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Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 15:31
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The post Legend of Australian renewables John Grimes to resign as SEC CEO, take on regional role appeared first on Renew Economy. |
The Tally Room
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 15:24
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According to reporting in the Sydney Morning Herald today, and from other conversations with journalists, it sounds like the federal Labor government is on the verge of announcing a plan to expand the size of the parliament prior to the 2028 federal election. Such a decision is to be welcomed, and I have been strongly advocating for this for a while. You can read all my posts on this topic here. |
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Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 15:06
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WARNING — BULLSHIT STORY FOLLOWS: Among the many grim milestones of a bloody war in Ukraine that has now been going for four years was one reached recently: For the first time since its invasion, Russia has lost troops faster than it can replace them. |
Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 13:43
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The post Solar Insiders Podcast: How fixing network tariffs could break home battery economics appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Fortescue’s electrification spend hits $1 billion-a-year “run rate,” as diesel savings start to flow
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 13:00
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Adelaide Airport managing director Brenton Cox has labelled immigration critics “economically illiterate”, arguing that lower immigration levels would hinder growth and hinder housing supply. “Those things (people say) like people coming to Australia are ‘taking jobs and taking our houses’… But the macro (economic) work absolutely disproves that”. “It makes clear (immigrants) are creating jobs |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 12:36
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The ABS monthly number is out, and whoa! Both headline and trimmed mean came in 10bps above consensus. The details aren’t good, either. How has Australia managed to experience 4% goods inflation while China is flooding the world with dirt-cheap products displaced from the US? Energy shock, I’m guessing. The same is still playing out The post Alboflation hot to trot in January appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 12:30
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The charts look absolutely horrible, but when Goldman does a seaonal comparions it’s not as bad. It compared the daily average volume during the 2026 CNY holidays (Feb15th-23rd) vs. 2025 holiday period (Jan 28th-Feb 4th): against an undemanding base, sampled primary markets recorded improvements with daily average volume rising +39%, while secondary markets registered more The post Chinese property keeps on falling appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 12:29
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 12:00
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The ABC reported that only half of the 22,000 homes approved for construction in Western Sydney are proceeding to construction because there are not enough buyers able or willing to pay enough to cover construction costs. KPMG urban economist Terry Rawnsley warned that interest rate rises would worsen the viability of new apartment projects due The post High rise apartments are too expensive to build appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 11:59
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The post New transformer in works for Australia’s most powerful battery, but return to full service pushed out again appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 11:30
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Charts from TME. The IGV software index is trading at 23 RSI. Seventh level of hell. Yet AI remains a tool, not a process manager. The hallucination rate is still high and is a feature, not a bug of LLMs. My argument is that humans may have already proven themselves more useless and mistake-prone than The post Dare the tech wreckage? appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 11:00
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The evidence from around the world shows that when you raise energy costs, your economy deindustrialises. Consider the following examples. Germany: Germany once had about 22 GW of nuclear power, producing over 160 TWh annually at a reasonable cost and with no emissions. Following the Fukushima accident in 2011, Berlin shut down 8 GW of The post If a nation drives up energy costs, it deindustrialises appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 11:00
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 10:30
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ANZ’s major projects series has some good and bad news. In 2024–2025, major projects in Australia’s pipeline will reach $71 billion. They are expected to peak at $105 billion in 2027–2028, later than ANZ previously thought. This change happened because project schedules and financial situations have changed. After a decade of huge public megaprojects, Australia’s The post Capex outlook shifts from everthing to energy appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 10:00
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Australia’s housing affordability has never been worse. According to Cotality, the nation’s dwelling price-to-income ratio was tracking at a record high of 8.2 in the September quarter of 2025: The time taken to save a 20% deposit was a record high 11 years, according to Cotality: The share of income required to pay the median The post Single Australians give up home ownership dream appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 09:45
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Vladimir Zelensky brought some of his most ardent fans to Kiev to mark the fourth anniversary of his wartime leadership, but the supporting actors in the Ukraine Cinematic Universe had little to offer him. A look at the guests who showed up suggests Ukraine’s backers are divided into those who have to and those who don’t.
