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By Denis Bright   The LNP certainly knows how to frame its commitments to its self-proclaimed promises of a better life under neoliberalism in the shadows of global military industrial complexes. Australian Election 2022 was a little different to earlier national campaigns because of the unpopularity of the Morrison Government and the appreciation shown in WA…

Survey finds just 26 pct of women think nuclear power would be good for Australia. That compares to 51 pct of men, but only one in three males willing to live near one.

The energy crisis continues to build. Gas supplies across the east coast must be “carefully managed” if the fuel source is needed to support higher electricity demands over a hotter-than-average summer, the energy market operator has warned, conceding it may have to cancel maintenance work on transmission lines to make the grid more reliable. …Energy Edge managing

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Amid the welter of commentary and post-mortems among Democrats to explain Kamala Harris’ loss to Donald Trump, there is one theory that has received widespread acceptance. The Democrats made a serious tactical mistake in concentrating too much on Trump, and spent too little time promoting positive messages about Harris.

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Les liens cachés d’un géant du journalisme avec le gouvernement américain

L’OCCRP, le plus important réseau de médias d’investigation au monde, a dissimulé l’ampleur de ses liens avec le gouvernement américain, qui fournit la moitié de son budget, bénéficie d’un droit de veto sur ses dirigeants et finance des enquêtes sur la Russie ou le Venezuela.

Two workers have reportedly been rescued by helicopter from a wind turbine in Brazil after a fire broke out in the generator of the Siemens Gamesa wind turbine.

Japan’s largest oil company has announced a $200 million investment into Queensland’s green hydrogen ambitions, committing to build a demonstration plant near Brisbane.

Master Builders Australia Media Release After the long-awaited release of the Federal Government’s Core Skills Occupation List, the building and construction industry has been left scratching their heads as to why key machinery operator roles have not made the final list. The Core Skills Occupation List provides the only viable pathway for skilled construction workers…

The first cyclone resistant solar farm, along with a big battery, have been opened to provide daytime power for BHP's iron ore port operations in Port Hedland.

New monthly data from Rystad Energy shows utility wind and solar generation exceeded 4 terwatt-hours – a first for the month of November.

A new bloody phase has opened up in Syria, as if it was ever possible to contemplate another one in that tormented land. Silly terms such as “moderate” are being paired with “rebels”, a coupling that can also draw scorn.   What counts as news reporting on the subject in the Western press stable adopts…

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The latest dwelling value results from CoreLogic and PropTrack showed that the market has ground to a halt, led by Sydney and Melbourne. The auction market has also stalled, with final clearance rates in Sydney, Melbourne, and nationwide declining to their lowest level of the year. The weakness in the nation’s housing market is also

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The Guardian’s latest Essential Poll shows “voters have given the Albanese government an F on containing housing costs and surprisingly little credit for increasing wages”. 53% of voters polled rated the government’s performance as “poor” on “increasing the amount of affordable housing”, including 30% who said it had been “very poor”. Those polled also said