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Anna Skarbek from Climateworks Centre on Australia's emissions mission, and the new China targets, while AGL's Jane Butler talks vehicle to grid. Plus: Wind and battery deals.

Recently, AMP Chief Economist Shane Oliver posted the chart below on Twitter (also known as X) detailing the path of rental vacancy rates and asking rents since the early 1980s. As I have somewhat crudely illustrated in the chart below, with the three blue circles, there have been three major surges in asking rents over

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Consumer groups are not convinced that new rules requiring energy retailers to make "better offers" more visible will make bills any less confusing.

Australia’s draconian social media ban for under-16s has won praise from European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at the United Nations, who labelled it “plain common sense”. Australia held an overnight event on the fringes of the UN General Assembly in New York to explain the rationale for the ban and build global support

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BMI—A Fitch Solutions Company—has published an analysis of the federal budget, which forecasts that Australia’s budget balance will fall into deficit in FY2025 (July to June) as “the government increases spending in response to the persistent cost-of-living crisis”. BMI forecasts a deficit of 1.0% and 0.5% in FY2025 and FY2026, respectively. “For FY2025, we forecast

South Australia is regarded as the nation’s leader in renewable energy, with the highest penetration of wind and solar generation in the country. South Australia closed its last coal-fired power plant in 2016 and now generates more than three-quarters of its electricity from wind and solar. However, the shutdown of its baseload coal power plants

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Forrest announces deals with BYD, Longi and Envision to advance his plans to reach "real zero" at his giant Pilbara iron ore operations by the end of the decade.

It is essential to understand Australia’s immigration policy within its historical context. During the first 60 years following World War II, Australia’s net overseas migration (NOM) averaged 90,000 per year, with only two years exceeding 150,000. In the 15 years of ‘Big Australia’ immigration preceding the pandemic, NOM averaged 220,000 per year, a 145% increase

The Clean Energy Council says online mis- and dis-information campaigns are behind rising hostility and intimidation of landowners who host renewables.

The Ukrainian crisis was orchestrated by the West as a war on Russia, waged by Kiev, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.

The top diplomat made the remarks on Thursday during a G20 ministerial meeting held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Australian renters have suffered disproportionately at the hands of record immigration levels, which saw an astonishing 1,227,000 net migrants arrive in Australia over the 33 months to Q1 2025. As shown below by Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro, most of these migrants arrived through the temporary migration system and required rental housing. As a result, advertised

134th Henry George Commemorative Dinner Address by John Alexander OAM, Kelvin Club, Melbourne, 4th September 2025.  Joe Langley, Prosper Australia Secretary and MC:  It’s my pleasure to introduce John Alexander to you tonight. John was a member of the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2022, during which time he led a number of key […]