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Giles Parkinson and expert panelists discuss how AI and batteries can help protect energy users.

New quarterly data details a flying start to what promises to be a big year for big battery investment, and the investment in wind and solar is also rebounding.

In the early 2000s, the federal Labor government made the disastrous decision to allow the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Queensland without forcing gas companies to first supply Australians. Gary Grey, the then-Federal Resources Minister under the Gillard/Rudd Labor governments, argued that domestic gas reserve policies create uncertainty and discourage investment, pitting the

I had the opportunity today to visit the Bradfield recount, thanks to being appointed as a scrutineer. I did not attempt to challenge any ballots, but this gave me the best way to see how the process works. I was thinking of doing a podcast, and I may do that at some point if I get to interview some of the scrutineers, but for now I thought I’d summarise what I found in a blog post.

The not-for-profit that took on Energy Australia and forced it to admit that its carbon offset product failed to eliminate the harms of burning fossil fuels.

Federal energy minister says he wants Australia's co-hosting of COP31 to “knock it out of the park,” but his government's approval of a gas carbon bomb could knock it out of contention.

The Market Ear looks at the hated rally. Intact SPX’s steep trend channel since April panic lows remains intact. So far a perfect bounce on the lower part of the trend channel and the 21 day moving average. Support 5800, resistance 6000. Source: LSEG Workspace Missing even more Non dealers reduced the US equity futures

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More yawnulus please. Sales pancaked. Inventory a bit better. Completions down, down. It really doesn’t matter how much floor area developers sell, the enormous shadow inventory or unsold, empty, furloughed, half-built, half-dug apartments won’t run out for another 10k years. Iron ore demand to keep falling.

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NSW government extension approval has effectively inflated a coal mine's sale value while shifting the climate and social costs onto the public.<

The May federal budget forecast that Australia’s population would grow by 1.25% on average over the four-year forward estimates, with the nation projected to add 1.4 million residents in the four years to 2029: In the four years to 2028-29, Victoria’s population is projected to grow by 1.46% annually, adding 426,000. The Victorian government’s latest

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Blah, blah. blah. The Australian. Australia is falling behind global rivals in attracting investment in gas exploration and production, a new report from global consultancy Wood Mackenzie has found, a trend that risks undermining the nation’s energy security and stalling the transition away from coal. The report, Australia’s Natural Gas Investment Competitiveness, commissioned by industry

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The federal government launched a new skills visa in December, with the aim of attracting migrants who can make a significant contribution to the economy and fill roles where no Australian workers are available. However, migration agents claim that processing times for the new visa are too long, hampering the ability of employers to recruit

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You need US dollars to buy US assets. AUD rejected! Lead boots were made for walking. Three black crows for gold. Oil bust. Metals meh. Mining meh. EM meh. Junk sees sunny uplands ahead. Yields are helping now. Thank Saudi. Stocks to the moon! The AUD has turned into the world’s first Costanza coin. It

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