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Decoupling India from Russia will be a challenge for the European Union (EU) even as it seeks to build an economic partnership with the South Asian country, High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday.

Ties with Moscow key stumbling block for EU-India trade deal – KallasBrussels has no “illusions” about luring New Delhi away from Moscow, the vice president of the European Commission has said

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the official population and immigration data for the March quarter of 2025. The ABS showed that Australia’s population grew by 144,300 in Q1 2025, which was down from 156,800 in Q1 2024. However, the Q1 2025 increase was still stronger than any quarter of population increase in Australia’s

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A major solar b battery hybrid project was approved in just 2.5 months, but this time with an explicit nod to NSW community benefit guidelines.

The electricity futures market shows no evidence traders expect Eraring to close in two or four years time, and only weak evidence that Yallourn will close.

I hate clogging up people’s inboxes with junk email, which is why I post 99% of my nonsense directly to the web.

Apologies then for that last email about my Story Bible process for the World War series. Most people don’t care how the sausage gets made, they just wanna eat it.

In my defence, I had done a lunchtime workout and eaten a very large chicken curry and I was quite sleepy when I hit send, instead of publish.

Lightsource bp is set to start buildin

Belinda Allen, CBA’s Head of Australian Economics, believes that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will only cut the official cash rate (OCR) once more in November, given the recent stronger run of economic data. This would take the OCR to 3.35%, which is close to CBA’s estimate of neutral. Market pricing has also shifted

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Fourth-generation farmer Charlie Prell explains how after years of drought and falling commodity prices, wind turbines helped secure his farm’s future. But he says some developers have left scars that still fuel distrust.

Albanese sets 2035 emissions reduction target of 62 to 70 per cent, announces $7 billion for CEFC and National Reconstruction Fund to boost renewables.

As the rise of populist major party candidates and upstart political parties continues from London to Tokyo, many have been left wondering why Australia hasn’t seen the rise of a new third alternative. While Australia has the Greens and One Nation as third-party alternatives, they are hardly new additions to the nation’s political landscape. The

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Australia’s migration system is flooding the nation with low-skilled workers. The following chart from Alex Joiner at IFM Investors summarises the situation, with the overwhelming majority of net migrant arrivals arriving through pathways other than skilled visas: Even leading pro-Big Australia shills Peter McDonald and Alan Gamlen admitted that Australia’s permanent migration system is unskilled

Aussie wage growth has no chance of a sustained recovery. The mass immigration-led economy is, at base, a wage suppression scheme, and such macro forces will ultimately have their say. Leading indicators like the Seek Advertised Salary Index have slowed. The quarterly annualised rate is now at 3.1% and has trended lower. Other laggy indicators

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