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The U.S. secretary of state is reviving the language and intent of 19th century colonialism to deter what he sees as “the forces of civilizational erasure that today menace both America and Europe alike,” writes Joe Lauria.

Marco Rubio’s Cecil Rhodes Moment

By Joe Lauria

Special to Consortium News

The Australian newspaper has used the Parliamentary Budget Office’s (PBO) budget tool to attack One Nation’s proposal to cap visas at 130,000 a year and aim for net-zero immigration. The analysis claims that a net-zero migration policy could reduce federal government revenue by about $100 billion over the next decade, including nearly $80 billion in

The post PBO’s migration analysis doesn’t add up appeared first on MacroBusiness.

New analysis finds that raising fixed network charges could snatch back the savings promised to solar households through the federal battery rebate.

The post Higher fixed network tariffs could erase the benefits of the Cheaper Home Batteries rebate appeared first on Renew Economy.

New report pinpoints gas as the main driver of rising electricity prices over the past decade, and chief eroder of the "bill-busting benefits" of cheap solar and wind.

The post Gas the “stealthy price setter” of Australia’s high electricity bills, as batteries continue to bite appeared first on Renew Economy.

A new battery brand "dedicated exclusively to the home" has launched onto the rebate-charged Australian market, offering three different sizes and a low starting price.

The post New battery made “exclusively” for homes launches onto red-hot Australian market appeared first on Renew Economy.

HMC Capital boss bats off "harsh" takes on the listed company's energy transition fund strategy, saying it has "fantastic assets" and is "deep in negotiation" with electricity off-takers.

The post HMC says “fantastic” wind, solar and battery assets can rival real estate as the fund’s biggest earner appeared first on Renew Economy.

Independent economist Tony Alexander argues in a new report that New Zealand’s three-decade, investor-driven house price boom is over. Average house price growth has structurally slowed, investor participation has fallen, and the psychological “must buy now” pressure that dominated since the mid‑1990s has dissipated. Alexander believes that housing will still rise over time, but at

Since the COVID-19 lockdowns began in Australia in March 2020, housing prices in the country’s largest cities have grown at dramatically different rates. As shown below using PropTrack data, home values in Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide have roughly doubled, whereas values in Sydney and Melbourne have grown at significantly slower rates. According to Cotality’s daily

The post The true drivers of Australian house prices appeared first on MacroBusiness.

Nasdaq is enjoying a bearish 50/100 bearish cross. It wasn’t pretty the last time this happened. Amazingly, the NTM PE on Info TEch is now the same as Staples. When dealer gamma is negative like this, indicating the market is short, the market makers buy as prices  rise and sell if they fall, raising volatility.

The post Sagnificent 7 hits the skids appeared first on MacroBusiness.

Société Générale has weighed in on the forthcoming surge in global LNG supply. SG argues that an increase in the supply of LNG basically makes the world’s gas markets more connected. The US, European, and Asian (JKM) gas markets are all in the same hemisphere, so their seasonal patterns are pretty much the same. For

The post More on the monster global gas glut appeared first on MacroBusiness.

Universities Australia (UA) has published its pre-budget submission, which repeats the lie that international education is “a $52 billion export engine” and “one of Australia’s biggest money-makers”. This fantastical $52 billion education export figure comes from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and is wildly exaggerated because it does not subtract money earned and then

By Salvatore Babones It’s back to school this week for most of Australia’s 1.5 million university students—and back to Canberra for Australia’s top 1000 education bureaucrats. Universities Australia is holding its annual Solutions Summit this week in Canberra. The jamboree kicks off today with a session on “Putting First Nations at the heart of higher

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - UK Defense Secretary John Healey said that he wants to be the first in the role to send British troops to Ukraine.

"I want to be the Defence Secretary who deploys British troops to Ukraine – because this will mean that this war is finally over," Healey wrote in a comment published in the Telegraph newspaper on Saturday.