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Join us in this week’s podcast as Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, and special guest economist Cameron Murray unpack the downsides of superannuation as a pension supplement—and explore the broader social issues it creates. Can’t make it to the live series? Catch up on the content via Podcasts or our recorded Videos. Damien Klassen is Chief Investment

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen wants to double down on the rollout of offshore wind farms, ­renewables, and the phase-out of coal-fired power plants. Bowen claims that Labor’s landslide election victory, where it only secured 34.7% of the primary vote, was a rejection by voters of anti-­climate action “noise”. “Peter Dutton described the

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Tasmania's hydro output hit a record low share last week, as the state shifts its trading strategy from baseload to firming to accommodate more win

Our top civil servants are being paid exceptionally well by international standards and much more than our Prime Minister, let alone the ministers to whom they are answerable. Time for change, Rex Patrick says.

The latest batch of data suggests that Australia’s labour market continues to ease gradually. SEEK’s latest employment report shows that job ads continue to trend lower and applications per job ad higher: SEEK’s data continues to point to a rising unemployment rate: As Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro shows below, all measures of job ads

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My last few booth maps have been focused on the non-classic races – the Greens in Melbourne, and the teals in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. But a big part of the story was Labor routing the Coalition in traditional urban marginal seats, particularly those on the edges of cities, with the ultimate symbol being Peter Dutton’s defeat in Dickson.

So today I’m looking at two groups of three LNP marginal seats – three on the northern outskirts of Brisbane, and three to the south. In each of these clusters, two of the three seats were lost to Labor, with the third seat holding on.

First, let’s look at the northern map.

I found this bit on ZDNet about a Harvard study on genAI use kind of interesting. Boiled down, it says generative AI in the workplace improves people’s work but erodes their motivation and engagement. There are numbers! Apparently. the psychological toll from a loss of agency and control over cognitively demanding tasks results in an 11% drop in intrinsic motivation and a 20% increase in boredom.

If you’re starting a new venture or looking to improve how your business handles money, having the right business bank account can make all the difference. Aside from being a place to store your cash reserves, it can also be used as a tool to make your day-to-day operations easier, streamline your bookkeeping, and even

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NSW seeks offers to build state's biggest renewable energy zone in New England, despite local opposition from the federal MP Barnaby Joyce.

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Australian Energy Regulator reject bid by NSW gas network company to charge a nearly $80 million spend on "renewable gas" infrastructure back to customers.

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