A by-election will be held soon in the Victorian state seat of Nepean, covering the Mornington Peninsula to the south-east of Melbourne.
Nepean has been held since 2022 by Sam Groth. Groth had announced plans to retire at the general election late last year, and stepped down from the deputy leadership last week.
Groth held Nepean by a 6.4% margin in 2022. It seems unlikely that Labor will contest this seat, although it will be interesting to see how One Nation performs, if they choose to stand.
Small, plug-in PV systems are populating balconies across Europe and the US, but many Australian apartment dwellers are locked out of the new solar boom.
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The new Net Zero Fund will launch in mid-2026 with a $5bn kitty of cheap money for industries wanting to go clean and green.
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29 of the 31 provinces on the Chinese mainland have released growth targets for 2026. Nineteen of the 29 provinces reduced their 2026 growth goals. This sets the stage for Beijing to follow suit and reduce the national real GDP growth objective from “around 5%” last year to “4.5-5.0%” for 2026. The structure of growth
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Plans for an up to 26 GW wind, solar and green hydrogen hub have new life breathed into them, just six months after they were abandoned by global oil and gas major bp.
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Curtailment remains one of the clearest signs of the challenges facing existing and new solar and wind projects in the NEM. Here's what the 2025 data tells us.
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Once mighty software is being devoured by AI. The problem is that when AI can be added to anything and everything, tailored to specific industries and even specific business needs, the broad-based software package with a big moat is history. Tech volatility is leading broader market volatility higher. There’s no panic but there’s no retreat,
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Brisbane’s housing market has experienced one of its largest-ever price booms over the past five years. According to PropTrack, Brisbane dwelling values soared by 95.7% in the five years to January 2026: As a result, Brisbane has become the second most expensive housing market in the nation based on median values, behind Sydney: KPMG’s latest
Over the last cycle of immigration-led growth, inflation was endemically weak. This was thanks to two main factors. The 2013-2020 surge was driven by Chinese immigrants who brought substantial investment capital to new apartment blocks. The result was a massive build-out in rental stock, which drove down rents despite inflows of people. While many of
The Migration Institute of Australia (MIA) is the country’s peak professional body for registered migration agents and migration lawyers. It represents and supports professionals who provide migration advice to individuals, families, employers, and organisations. The MIA also lobbies the government on migration policy and regulatory issues. Peter van Vliet, CEO of the MIA, authored an article
Join our panelists to discuss how adaptation must now be integrated as deeply as mitigation, and the rising role of resilient grids, dynamic pricing, and climate-proofed assets.
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung recently pledged to rein in real estate speculation, which was threatening his nation’s future, vowing to stabilise the housing market “by any means necessary.” “For the sake of a reasonable and prosperous nation, (I) will put an end to real estate speculation that could ruin the country by any
The ferrous jaws must close, and slowly they are. Scuttlebutt is bearish. Chinese steel mills trimmed purchases ahead of the extended Lunar New Year holiday while preparing for scheduled maintenance, dampening near-term demand. Port activity in China also softened, with industry data showing lower transaction volumes, suggesting mills are relying less on spot cargoes. Port
Plans to construct a 1.6 gigawatt-hour battery in New South Wales coal country have joined the federal government’s environmental approval queue.
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