Asian share markets are doing quite well in the final but relatively quiet session of the trading week with the USD falling overnight on the bad but good initial jobless claims showing a soft US labour market helping supporting the risk taking. The Australian dollar has taken back its recent dip following the poor local
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A quick graphic summary of AEMO's transition blueprint. Less transmission than you have been told, less gas, less wind, more batteries and a lot of rooftop PV.
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Australia's green energy transition risks being stymied by a political obsession over "baseload". AEMO's Nicola Falcon explains why this misses the point.
AEMO's Nicola Falcon runs through the draft 2026 Integrated System Plan, and explains why baseload is not essential to keep the lights on. Plus, news of the week.
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Australia's largest aluminium smelter has been handed a government lifeline to ensure it keeps running amid spiralling energy costs.
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Industry braces for imminent changes to the Cheaper Home Batteries rebate amid negotiations on steps to avoid a "boom-bust" scenario.
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Late last month, Cotality and Proptrack published two critical housing affordability reports. Cotality’s research revealed that the national median home price relative to median household income reached a new high of 8.2 in Q3 2025, up from 6.4 five years earlier in Q3 2020. The amount of income required to service a new mortgage on
Major offshore wind project wins Major Project Status, in a show of commitment from the federal government just one week after another project was snuffed out.
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From the Market Ear: Big in small Russell extending the break out move. This looks like an inverse head and shoulders formation. Plenty of room to run before we reach trend channel highs. The Russell fear fade Russell volatility, RVX, just closed at the lowest levels since March. Tech volatility, VXN, not so much… Wow
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Australia’s elite universities are accelerating their global expansion plans in response to the federal government’s decision to cap foreign student numbers. Concerned about losing revenue from international enrolments, institutions such as the University of Sydney, UNSW, and the University of Melbourne are exploring offshore campuses in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, partnerships, and joint
By Andrew Purves Growing up in Hong Kong in the 1970s, I remember the noise and disruption of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) construction. Cut-and-cover tunnelling tore up roads, while new property developments rose above the stations. These developments would reshape Hong Kong’s urban landscape — little did I know that I would be writing […]
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When Labor was in opposition, then Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers was a strong proponent of a wide variety of metrics that are championed by economists as more accurate indicators of economic performance. This earned him respect, even from his rivals, though only behind closed doors. But since coming to power, his focus has often turned
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned Russia will come for the rest of Europe if its warmongering is not checked now, just moments before Ukraine’s allies gathered to discuss US President Donald Trump’s peace push.
“We need to be crystal clear about the threat,” the military alliance leader said in a speech in Berlin on Thursday. “We are Russia’s next target. And we are already in harm’s way.”
While most people are guilty of some level of hypocrisy, the hypocrisy afoot in today’s world takes some beating. Unfortunately, the worst hypocrites are in power in numerous countries and many, like me, seem relatively impotent in trying to at least highlight this hypocrisy, let alone remedy it.