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Your Democracy Monday, December 22, 2025 - 13:28 Source

IS DONALD TRUMP DOING HIS BIT AND TRYING TO PREVENT GLOBAL WARMING BY PREVENTING RUSSIA AND VENEZUELA TO SELL THEIR OIL? ONE WOULD HAVE TO BE SARCASTIC TO SUGGEST THIS CAPER, AS DONALD WANTS HE AND HIS MATES (SAUDIS, ETC) TO HAVE EXCLUSIVE PETRODOLLAR RIGHTS ON THIS WARMING PLANET — A WARMING DUE TO THE HUMAN USAGE OF FOSSIL FUELS...................

 

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Renew Economy Monday, December 22, 2025 - 13:07 Source

tomago aluminium smelterQueensland's decision to say no to renewables is bad news for some. But in NSW, it could help Snowy emerge to save the transition away from coal.

The post Snowy could emerge as the fairy godmother in race for contracts and capital to replace ageing coal clunkers appeared first on Renew Economy.

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MacroBusiness Monday, December 22, 2025 - 13:00 Source

New Zealand house prices continue to fall. The REINZ House Price Index fell 0.3% over the past two months (seasonally adjusted), with economists describing the result as “renewed weakness” after a brief stabilisation earlier in the year. Compared to May, house prices are down by more than 1.2%. Home sales were weak in November, declining

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The Tally Room Monday, December 22, 2025 - 13:00 Source

Comments have been a problem for a while, with a large volume of comments, often off-topic and not of high quality.

As a solution to this problem, I have implemented a new policy. Only logged-in users can comment, and only those who are Tally Room members can log in. That’s people who donate $8 (+GST) per month, plus some grandfathered users who give $5 per month and have been doing so since before the price rise.

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Renew Economy Monday, December 22, 2025 - 12:06 Source

I am accused of being a global funds manager masquerading as a journalist. Facts don't matter much in a war of disinformation waged agains renewables.

The post I am accused of being a global funds manager and half my age. But facts don’t matter in disinformation war appeared first on Renew Economy.

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MacroBusiness Monday, December 22, 2025 - 12:05 Source

It is better late than never, but the Albanese government has finally announced a domestic gas reservation scheme for the East Coast of Australia. Under the plan, Australia’s largest exporters would set aside up to 25% of annual east coast gas production for domestic use. Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said Australians “should

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Renew Economy Monday, December 22, 2025 - 11:35 Source

ararat wind farm iberdrola victoriaSpanish renewables giant agrees to buy one heavily constrained Victorian wind farms in line for a grid upgrade boost.

The post Trailblazing wind farm snapped up by Spanish renewables giant hoping to free it of grid constraints appeared first on Renew Economy.

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MacroBusiness Monday, December 22, 2025 - 11:30 Source

By Stephen Saunders: On its triennial immigration stats, Albanese Australia is a radical outlier not the cautious reformer of embedded media narratives. Not even Bondi can budge him. The Labor-Liberal duopoly has made the concept of Big Australia central to its economic policy. After COVID froze mass migration, Morrison and Albanese rushed it back, bigger than

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Renew Economy Monday, December 22, 2025 - 11:27 Source

Australia's most successful big battery developer starts work on a new project, the first in the world to feature Tesla Megablock 20 MWh units.

The post Neoen begins construction of another big battery, first in world to deploy Tesla Megablock technology appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Your Democracy Monday, December 22, 2025 - 11:10 Source

Japan is confronting existential crises: a rapidly aging demographic, a stagnant economy, crippling debt, fraying relationships with its neighbors, and a declining regional influence. Its military buildup and sanctions against neighbouring countries are only worsening these issues.

 

On Japan’s Soul Searching: Between Tokyo’s Neon Facade and Aokigahara’s Dark Forest

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MacroBusiness Monday, December 22, 2025 - 11:00 Source

On the day after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the American left was thoroughly stunned; it had lost the race for the White House to a figure that many believed to be thoroughly unelectable. That morning, author and political activist Michael Moore appeared on CNBC’s breakfast show ‘Morning Joe’. What followed was a strange but

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xkcd.com Monday, December 22, 2025 - 11:00 Source

In 1899, people were walking around shouting '23' at each other and laughing, and confused reporters were writing articles trying to figure out what it meant.

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MacroBusiness Monday, December 22, 2025 - 10:30 Source

In a recent article for the Australian Financial Review, economist Christopher Joye made the case that the expansion of government at all levels was putting upward pressure on inflation and, by extension, interest rates. “At the federal level, the annualised monthly trend budget deficit has deteriorated rapidly from $12 billion in December 2024 to $24

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MacroBusiness Monday, December 22, 2025 - 10:00 Source

The new prudential standard announced last month by the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) caps high-risk mortgages (i.e., with a debt-to-income ratio greater than 6x) at 20% of new lending, effective from February 2026. In line with government objectives to increase affordability through supply incentives, APRA’s policy does not apply to newly constructed homes. It

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MacroBusiness Monday, December 22, 2025 - 09:00 Source

Wall Street is slowly drifting into holiday mode as risk markets peer through to 2026, with volatility contained to currency markets as Yen weakens significantly on the back of Friday’s rate hike by the BOJ. The USD took back some losses against some of the other majors with Euro now at a two week low

The post Macro Morning appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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