Building a renewable electricity system is incredibly expensive and will inevitably increase power bills. The global empirical evidence is clear: the higher the share of renewables in an energy system, the higher the electricity cost: The reasons are straightforward. Renewables depend on the weather, so they are intermittent and have low load factors. They need
Real estate agents noted that there has been a marked increase in the number of homes listed for sale in the last week alongside buyer queries. BresicWhitney CEO Thomas McGlynn expects this momentum to continue in the coming weeks after Labor secured a majority government at the federal election on Saturday. “If we see rates
Acting Liberal leader Sussan Ley has offered frontbench positions to MPs in return for their support in the party’s leadership contest, according to a source familiar with the discussions.
Australia’s mainstream media have ignored and distorted the genocide in Palestine. A recent Australians for Humanity forum, chaired by former SBS newsreader Mary Kostakidis, and featuring Margaret Reynolds, Stuart Rees and Peter Slezak, tackled the issues and discussed what needs to be done.
This century has seen a remarkable transformation of Australia. In the 60 years post-World War II, Australia’s net overseas migration averaged 90,000 per year. Australia had only recorded two calendar years with net overseas migration (NOM) exceeding 150,000. Immigration booster Professor Peter McDonald admitted in 1999 that “there were difficulties in the late 1980s when
As VE Day approaches, Western officials, pundits and journalists are widely seeking to exploit the 80th anniversary of Nazism’s defeat for political purposes. European leaders have threatened state attendees of Russia’s grand May 9th victory parade with adverse consequences.
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