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MacroBusiness
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 11:00
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In 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its Population Projections 2002 to 2101, which contained a baseline (Series B) forecast for Australia’s population of 26.4 million by 2051, based on an assumed net overseas migration (NOM) of 100,000 annually. The following table illustrates the ABS’s 2003 population projections for Australia’s capital cities: Sydney The post Julia Gillard was right on one thing appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Renew Economy
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 10:50
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The post IEA calls peak coal, even as “Age of Electricity” takes hold to boost global power demand appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 10:30
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Australia will need to find a sugar daddy because the Chinese version has lost its mojo. New property sales are terrible to start the year. The secondary market is, at least, showing some signs that panic selling is over, with lower transaction volumes, but prices are still falling. Consumer confidence is precisely where you would The post No more stimulus from China appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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The Tally Room
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 10:15
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One of the most common arguments regarding Australian electoral systems concerns whether voters are required to number every box on their ballot paper in single-member elections. There are principled arguments for two different methods, but often these arguments are backed up by the perceived self-interest of someone’s preferred political party. For today’s post, I am going to present the case for why both systems have downsides, and why we should do the work to develop a new system that takes the best of both systems. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 10:00
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Over the coming decades, Australia will require a massive expansion in electricity supplies. First, the nation’s population is officially projected to grow by nearly 50% over the next 40 years, implying a commensurate increase in household energy requirements (in addition to commercial). Second, Australia is expected to build dozens, if not hundreds, of data centres |
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Your Democracy
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 09:53
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The global rise of authoritarianism is weakening climate governance just as warming accelerates and tipping points draw near. This failure now poses a direct threat to our future. |
Your Democracy
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 09:34
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged a “balanced” approach aimed at “cooling the arenas” and preventing an escalation six days before the October 7 massacre, according to a classified summary from an October 1, 2023, security meeting. |
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MacroBusiness
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 09:30
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Over the weekend, the Coalition got the band back together just in time to tear it apart. Angus Taylor’s supporters are expected to use the dismal polling figures to push for a spill of the Liberal leadership this week. Newspoll reports that the Coalition’s primary vote has fallen to 18%, while One Nation’s voter support The post Kohler: Housing bubble hands Australia to One Nation appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 09:00
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Back in 2020, China exported around 1 million vehicles, well behind the automotive powerhouses of South Korea, Japan, and Germany, and not too dissimilar to where exports stood at the start of the 2010s. Then in 2021, things began to change extremely rapidly. The pace of Chinese car exports began an absolutely meteoric rise, rapidly The post China is taking over the automotive world appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 08:06
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Will Lewis has stepped down as CEO and publisher of the Washington Post, days after a sweeping round of layoffs that affected virtually every desk. In recent years, the paper has reeled under a drastic fall in audience numbers and ad revenue. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 07:00
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The ferrous jaws are closing on a monthly basis. There’s more work to do on the daily chart, but clearly, we are getting there. Scuttlebut is weak. “Iron ore’s own supply-demand fundamentals remain weak,” said Steven Yu, a researcher at consultancy Mysteel. Hot-metal output at mills had been slower that expected before the week-long holiday The post Iron ore free falls into cyclone appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 06:55
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The German authorities have repeatedly tightened screws on AfD, which hits out at the EU’s migration policy and stands for a “good, partner-like dialogue” with Russia. Two MPs are from the AfD (Alternative for Germany) faction, while the five other members support individual lawmakers. Salaries of all seven are being withheld, Bild reports. |
Your Democracy
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 06:44
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Australia’s political and media response to Gaza, including the invitation to Israel’s president, reflects the influence of pro-Israel lobbying and the shrinking space for lawful criticism. The powerful Zionist lobby has our political, media and academic class bluffed. Not surprisingly the lobby has seized the initiative following the tragic Bondi killings.
