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An Ausgrid trial will put solar on unused commercial rooftops and deliver cheaper electricity for locals. CEO Marc England explains why it should be allowed to swim outside its lane.

Ausgrid plan to put solar on unused commercial rooftops and deliver cheaper electricity to local communities will test the rules on network limits. CEO Marc England says it's time for a rethink.

APA says its new Port Hedland solar farm proves it is cyclone proof, but despite a potential $33bn market opportunity, that was about it on renewables. The rest is gas.

Market Forces is some kind of green money lobbyist. It has produced a cracking report on Aussie gas, inadvertently illustrating that market reforms are vital to stabilise Aussie gas usage. First, the report shows that it is gas that most uses gas. Next, it shows where industrial gas usage goes. Finally, it illustrates that 10%

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The second day of the Canberra productivity roundtable will reportedly debate how to reduce the backlog of development projects awaiting environmental approval. Danielle Wood, chair of the Productivity Commission (PC), will address roundtable attendees in the morning in her session titled “Better Regulations and Approvals”. Her speech is likely to illustrate how environmental approvals slow

I suppose you can only ignore the number one input into the immigration-led economy for so long. Even if the Productivity Commission can produce five enormous reports (which are going to be roundly ignored) without mentioning it. The Australian. Business and unions have brawled on the first day of the economic reform roundtable over a

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Big. The Market Ear. CAPEX boom and… Will this time be different? Source: BCA Source: BCA This time really different In a very extreme way. Authers: “It’s unheard of for 2% of the index’s companies to account for virtually 40% of its value”. Source: Bloomberg/Authers But they are magnificent The big ones making the big bucks.

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I want to share with you an email I received today from someone who fancies their self as an astute analyst. This person falls far short of astute in my opinion, but the thinking revealed in the email does reflect the views held by many Americans with respect to what happened today in Washington when Trump met with Zelensky and his European pimps.

Is Trump Making a Bad Bet by Counting on Europe to Keep Ukraine Afloat?

The Australian recently published Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) data showing that there is an abundance of applicants per job. This suggested that concerns surrounding labour shortages are overblown. At the aggregate economy level, there were 29.3 applications per vacancy, 9.4 qualified applicants per vacancy and 4 suitable applicants per vacancy: As illustrated below by Justin

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It took Melbourne 165 years to hit a population of 3.5 million at the turn of the century. Over the first 25 years of this century, Melbourne’s population has grown by nearly 2 million, causing immense strain on housing, infrastructure, services, law and order, and overall living standards. The state government has also been buried

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Geopolitics again dominated the newsflow overnight, although the latest Canadian CPI print gave off a bit of a reverberation across currency markets with the USD pushing most of the majors down slightly as the Loonie almost went back to its recent monthly low. European stocks rallied while Wall Street pulled back on mixed home sales

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Solar and batteries play directly to Australia’s strengths. But to make the transition work, we also need to address leaky homes and inefficient appliances.