Amid growing geopolitical turbulence and intensifying competition for strategic resources, the Arctic is becoming a key theater of global rivalry. Energy policy in the modern world is a central element of national and international strategy.
What exactly are Greenland’s riches that Trump wants so much?
The world’s most unpleasant nation, and the Albanese government’s best friend, has once again bared its fangs, not to mention its glass jaw. China’s largest steel maker has accused Australian rival InfraBuild of making baseless and self-serving claims to convince the Albanese government that substantial tariffs are needed on imported construction products. In attacking InfraBuild,
In late December, Melburnians were warned that they could soon face severe water restrictions following the steepest annual decline in water storage levels since the Millennium Drought. Melbourne’s water storages dropped from 86% to 75.1% in a single year—a fall of 239 billion litres—and authorities urged conservation measures and planning for new water sources, such
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has suggested police who punched protesters yesterday should receive a commendation, and officers at future demonstrations should be armed with tear gas and rubber bullets to safeguard against the “pro-terrorist protests we’ve seen too often” on Sydney’s streets.
Police who punched protesters should be praised, says Abbott
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The ostensible problem with East Coast gas supply is that it has no competition. The real problem is that energy policymaking has no competition, so there is nobody to hold Albo’s energy butchers to account. Albo’s half-baked idea for gas reservation is so nebulous that states and regulators are now in crisis, trying to figure
Leading independent economist Gerard Minack published the following chart illustrating the primary driver of Australia’s rental crisis: excessive population growth via immigration: After Australia’s international border was reopened in late 2021, net overseas migration surged, with just under 1.5 million net migrants arriving between Q4 2021 and Q2 2025. As a result, rental demand surged
The ABS released the December monthly spending indicator yesterday, and it came in weak at -0.4%. The quarterly rate was still high at 2.2%, and the annual rate was likewise 5%. Volumes were 0.9% for the quarter, so a solid contributor to GDP. The ABS attributed the downdraft to pull-forward from earlier sales, such as
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Two different politicians announced their retirements today due to health reasons, causing two by-elections that are worth watching.
Kat McNamara won the Northern Territory seat of Nightcliff at the 2024 election, and was the first Greens MP elected in the Territory. McNamara came from third place to win on independent preferences.
Ross Kerridge led an independent team to win the lord mayoralty of Newcastle at the 2024 council election, defeating the sitting Labor mayor. Kerridge has announced his retirement as he deals with cancer treatments.
The Safeguard Mechanism is Australia’s principal policy for cutting emissions from the nation’s largest industrial facilities. So far it’s doing a pretty good job of safeguarding gas producers.
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I absolutely stand by the right of Australians to protest. But why do it about Palestine? Australian of the Year Grace Tame condemned Herzog’s visit, earlier telling the crowd Australia was “a so-called democracy that punishes peaceful protesters like us, but welcomes a war criminal with open arms”. “A man … who said, and I
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The age of electricity is Australia’s opportunity to remake itself as a zero-emissions energy, trade and investment leader – if we act now.
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Federal government invites input from Australia's manufacturing supply chains to help shape the future of local wind and transmission tower manufacturing.
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A few more days of this, and we’ll be getting rate cuts, not hikes. DXY cratered overnight as a new government shutdown, this time over ICE constraints, looms. The Australian dollar went berserk with CNY and JPY relief post-election. Oil and gold did not waste the day. AI mentals were a little less hysterical. Gapping
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With the release of the latest Newspoll, One Nation’s rise in the world of Australian federal politics has been emphatically confirmed, putting to bed any ideas that this was a temporary boost due to polling seasonality or the immediate aftermath of the Bondi terrorist attack. According to Newspoll, One Nation is now polling a primary
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NSW Police have assaulted dozens of peace protestors who gathered to protest the visit by Israeli president Isaac Herzog to Australia. Andrew Brown was there.
I was there. Not watching from a distance. Not reconstructing events from police statements. I was on the steps of Sydney Town Hall, with organisers and MPs, looking out over a vast peaceful crowd and then watching the state choose violence.