s dependence on fossil fuels is a critical economic and security vulnerability.
Federal government to "temporarily" allow fuel with higher sulphur levels into market as analysts says bowser prices could surge to record highs.
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Environmental groups are urging the federal government to act to prevent a coal mine emitting masses of methane pollution and destroying koala habitat.
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Now is a good time to ask why one of the most energy-rich countries in the world is still exposed to global fuel markets?
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Daniel Davis talks about United States Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Israel and the Iran war with Ana Kasparian on The Young Turks.
Daniel Davis Explains The Disaster We're In
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Ben McGowan, managing director of community-owned retailer Indigo Power, on the key role neighbourhood-scale batteries can play in regions. Plus news of the week.
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Ben McGowan, managing director of community-owned retailer Indigo Power, on the key role mid-scale batteries can play in regional energy resilience. Plus news of the week.
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Foresight has bought a New Zealand solar-battery specialist at a time when the market for both is running hot.
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Federal Labor awards major project status to two companies seeking to strengthen Australia's homegrown solar supply chain.
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The owner of Australia's biggest solar farms has reported a fall in earnings, with falling prices offsetting a near doubling in output as new capacity joins the grid.
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It’s the 15th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and any lessons from that event seem to have been forgotten by most. Political leaders of all stripes, from centre-left to far right have been keen to promote nuclear power as at least a partial solution to the problem of replacing coal and gas. The peak of enthusiasm was reached at COP 28 when Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron and Rishi Sunak signed a pledge to triple nuclear power generation by 2050.