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Last week, the Wall Street Journal published new details of the failed Ukraine peace talk held in Istanbul in the spring of 2022. The story resembles some kind of off-the-wall pro-Kiev propaganda along the lines of 'look how Moscow tried to subjugate them, it’s no wonder the Ukrainians refused.'

I'm an occasional listener of Andrew Huberman's podcast, usually when it crosses over into one of my areas of interest. It's so dense with information and runs so long every episode that I usually have to listen a couple of times to get all of the marrow out of the bone.

I'll be chewing over the latest episode, an interview with Cal Newport, author of 'Deep Work', my all-time favourite book about how to get shit done, for at least a month.

The interview runs for nearly three hours and starts off with a drolly amusing meet cute.

"Doctor Newport."

"Doctor Huberman."

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DXY firmed last night: AUD fell: With North Asia: Oil and gold too: Copper is coiled: Ask the Easter Bunny why RIO rallied: EM may be coiling for reflation: Junk is grinding on: Yields popped: But stocks rocked: US inflation was hot but the composition reassured bulls: February core CPI rose 0.36%, 6bp above consensus

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New report paints picture of a “very positive” year for big batteries and small solar, but an alarming fall in big renewables, with no new wind commitments in 2023.

This would be amusing if it wasn’t so scary: Productivity’s influence on wages growth and the supply side capacity of the economy makes it a crucial consideration for the Reserve Bank, RBA chief economist Sarah Hunter says. “We do care very much about what’s happening with productivity because it’s fundamental to understanding the economy, the

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Asian share markets are putting in very mixed sessions as the trading week continues with currency markets also reducing in volatility before tonight’s US inflation print. Wall Street is looking to open slightly higher despite the mixed start overnight while the USD is finding lost ground. The Australian dollar is feeling this rebound as well

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Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA) Media Release A new assessment of skills training across remote, rural and regional Australia highlights the complementarity of independent Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) and public TAFE colleges. The 2024 Remote, Rural and Regional Skills Training Snapshot is published by the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), the peak body…

The trend of voters choosing to cast their votes has been progressing for a long time, but there was a major shift in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic moved a lot more voters away from casting their votes on election day.

The 2020 Queensland council elections were the first elections in Australia after the start of the pandemic, and there was a massive change in how people voted.

Vestas claims record setting shipment as its longest wind turbine blades are transported across the US via railway.

Viva Energy signs its biggest renewable energy contract yet with an wind farm in operation near its Geelong refinery.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced the federal government will make sensible changes to the petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT). The federal government is hoping to secure opposition support for its legislation to toughen the PRRT which is aimed at raising an extra $2.4 billion over four years. The Greens want that amount doubled and an

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Federal opposition leader says the Coalition is preparing to reveal "potential host sites" for six nuclear power plants around the country.

He is the Fake Greens gas guzzler: Climate-warrior and Greens leader Adam Bandt has been slugging taxpayers just short of a million dollars in expenses in a single year, including spending $204,000 on printing costs. Also on his eyebrow-raising expenses were $23,000 on two private jet flights and another $12,000 on a government-provided vehicle and

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