|
Your Democracy
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 14:07
Source
UNITED STATES Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave the green light to European leaders for a new era of colonialism. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Mr Rubio offered partnership between the US and Europe to recolonise the global South.
Rubio gives green light to new era of US-European colonialism |
MacroBusiness
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 14:00
Source
With less than five weeks to go until the South Australian election, the Opposition Liberal Party has announced a stamp duty concession to help older homeowners downsize. It is not a full exemption but a one‑off $15,000 discount on stamp duty for eligible buyers. The concessions would be available to South Australians aged 55 and The post Cutting stamp duty for older Australians is unfair appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
|
MacroBusiness
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 12:30
Source
Australia is experiencing a major economic shift driven by a decade-long surge in federal and state government spending: Economists claim government spending is now structurally reshaping the economy in a way comparable to the early‑2000s mining boom. Alex Joiner, chief economist at IFM Investors, clearly illustrates the shift from the mining boom to the government-spending |
Renew Economy
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 12:27
Source
The post “We don’t doubt ourselves:” Fortescue’s race to real zero – and the radical rethink behind it appeared first on Renew Economy. |
|
Renew Economy
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 12:05
Source
The post Can inverter-based technologies do the system security job of big spinning machines? appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 12:00
Source
Apparently, Lenore Taylor, editor at the fake left Guardian, has jumped off the ship. Guardian Australia editor Lenore Taylor’s decision to step down this week after almost 10 years in the job wasn’t a shock. But the timing sure was. Announcing it at 5.30pm on a Tuesday? Leaving the business the following day? And staff hearing The post Guardian editor shoved for growing One Nation? appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
|
MacroBusiness
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 11:30
Source
The Australian Treasury set aside $35.7 million in contingent liabilities for defaults under the federal government’s 5% deposit scheme for home buyers in the mid-year budget update in December. Under this scheme, the Treasury guarantees 15% of first-home buyer mortgages, allowing homes to be purchased with only a 5% deposit without requiring lenders’ mortgage insurance. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 11:00
Source
Goldman believes that after accounting for seasonal fluctuations, the weighted average property price in the Chinese primary market decreased by 5.3% on an annualized basis in January, according to NBS 70-city data. Prices varied widely among city tiers. NBS and third-party platforms’ secondary market data indicate price decreases of 10% to 25% throughout the previous The post Chinese property bust worsens appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
|
xkcd.com
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 11:00
Source
|
MacroBusiness
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 10:30
Source
On Thursday, I was interviewed by Mark Levy at Radio 2GB regarding Labor’s changes to the taxation of earnings on large superannuation balances. If passed by the Senate, the tax rate on superannuation accounts with balances between $3 million and $10 million will double to 30% from 1 July 2026. The tax rate on superannuation The post Superannuation was never meant to be a tax shelter appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
|
MacroBusiness
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 10:00
Source
NDX in for a test of the trading range. Charts from TME. The Sag7 does not look well. CTA uh oh. Bond volatility is on the rise. Which equities hate. The software route has not followed through on the squeeze. DEspite being cheap, cheap. The example of early AI casualties in India is instructive. No The post Michael Hartnett completely lost in China appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 09:42
Source
The “woke, decadent” EU is not facing a decline regardless of what critics say, and some people, including nearly half of Canadians, “still want” to join it, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has claimed. |
|
MacroBusiness
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 09:30
Source
Following the resignation of former Liberal Party leader Sussan Ley, her rural New South Wales seat of Farrer will go to a byelection. To say the situation is problematic for newly minted Liberal Party leader Angus Taylor would be an understatement. Instead of Ley remaining in parliament to see out her term or waiting until The post One Nation’s huge test appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 09:00
Source
The new opposition leader, whom we didn’t even bother reporting on, failed day one. “We have to do better, there’s no question about that,” he told Sky News on Sunday, adding in relation to Ley that he “sought to be a supporter of her leadership, every single day”. He said the opposition’s focus in the The post Start the countdown to Andrew Hastie appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
|
Renew Economy
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 08:02
Source
The post Carbon price no longer “electoral kryptonite,” survey finds appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 08:00
Source
The ferrous jaws are all but closed after a Friday flush. CISA early February data was out and was not good. We are well below 2025 output here, though the later CNY is playing a role. Steel inventories climbed 2.7%. As you can see, mills are about to pile it up over the Chinese New The post Uh oh. China runs out of room for iron ore appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
|
Your Democracy
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 06:55
Source
In his new book Geoffrey Robertson argues the UN Security Council can no longer defend democracy and proposes a new alliance of democratic states. The diagnosis is compelling – the path forward far less clear. |
Your Democracy
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 05:33
Source
Australia’s political and media establishments are struggling to adapt to a world where narratives can no longer be tightly managed. And attempts to restore authority through censorship, moral panic and regulation are deepening public alienation rather than restoring trust.
