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Renew Economy
Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 07:01
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The post Moves afoot to bring balcony solar to Australia, and new wave of products has batteries included appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 00:01
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Announcing targets is easy. Delivering on them is the hard part. Two years ago, the Albanese government, alongside the states, announced the National Housing Accord, which set a target of building 1.2 million homes over five years from 1 July 2024, equating to 240,000 housing completions annually. This target was always overly ambitious, given that The post It’s time to abandon unrealistic housing targets appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 20:40
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The post Solar and battery households will be biggest losers from network tariff changes, advocates say appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 20:28
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The post Renewables auction delivers record number of solar projects, biggest onshore wind farm appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 20:26
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The post Choppers and concrete pours: Helicopter joins effort to deliver huge Twiggy Forrest wind farm appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 17:06
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 14:50
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 14:40
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 14:33
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The post Energy regulator bans another company over doctored photos, false claims appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 14:17
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The post Australia’s biggest coal generator learns how to make more money out of its customers and big battery fleet appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 13:30
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Caitlin Fitzsimmons, the environment and climate reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald, has written an article challenging the common belief that younger Australians are being locked out of home ownership. While it’s true that people in their 20s are buying later than previous generations, Fitzsimmons points to Census data compiled by the Australian Institute of |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 13:00
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Back in 2022, one week after Albo was elected, I rang the gloriously handsome Andrew “Lord” Charlton and briefed him on the incoming gas catastrophe his government faced. Those words fell into oblivion, never to be heard again, and perhaps today we can understand why. The square-jawed man of the people had his sights set The post Lord Charlton captured by crypto appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 12:30
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The post AGL eyes options for a 2 gigawatt plus wind energy portfolio after signing string of PPAs appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 12:30
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Charts from TME. Skew is a measure of how much investors are worried about the downside versus excited about the upside. Rising skew is bearish. It is rising. The IGV index tracks software stocks. Looks like we’re into a shjort squeeze here. Possibly a bottom. The software selling sure looks like capitulation. Thr shorts are The post Tech wreck continues appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 12:00
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Australia’s federal budget uses two main deficit measures, and they differ because they treat certain transactions differently—especially asset sales, loans, and off‑budget funds. The headline balance captures all cash flows in and out of the Commonwealth government, including: day‑to‑day spending tax revenue capital spending asset purchases and sales loans issued and repaid equity injections transactions |
Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 11:38
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 11:30
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As usual, this is all sound and fury signifying nothing. Grace Tame has stolen the limelight from the very cause she espouses. She is now on the defensive. “I’m not the story…The story is that Israel stands accused by the International Criminal Court of committing genocide in Gaza, and so far”… “This should terrify us The post Grace Tame stay in your lane appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 11:00
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Australia’s rental market has experienced record-tight vacancy rates and explosive rental growth over the past five years. The nation’s vacancy rate fell to a record low of 1.5% in September 2025 and, as of January 2026, was tracking at 1.7%—well below the pre-COVID level: Cotality’s latest weekly indicators report shows that the number of rental The post Things can only get worse for Australian renters appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 10:32
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Israel’s President Isaac Herzog will be dining with Anthony Albanese tonight [10/02/2026], tomorrow he’s off for a whistle-stop tour of Canberra, courtesy of the RAAF, who will also fly him and his entourage to Melbourne on Thursday. Michael West and Stephanie Tran report. MWM has obtained a copy of the itinerary of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s NSW state visit. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 10:30
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We all know that the RBA can’t forecast its way out of a wet paper bag. Yesterday, we got a swag of soft data evidence that it has, once again, nailed the top of the economy with a rate hike. The CBA employment tracker continued to show a decline in monthly job creation. 21k per The post RBA rate hike one and done? appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 10:02
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The post US companies sign deal that could bring giant sodium batteries to Australia for data centres appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 10:00
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The Pulse’s Ross Elliott has written an excellent article on the administrative bloat that has engulfed Australia’s planning industry. Elliott notes that lawyers he has spoken with told him “they didn’t really know how many [planning-related] pages of rules and regulations were now in force—just that it would be so many as to be impossible The post Bureaucracy is stifling Australia’s construction sector appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 09:30
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The ferrous jaws may have partially closed, but a new problem is fast emerging: the price of steel amid weak demand. More profitable steel, or less loss-making steel, means more of it and lower prices, which leads to lower iron ore prices in a rinse-and-repeat cycle. ANZ has a new report that is worth considering The post Major bank: Chinese steel is about to crash appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 09:06
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The post SwitchedOn podcast: The home battery lock-in no one warns you about appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 08:19
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The Gaza Strip today is not just a territory; it is an open wound on the body of humanity, a laboratory where the West, led by the United States and its puppet Israel, tests new forms of colonial violence. Under the pretext of “fighting terrorism” and “ensuring security,” a systematic destruction of an entire people is taking place—methodical, cynical, paid for by American taxpayers, and approved by the silent consent of European allies. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 08:00
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A new era has dawned in Japan with the reelection of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government. A Japan that is tough on China and strict on immigration has emerged, one that is unafraid of defending its interests both foreign and domestic. Prime Minister Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party won in an absolute landslide, securing a 10.77 The post A new day dawns, for Japan and the world appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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The Tally Room
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 08:00
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In last Sunday’s Thai general election, voters swung strongly to current prime minister Anutin’s Bhumjaithai Party, or BJT. In this podcast, Ben discusses Thai politics and the results of the Thai election with Erin Cook of the Dari Mulut ke Mulut newsletter. You can now watch a video version of this podcast on Youtube. |
Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 06:55
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Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 05:44
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Beijing urged Tokyo on Monday to adhere to peaceful development and follow the four political documents between China and Japan, which serve as the political foundation of bilateral relations. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian made the remarks at a regular news briefing after media reports said that Japan's ruling coalition had won a supermajority in a parliamentary election on Sunday.
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Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 05:33
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The US is trying to take control of all international energy supply routes in an attempt to attain global economic dominance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. |
Unlike many countries, Australia does not allow balcony solar, which now even come with their own batteries. But that may change. 
Renewables advocacy groups join the likes of Tesla to push back against proposals to increase the fixed network cost component of electricity bills.
The UK's latest renewable energy auction has secured a record amount of new development capacity and the largest onshore wind project in a decade.
A helicopter has been deployed to start stringing the transmission lines that will connect the huge Uungala wind farm to the grid in central western New South Wales.
Williamsdale battery in Canberra to fund two rooftop solar and battery storage systems for local not-for-profit organisations, as part of a com
The Essential Services Commission has banned a second company in as many weeks for allegedly using doctored photos to claim completion of efficiency projects.
AGL is making more money from customer margins and its new big batteries, but is worried about solar sharer. "It's February and we have not an ounce of detail."
AGL to create a new funding vehicle, using other people's money, to develop its major wind projects, including auction winners in NSW and the CIS.
US companies sign deal to build giant sodium batteries for US data centres, and also targeting Australia and Japan. 
Simon Hackett says government subsidies should only support home batteries that let consumers choose their software and energy services freely. Currently they don’t.
