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Renew Economy
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 14:56
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The post Clean Energy Regulator counts 9GW in big solar and wind pipeline appeared first on RenewEconomy. |
MacroBusiness
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 14:00
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Just sayin’, via the ABC: Launceston retailers are working out ways to bring more people into the city, after some stores experienced their worst trading month in years. Many retailers in Launceston have described August as “challenging”, but said it was hard to pinpoint the exact reasons why. Andrew Pitt, from one of city’s longest-running The post Retailer enjoys weakest August sales in 70 years appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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MacroBusiness
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 13:38
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Via Zero Hedge: Beijing has been trying to calm its bubbly real estate market with policies that divert investor funds into China’s rental market. But the policy shift to increase the supply of rental housing has backfired, leaving most middle-class Chinese with a rapid increase in living expenses. The reason: the government’s latest centrally planned The post Chinese rents soar as apartments to Mars stand empty appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
MacroBusiness
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 13:30
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By Leith van Onselen CoreLogic has released its Cordell Construction Monthly report, which reveals that Australia’s construction pipeline rose in August. Specifically, the overall construction pipeline was valued at $23.5 billion in August, with apartments the second biggest construction segment behind civil engineering: There was also a big jump in the number of apartment projects The post Australia’s construction pipeline lifts in August appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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The Australian Independent Media Network
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 13:02
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There is something peculiar doing the rounds in Australian food circles. The land down under, considered something of a nirvana of fruit and vegetable production despite horrendous droughts and calamitous cyclones, is facing a new challenge: human agency, namely in the form of despoliation of strawberries. The results have knocked Australia’s highly concentrated supermarket chains,… The post Needled Strawberries: Food Terrorism Down Under appeared first on The AIM Network. |
MacroBusiness
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 13:00
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By Leith van Onselen A review of the Australian Business Number (ABN) system has proposed the adoption of fees for ABN registration and renewals as part of efforts to crack down on misuse of ABNs, which have been used to facilitate fraudulent activity. The ABN system has been in place since 2000, with around 7.7 The post ABN system being used for fraudulent activities appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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MacroBusiness
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 12:45
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PM Property Council is very adept at lying. His specialty is burying the truth under a deluge of wet cement verbiage. Sadly for him, women of the parliament are onto it, via New Daily: A crucial crossbench MP says she will reconsider her supply agreement with the Coalition unless it immediately resolves complaints of bullying The post Coalition’s “women problem” goes nuclear appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
MacroBusiness
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 12:30
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By Leith van Onselen Moody’s Analytics has released a report forecasting a 1.6% fall in housing prices across Australia in 2018. The firm expects house prices in Sydney to decline by 5.1% in 2018, although some suburbs will record larger declines while others will record growth. House prices in Melbourne are forecast to rise by The post Moody’s delusional house price forecasts appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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MacroBusiness
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 12:00
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After years of energy war from the Coalition that has included: backing emissions trading; trashing emissions trading; backing renewable energy targets; trashing renewable energy targets; backing direct action; trashing direct action; backing the Chief Scientist; trashing the Chief Scientist; backing a National Energy Guarantee; trashing a National Energy Guarantee. Today we get the new vision from The post How to fix Australia’s endless energy crisis with a pen appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
MacroBusiness
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:57
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By Leith van Onselen The ABS has released its property price index – incorporating both detached houses and units – which registered another 0.7% decline in home values nationally over the June quarter and a 0.6% decline over the year: Sydney (-0.7%), Melbourne (-1.2%), Perth (-0.1%), and Darwin (-0.9%) recorded quarterly declines in values, whereas The post ABS: Property prices fell 0.7% in Q2 appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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Renew Economy
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:52
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Renew Economy
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:49
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Popular Science
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:48
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Proving the power of whiskers and paws. |
Popular Science
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:48
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We all want to know who it is. |
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Popular Science
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:48
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An AR measuring app, Memoji, easier photo sharing, and more. |
Popular Science
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:48
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A Golden Goose award just recognized how poultry enhanced our understanding of B and T cells. |
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Popular Science
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:48
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Satellites, sharks, and turtles, oh my. |
Popular Science
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:48
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Eight amazing displays to check out. |
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Popular Science
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:48
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The annual Ig Nobel awards are a treasure. |
Popular Science
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:48
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How hot is too hot? |
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Popular Science
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:48
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The storm made landfall early Friday morning. |
Popular Science
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:48
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It will likely command a hefty price hike on a car that's already well over $400,000. |
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Popular Science
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:48
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Your muscles are ready to run, whether you like it or not. |
Popular Science
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:48
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Spring is advancing much faster in northern areas than it is in southern areas throughout three migration routes. |
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Popular Science
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:48
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The smartwatch's new ECG function brings fitness trackers into real medical care. |
Popular Science
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:48
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No, just...no. |
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MacroBusiness
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:45
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Better work from The Guardian today: Not a single lobbyist has been punished for breaching rules in the past five years – either federally, or in Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland or South Australia. Experts warn that the lack of enforcement leaves the sector to largely police itself, and that even if authorities took action they The post Time to drain the lobbying swamp appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
MacroBusiness
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:44
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Party on RBA: International Economic Conditions Members commenced their discussion of the global economy by noting that GDP growth in most of Australia’s major trading partners had remained above trend. Monetary policy settings had continued to be accommodative in most economies, although a few central banks had become less accommodative as spare capacity was absorbed The post RBA minutes party in rear vision mirror appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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Renew Economy
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:36
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MacroBusiness
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:30
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Yes, it’s border security Coalition style, via The Australian: Liberal Party heavyweight Scott Briggs — a close friend and political ally of Scott Morrison and a former professional colleague of new Immigration Minister David Coleman — is driving a bid to win a visa-processing contract understood to be valued at up to $1 billion. …According The post ScoMo’s hedge fund mates to run Australian borders appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
Latest CER data shows combined capacity of large-scale wind and solar energy projects in development pipeline now nudging 9GW.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore announced Sydney has joined forces with more than 100 City leaders from around the world committing to strong action on climate change as part of the Global Climate Action Summit.
The Clean Energy Council has opened applications for the fourth annual Women in Renewables Scholarship, a program which aims to strengthen gender diversity at the leadership level across the industry. 
The Green Bond Pledge is an international declaration that all bonds financing long-term infrastructure and capital projects need to address environmental impacts and climate risk