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 09:30
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Today’s national polling roundup suggests a modest movement following the Liberal leadership change, with the LNP improving slightly but not decisively reshaping the political landscape. The latest YouGov-Sky News Pulse poll shows the Coalition rising three points to 22%, narrowing but not overtaking One Nation, which fell four points to 24%. Labor slipped one point The post LNP stalls One Nation advance appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 09:00
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There’s not much very encouraging going on for ferrous. Chinese markets reopned, popped and dropped. Steel is at news lows. SGX was the outlier. SMM tells of a weak market as the most-traded contract, I2605, closed at 740.5 yuan/mt, which is 1.79% lower than the previous trading day. This means that DCE iron ore continued The post Iron ore roars, coughs, and falls appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
The Tally Room
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 09:00
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How does owning your home or renting impact on how you vote? For today’s podcast, Ben was joined by Shaun Ratcliff and Josh Goddard to discuss what we know about how home ownership (or asset ownership more broadly) influences voting trends. We discuss Josh’s research looking at 14 different Western democracies, and also hear from Shaun about more research closer to home. |
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Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 08:57
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President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency is rescinding the legal finding that it has relied on for nearly two decades to limit the heat-trapping pollution that spews from vehicle tailpipes, oil refineries and factories. |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 08:30
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The issue of economic management has often been a hotly contested topic in the battles and debates that define Australian federal politics. For many Australians who follow federal politics, the phrase “superior economic management” is all but burned into our collective memories. But the simple reality is that both sides have done a poor job The post Australia’s flatlining economy appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 06:55
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Jewish orgs request Tony Burke reject Australian visa for Israeli journalist as his funders’ links to IDF emerge. Stephanie Tran reports. A coalition of Australian Jewish organisations has written to the Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, urging him to cancel the visa of Israeli journalist Zvi Yehezkeli on character grounds, citing comments in which he called for mass killings in Gaza and advocated violence against journalists. |
Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 05:55
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A US allegation that China conducted a secret nuclear test was widely reported despite clear evidence to the contrary, highlighting how security claims are too often treated as facts before they are proven. There used to be a simple rule in newsrooms: allegation is not evidence. It’s not that difficult to understand. You just don’t treat a claim as a fact until someone, somewhere, had actually proven it.
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Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 05:33
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has drawn sharp backlash after telling an Atlanta audience, “I’m like you,”while describing his low SAT score and reading difficulties, remarks critics have interpreted as an ill-judged attempt to connect with black voters. Newsom, widely discussed as a potential candidate for the 2028 US presidential election, made the comments during an appearance aimed at engaging African-American voters. |
Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 05:00
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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
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Your Democracy
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 04:33
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 00:01
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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. |
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 00:01
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The post Australia’s biggest renewable grid “stress test” facility gets a $3 million upgrade appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Renew Economy
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 00:01
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The post Higher fixed network tariffs could erase the benefits of the Cheaper Home Batteries rebate appeared first on Renew Economy. |
John Grimes, a stalwart of the Australian renewable energy industry and key negotiator of game-changing policies, has called time on nearly two decades as CEO of the Smart Energy Council. 
IEEFA's Jay Gordon on how proposed changes to electricity pricing could strip away the benefits of Cheaper Home Batteries. Plus, news of the week.
Fortescue says its electrification spend should hit a "run rate" of about $1bn a year to the end of the decade. And it is already banking savings from swapping out diesel.
Australia's most powerful battery is likely to continue to limp along at around half of its promised capacity for most of the year, with delivery of a replacement transformer expected in the second half of 2026.
Australia's largest independent renewable energy and grid integration testing facility, used to simulate and stress test real-world conditions, has had a $3m upgrade.
New analysis finds that raising fixed network charges could snatch back the savings promised to solar households through the federal battery rebate.