|
|
Your Democracy
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 05:22
Source
From curbing protests to controlling what can be said, state and Federal Labor governments are becoming authoritarian. Next in line is the thought police entering campus, Nick Riemer reports. In December, the NSW Labor government gave itself the power to ban street marches for an indefinite period. We saw what that meant on February 9 as violent police charged, maced, beat and arrested protesters against Herzog’s visit. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 00:01
Source
I am an avid follower of leading Sydney auctioneer Tom Panos. I always watch his Saturday auction market report on YouTube for insight into the market’s pulse and developments in the real estate industry. In this weekend’s update, Panos took direct aim at the Albanese government’s rumoured changes to the capital gains tax (CGT) discount, The post Capital gains tax myths debunked appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
|
Your Democracy
Sunday, February 15, 2026 - 21:36
Source
Set ups like the CIA and MI6 are not dilettante organisations. They not only advise the administrations of their respective countries, they also control the narratives that appear in the media. And they are VERY powerful — more powerful than Presidents or Prime Ministers that come and go, though Donald Trump is a handful and keep trampling the petunias that have been so carefully cultivated. |
MacroBusiness
Sunday, February 15, 2026 - 16:05
Source
By Lucinda Jerogin, Associate Economist at CBA RBA appearances last week reinforced the cautious but hawkish leaning nature of the Monetary Policy Board. We continue to expect a 25bp rate hike in May to take the cash rate to 4.10%. The value of new housing loan commitments rose sharply in Q4 25 (+9.5%/qtr), driven higher The post The economic week ahead appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
|
Your Democracy
Sunday, February 15, 2026 - 14:17
Source
British state broadcaster, the BBC, has announced sweeping cuts, citing financial pressures. The move comes as the network faces mounting reputational issues and a $10 billion defamation lawsuit filed by US President Donald Trump. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, February 15, 2026 - 14:11
Source
|
|
MacroBusiness
Sunday, February 15, 2026 - 11:54
Source
This week’s news that Sussan Ley has been rolled by Angus Taylor has largely been met by yawns. Who really cares? Nobody in their right mind thinks the Liberals are anywhere near being able to return as government. They are still redolent of the party in power, which did essentially nothing for three terms while The post Voters quiet quit democracy morphed into toxic management appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, February 15, 2026 - 11:22
Source
Move aside, Melania -- Donald Trump's White House is celebrating Valentine's Day with some cheeky cards that applaud the administration's accomplishments ... while mocking the left. |
|
MacroBusiness
Sunday, February 15, 2026 - 10:42
Source
The latest interest rate hike from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has failed to dampen enthusiasm in the housing market. The final auction results from last week were solid, with 66% of the homes sold and February’s clearance rates rebounding from late last year: The momentum continued this weekend, despite a strong uplift in The post Auction market shakes off rate hike appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Renew Economy
Sunday, February 15, 2026 - 10:09
Source
The post No concrete, no B-doubles: Major solar and battery project promises ultra-light touch appeared first on Renew Economy. |
|
Your Democracy
Sunday, February 15, 2026 - 09:01
Source
BHP has accused coal miner Simon Turner of making “wild accusations” but refuses to say what they are. Michael West, also named in the court case, reports. Simon Turner, a coal miner who has locked horns with mining giant BHP in the courts over wage theft, cannot afford a lawyer. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, February 15, 2026 - 08:48
Source
Angus Taylor ousting Sussan Ley as leader of the Liberal Party reinforces longstanding perceptions about the Party’s treatment of women. Aleta Moriarty reports. |
Iron ore giant Fortescue has just four years left to meet its real zero emissions by 2030 target, a mammoth task that will require it to fundamentally change how it operates. So can it be done?
A new white paper examines how Australia can ensure electricity system security in the transition from baseload generators and spinning machines to a grid dominated by inverter-based resources. 
An ex-Labor strategist turned pollster says there are votes in taxing Australia's biggest polluters through reframing the debate and evolving demographics.
A large-scale solar and battery project seeking federal environmental approval proposes to use an innovative panel mounting system that will slash its physical and ecological footprint.
