Asian share markets are generally higher but all the activity has been localised here on a very hot CPI print that has all but guaranteed an interest rate rise at the RBA February meeting. This kept the Australian dollar elevated but that’s more about the “Sell America” trend as all undollars are dumping the “King”
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In the digital age, where critical infrastructure, defense platforms, and national secrets are protected not just by armor but by encryption, cybersecurity has become a cornerstone of sovereignty. Within the AUKUS alliance, the ability to share information securely—across three nations and across sectors—is no longer optional. It is foundational.
Work begins on contested wind project, which has fought off court challenges and vandalism, and is now owned by a state government agency.
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Company involved in energy upgrades scheme banned because it used doctored photos to make false claims about energy efficiency projects, regulator says.
There were no blackouts, but the generator outages in Winter Storm shows why the U.S. Department of Energy’s pro-fossil fuel policies are a problem.
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New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon has announced that the general election will be held on 7 November 2026, with Parliament dissolving on 1 October. The announcement comes amid tight and volatile polling, with NZ First rising sharply, Labour gaining ground, but the National‑led coalition still ahead. Recent polls from RNZ–Reid Research and Roy Morgan show
The AUD has de-anchored. How high is it going to go? First, it is way overbought, so expect a pullback. More broadly, I put the surge down to five factors: Policy risk undermining the DXY. CNY and JPY on the rise. Local monetary tightening. Global growth experiencing an early-cycle rebound. The gold bull market. The
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Aaaand it’s gone… The sinking hulk of Chinese property is now completely submerged and headed to the bottom with the worst start to the year that anybody can remember. There is a run for the exits. Senitiment is in the gutter. Completions have started poorly. This indicates a negative outlook for commodity demand. Inventories remain
Despite being the world’s largest coal exporter and the second-largest natural gas exporter, Australia is facing an energy-scarce future. Under the Albanese government’s 82% renewable energy target (RET), most of Australia’s existing coal fleet is required to close, to be replaced by roughly 6–7 GW of new large‑scale renewable generation per year (plus several gigawatts
Wednesday’s quarterly Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation print from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) printed hotter than expected, raising the likelihood that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will hike the official cash rate by 25 bps at next month’s monetary policy meeting. The headline CPI rose by 3.8% in the 12 months to
Kevin27 is here. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd’s potential pathway to achieve his longtime goal of becoming the United Nations’ top official is complicated by the fact that the organisation has stressed it would like a woman to take up the role and that a Latin American is favoured to claim the position. Prime Minister
Japanese fans rushed to farewell the country’s last two pandas on Sunday ahead of their return to Melbourne’s water storages have recorded their steepest annual decline since the Millennium Drought, driven by extreme dryness, record‑low inflows, and rising household demand. Melbourne’s storages dropped from 86% to 75.1% in a single year—a fall of 239 billion litres. Inflows from July 2024 to June 2025 were 36% below the 30‑year average, with January–June inflows being
