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The "high school" level feud between the US president and the world's richest man has sent Tesla stock into free-fall. But the biggest victim could be autonomous tech.

What if the hoards of offshore wind data was all in one database and free for everyone to use? It's a vision being put forward by researchers in Australia.

Following one of the largest booms in the developed world during the pandemic, New Zealand’s house prices experienced a significant decline. As illustrated above by Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro, New Zealand’s real inflation-adjusted house price has returned to its pre-pandemic level, according to the REINZ house price index. Separate data released this week by

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The Market Ear on the nature of the rally. Range mania continues SPX remains stuck inside the 5800/6000 range (futures). Source: LSEG Workspace NASDAQ technicals Rising wedge like formation and the huge resistance area slightly higher. Source: LSEG Workspace Surprise, surprise The gap between SPX and Citi US economic surprises should make you a bit

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This week’s Q1 national accounts release from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that real per capita household consumption has been negative for seven consecutive quarters on an annual basis, down 2.4% from its peak. The decline in household consumption came despite a rebound in real per capita household incomes, which jumped by 1.8%

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I’ve long argued that water is the ‘elephant in the room’ of the immigration debate, something policymakers and pro-Big Australia supporters never acknowledge. A series of reports has warned that Australia faces chronic water shortages and rising water bills as its population grows by millions due to persistently high immigration volumes. For example, a 2021

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DXY is poised to go lower. AUD is counting down to lift off. CNY is a tailwind now. Oil and gold wait. Metals still no bueno. Big miners meh. EM warming to DXY. Junk meh. Yields rebounded. Stocks nervy into the NFP. A couple of previews. Goldman. While the employment component of the ISM services

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Greenhouse gas emissions have returned to near record levels in one state, where a decision to extend a gas plant's life has sparked nationwide protest.

Last night saw the ketamine Nazi having a Twitter/X stoush with the Adderall TACO-baby online after their recent public divorce, with Trump threat of taking away Tesla’s subsidies sending its stock price down over 14%. Against this childish backdrop was the possibility of trade talks with both China and Canada and the potential stalling of

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Australians experienced the developed world’s largest decline in real per capita household disposable income, which fell by more than 8% between mid-2022 and mid-2024. Wednesday’s national accounts release from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that the income recession is over, with real per capita household disposable income jumping by 1.8% in the year

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In this week’s Treasury of Common Sense on Radio 2GB/4BC, I lambasted the Albanese government for opposing East Coast gas reservation and explained its implications for energy bills and the economy. In the early 2010s, the Rudd/Gillard Labor government made the fateful decision to approve LNG exports out of Gladstone QLD without requiring gas producers

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Green Hydrogen Hub project director issues plea to international investors, including the "monsters" of carbon intensive industry, to back Tasmania's $2 billion green fuel vision.

Renew Economy has enjoyed record readership over the last 12 months, and a big jump in newsletter subscribers.