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Your Democracy Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 12:36 Source

Revelations about overseas training, intelligence failures and police responses raise urgent questions that cannot be left to internal reviews.

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Renew Economy Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 12:17 Source

The first large scale solar battery hybrid project to join Australia's main grid has been energised, and is getting ready to feed stored solar into evening peaks.

The post First solar-battery hybrid on Australia’s main grid is energised, and ready to send PV into evening peaks appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Your Democracy Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 12:09 Source

A new analysis by the news outlet DeSmog finds that the Trump administration’s efforts at EPA and other agencies to support coal generation, combined with growing energy demand driven by artificial intelligence, are prompting 15 U.S. coal plants to delay planned retirements this year, with one plant delaying its closure by seven years.

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Your Democracy Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 10:40 Source

The great baseball legend and jokester Yogi Berra once quipped that a restaurant had become so crowded that nobody goes there anymore. Here’s a version for today: young people in America have such dismal economic prospects that they spend more money than ever.

 

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Your Democracy Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 09:03 Source

The EU’s determination to further fund Kiev’s military and prop up its imploding economy has been presented as a kind of victory. “Europe has delivered,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz proclaimed, in celebration of a new cash facility for Kiev.

 

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MacroBusiness Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 00:05 Source

International Reading: Gen Z would rather cut Social Security benefits for current retirees than pay higher taxes to save the program – Market Watch Trump says tariffs have brought in $18 trillion. That’s impossible – Reason Recession indicator ‘blinking red,’ warns economist – News Week Trump’s tariffs crush small US manufacturers including music gear makers

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MacroBusiness Friday, December 19, 2025 - 16:30 Source

A better finish for Asian share markets in response to a bounce on Wall Street overnight as a softer than expected CPI print was balanced by more evidence of a softening labour market as the US economy slows down due to the Trump regime’s well – “point at everything”…. The BOJ meeting today resulted in

The post Macro Afternoon appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Renew Economy Friday, December 19, 2025 - 13:33 Source

Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub.A hot mid-week day placed Australia’s main grid, the National Electricity Market, under clear operational stress on Thursday, particularly in New South Wales where LOR3 and RERT market notices were issued.

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Renew Economy Friday, December 19, 2025 - 13:07 Source

New caledonia batteryFrance is building one of its biggest batteries on its territory in New Caledonia, where it will help wean the nickel mining island off coal and oil.

The post Huge new battery will be able to power South Pacific island for three hours a day, and pave way for more solar appeared first on Renew Economy.

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MacroBusiness Friday, December 19, 2025 - 13:00 Source

ABC News reported that Australians are flocking to cheap retailers like Temu, Shein, and Amazon, which combine ultra-cheap products with fast delivery. However, their success is putting pressure on traditional brick‑and‑mortar retailers, which are struggling to compete. In particular, online giants can undercut prices due to lower overheads, making it difficult for smaller shops to

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Renew Economy Friday, December 19, 2025 - 12:38 Source

Australian offshore wind start-up that blazed a trail for the nascent technology will wind up its operations in 2026. Warns Australia needs to "up its game."

The post Australian offshore wind trailblazer pulls up stumps, warns against “overstated risk aversion and timidity” appeared first on Renew Economy.

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MacroBusiness Friday, December 19, 2025 - 12:00 Source

Below is an excellent satire post from MB reader Erin Rolandsen, CEO of Angelassist and author of beyondtheragemachine.substack.com:  With Christmas approaching, many parents are once again facing the annual dilemma: What gift best prepares my child for the world they are inheriting? Toys that encourage imagination? Books that inspire curiosity? Or perhaps something more realistic. This year, why

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Your Democracy Friday, December 19, 2025 - 11:51 Source

In a week that could have seen Australia united through tragedy, mainstream media, politicians and many others have taken the opportunity to sow division instead. Even the pollsters.

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