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Your Democracy
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 06:05
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Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has accused former British leader Boris Johnson of derailing a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine early on in the conflict. The former British prime minister has long been regarded as one of the key figures behind the continuing hostilities and is believed to have torpedoed the first peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul in March 2022. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 00:01
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Australian housing has never been this expensive. According to Cotality’s latest housing affordability report, the nation’s median dwelling price was valued at a record 8.2 times median household income in the September quarter of 2025, up from 6.4 times the median income in the September quarter of 2019. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) also The post Why Australian house prices don’t make sense appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Renew Economy
Sunday, February 8, 2026 - 21:38
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The post State owned utility’s third big battery officially opened, and is “re-rated” to be the biggest in Australia appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, February 8, 2026 - 17:43
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Australia's Liberal-National Coalition, the country's main opposition, reunited on Sunday, more than two weeks after the centre-right partners split in a row over hate speech laws. "The Coalition is back together and looking to the future, not to the past," Liberal Party leader Sussan Ley said, appearing alongside National Party leader David Littleproud in Canberra. |
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Your Democracy
Sunday, February 8, 2026 - 15:12
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) attempted to shield former President Joe Biden by deleting an email referencing him from the Epstein files, former US Senate staffer and RT contributor Tara Reade has said. Reade worked as a Senate aide for Biden in the early 1990s and has accused him of sexual assault. In 2023, she moved to Moscow, citing safety concerns, and was granted Russian citizenship two years later. |
Renew Economy
Sunday, February 8, 2026 - 13:31
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The post Spanish giant completes Sydney battery ahead of schedule, lands contract for a bigger one appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Renew Economy
Sunday, February 8, 2026 - 11:35
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The post Regulators are asking hungry data centres to pay more for grid power, so households can pay less appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Renew Economy
Sunday, February 8, 2026 - 11:32
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The post Pumped hydro is vital to the future grid. So why does gas exploration get all the tax benefits? appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Your Democracy
Sunday, February 8, 2026 - 10:24
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Inside China, there is a nickname for US President Donald Trump that tells you everything you need to know about how his actions are being viewed in Beijing. They call him “Chuan Jianguo,” which translates roughly to “Trump the nation-builder”. It is a mocking title, of course, suggesting that the US president’s foreign and domestic policies are actually doing more to build up China than they are to help the United States. |
MacroBusiness
Sunday, February 8, 2026 - 10:20
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The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) decision to hike the official cash rate by 0.25% last week has failed to dampen buyer enthusiasm in the housing market. According to Cotality, the nation’s preliminary auction clearance rate rose to 73.7%, up from 69.7% last weekend. It was also significantly higher than the 64.2% preliminary clearance rate The post Auction market “surprisingly strong” following rate hike appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Sunday, February 8, 2026 - 09:43
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All of a sudden, the planets have aligned. Something both sides of Australian politics have been able to shunt off into the ‘politically too hard’ basket for much of a generation is now eminently doable. All that is required is data, some integrity in interpreting that data, and the political cojones to stand and deliver. The post There will never be a better time for budget and economic reform appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, February 8, 2026 - 09:16
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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joined Christians from around the country earlier this week at the Museum of the Bible for a national day of repentance, while highlighting the plight of persecuted Christians worldwide. |
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Your Democracy
Sunday, February 8, 2026 - 06:55
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A threatened Aussie tiddler flashes a fin for tiny freshwater fish worldwide, toxic PFAS chemicals are all around us and deep inside us and never go away, and illegal gold mining in Congo destroys the environment and communities. Tiny fishes – miniature marvels that slip through the net
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Your Democracy
Saturday, February 7, 2026 - 21:22
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Swedish Palace Confirms Princess Sofia Met Jeffrey Epstein Multiple Times as She Quietly Skips Nobel Prize CeremonyThe news comes weeks after King Charles stripped his brother Andrew of his royal titles and honors due to his connections to Epstein
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Your Democracy
Saturday, February 7, 2026 - 16:28
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Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia in Moscow, urging ethnic and religious solidarity as the Ukraine war continues. Invoking historic battles against foreign enemies, Putin said Russian soldiers fight as brothers across faiths, as crowds rallied behind the Kremlin’s push to sustain public support amid prolonged conflict. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ab8KTVJqwA
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MacroBusiness
Saturday, February 7, 2026 - 08:51
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Despite the strong prospects of an interest rate hike, the nation’s final auction clearance rate bounced last weekend. Cotality recorded a final clearance rate of 66.4% last weekend, up from 57.1% in mid-December and 59.4% at the same time last year. Melbourne’s final clearance rate was 63.7% last week, up from 58.4% and 58.6% at The post Australian house prices face first major test appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
IEA says the world has already passed "peak coal", even with an expected huge boost in global power demand caused by the "age of electricity".
State owned Synergy has formally opened its third big battery, which turns out to the biggest operating battery in Australia after its storage was "re-rated."
Spanish giant completes one big battery project ahead of schedule as it lands a contract for an even bigger project with 10 hours of storage.
Some countries now require data centres to pay more to access grid power, but Australian authorities are split over the issue.
When gas companies drill a dry hole, the tax system shares the loss; when pumped hydro companies drill a dry hole, they carry the cost alone.
