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Coolabah Capital portfolio manager Chris Joye published an article in The AFR highlighting the giant contribution of government spending to Australia’s post-COVID economy. A gigantic government cash splash has helped. In fact, a remarkable 63% of all Australia’s economic growth since December 2019 has been driven by the public, rather than private, sector. Expressed another

China has switched on its first large-scale lithium-sodium hybrid energy storage station, a 200MW/400MWh facility.

Risk markets in Asia are doing a little better despite the lack of a lead from a closed Wall Street with the focus on positive Chinese industrial production numbers. However currency markets are still wanting to push the USD down further with a somewhat hawkish talk from the BOJ not helping the USDJPY pair while

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All aboard the fossil train: Joe Hockey says Australia has a "duty" to export more gas and coal, as Queensland premier promises to push coal power to its limits.

State Electricity Commission signs up to supply all Victorian government operations with 100 per cent renewable energy, starting in July.

Leith and I have both explored the extraordinary price of coffee in Australia, with causes as varied as the price of beans in Brazilian drought to local labour costs and draining income. Coffee is now a luxury item. And the cafepocalypse in full swing. I admit, we’re not losing much here. I have long criticised

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The Market Ear with more. So little exuberance Positioning and sentiment remain muted across the board. Hedge fund leverage is at cycle lows, CTAs and systematics are neutral, and there’s over $7 trillion parked in money markets. With so little exuberance, it’s hard to get truly bearish from here. Let’s examine the latest positioning and

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Here comes the bear doves, via The AFR: Tim Toohey was the local chief economist at Goldman Sachs for more than a decade. Now at major money manager Yarra Capital, Toohey said he expected five quarter-point rate cuts, to 2.6%, by August next year. Toohey said he had two reasons for this unorthodox position. First,

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Off-grid and remote power specialist Pacific Energy has secured $2 billion in debt refinancing and new equity to boost its hybrid renewable projects across Australia.

After seven years,AEMO now accepts the transmission plans it has developed require a rethink. So, where to from here?

Deloitte Access Economics has released its Quarterly Employment Forecasts Report, which paints the picture of a job market propped up by record government spending. Deloitte notes that almost 390,000 Australians found jobs in the past year, with around two-thirds being full-time, “highlighting the labour market’s resilience”. However, “the overall strength of the labour market has

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I keep arguing that Australia’s transition to renewable energy will be incredibly expensive and drive up power bills. The reasons are straightforward. Renewable energy sources depend on weather conditions, which makes them intermittent and results in low load factors. As a result, renewables require backup hydrocarbon generation and loads of storage. They also need a lot

The vote count is now getting to a point where pretty much all primary votes have been counted, even if we don’t have all of the preference counts yet. So that means we can now begin to analyse the informal voting trends – where it went up or down, and what some of the causes could be.