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When China first began its meteoric rise to unparalleled industrial superpower, there were nations around the world who saw the Middle Kingdom’s rise as an opportunity, a new market in which to sell their goods. And for a while, the relationship between China and, in particular, Europe was heavily defined by the rise of the

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Lithium-ion battery prices fall to record low, with grid scale storage plunging 45 per cent in the last year, new survey shows.

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The Pacific Peso is on fire even before the RBA’s “hawkish hold” at yesterday’s meeting, keeping in on its short term trend that has seen it breach and hold the 66 cent level against USD. However its performing much better against the Asian countries, making a new yearly high against Yen: In fact it maybe

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French oil giant developing massive multi-gigawatt solar and battery project south of Darwin that may be rival to bigger SunCable project further south.

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From being custodians of public knowledge, governments are turning to architects of manufactured ignorance. Amid disappearing evidence, citizens are struggling to hold power to account.

Around the world, governments are quietly deleting, manipulating, or withholding public data at an unprecedented scale, which is a direct threat to democratic accountability.

Research by Super Consumers Australia has found that the typical single retiree paying rent needs $659,000 in superannuation to enjoy a financially secure future, more than twice the $322,000 required by a homeowner. Couples face a similar gap: $786,000 for renters versus $432,000 for homeowners. Renters are three times more likely to struggle financially in

The ISP remains the best planning document stakeholders could wish for. Its weakness is it’s only a planning document, someone else has to implement it.

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Contractor signed up for early works at one of the biggest battery projects in Queensland, with construction to start next year.

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Two renewable energy projects have taken important next steps forward this week in state's race to meet pledge to quit coal by the end of the decade.

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As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has unanimously chosen to keep the official cash rate on hold at 3.60%. In its media release accompanying the decision, the RBA suggested that “temporary factors” are behind much of the recent rise in inflation, but also admitted that it is unsure of the extent: While inflation

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From the Market Ear Two weeks of “agony” Two weeks ago, positioning was falling, HFs were net sellers, hedging was picking up, CTAs were cutting exposure, and Retail flow was fading. Shorts were working, and HF alpha held up. Now everything has flipped, buying has surged across cohorts, the 1-week change in JPM’s US Tactical

The post Sell Low, Buy High – And Ignore the Code Red? appeared first on MacroBusiness.

An article about wind droughts published on the front page of the Weekend Australian is not quite the "gotcha" moment author Chris Uhlmann claims.

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