Developers of massive 70 GW wind, solar and hydrogen project that will straddle the Nullarbor announce Chinese and Korea partners to help on feasibility study.
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Charts from TME. There are a lot of wild moves closing out the week. JPM gross hammered. Huge shorts. Social media sentiment collapsed. Volatility spiked. However, instos are still all-in with no cash. Equities, equities, equities! Leverage is virtually unchanged. While Michael Hartnett’s risk monitor remains in extreme sell. Where there has been progress under
In 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its Population Projections 2002 to 2101, which contained a baseline (Series B) forecast for Australia’s population of 26.4 million by 2051, based on an assumed net overseas migration (NOM) of 100,000 annually. The following table illustrates the ABS’s 2003 population projections for Australia’s capital cities: Sydney
IEA says the world has already passed "peak coal", even with an expected huge boost in global power demand caused by the "age of electricity".
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Australia will need to find a sugar daddy because the Chinese version has lost its mojo. New property sales are terrible to start the year. The secondary market is, at least, showing some signs that panic selling is over, with lower transaction volumes, but prices are still falling. Consumer confidence is precisely where you would
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One of the most common arguments regarding Australian electoral systems concerns whether voters are required to number every box on their ballot paper in single-member elections. There are principled arguments for two different methods, but often these arguments are backed up by the perceived self-interest of someone’s preferred political party. For today’s post, I am going to present the case for why both systems have downsides, and why we should do the work to develop a new system that takes the best of both systems.
Over the coming decades, Australia will require a massive expansion in electricity supplies. First, the nation’s population is officially projected to grow by nearly 50% over the next 40 years, implying a commensurate increase in household energy requirements (in addition to commercial). Second, Australia is expected to build dozens, if not hundreds, of data centres
The global rise of authoritarianism is weakening climate governance just as warming accelerates and tipping points draw near. This failure now poses a direct threat to our future.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged a “balanced” approach aimed at “cooling the arenas” and preventing an escalation six days before the October 7 massacre, according to a classified summary from an October 1, 2023, security meeting.
Over the weekend, the Coalition got the band back together just in time to tear it apart. Angus Taylor’s supporters are expected to use the dismal polling figures to push for a spill of the Liberal leadership this week. Newspoll reports that the Coalition’s primary vote has fallen to 18%, while One Nation’s voter support
Back in 2020, China exported around 1 million vehicles, well behind the automotive powerhouses of South Korea, Japan, and Germany, and not too dissimilar to where exports stood at the start of the 2010s. Then in 2021, things began to change extremely rapidly. The pace of Chinese car exports began an absolutely meteoric rise, rapidly
Will Lewis has stepped down as CEO and publisher of the Washington Post, days after a sweeping round of layoffs that affected virtually every desk. In recent years, the paper has reeled under a drastic fall in audience numbers and ad revenue.
The ferrous jaws are closing on a monthly basis. There’s more work to do on the daily chart, but clearly, we are getting there. Scuttlebut is weak. “Iron ore’s own supply-demand fundamentals remain weak,” said Steven Yu, a researcher at consultancy Mysteel. Hot-metal output at mills had been slower that expected before the week-long holiday
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The German authorities have repeatedly tightened screws on AfD, which hits out at the EU’s migration policy and stands for a “good, partner-like dialogue” with Russia.
Two MPs are from the AfD (Alternative for Germany) faction, while the five other members support individual lawmakers. Salaries of all seven are being withheld, Bild reports.
Australia’s political and media response to Gaza, including the invitation to Israel’s president, reflects the influence of pro-Israel lobbying and the shrinking space for lawful criticism.
The powerful Zionist lobby has our political, media and academic class bluffed. Not surprisingly the lobby has seized the initiative following the tragic Bondi killings.