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The new Support at Home Program for older people is introducing a ‘free market’ transactional aged care system. It’s a retrograde step, Sarah Russell reports.

NSW government slashes target for Peak Demand Reduction Scheme in drastic bid to help the state market adjust to the impact of the federal home battery rebate.

Recent data from CBA suggested that Australian households had lifted their spending in response to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) three interest rate cuts and modest growth in household disposable income. However, the September quarter household spending indicator (HSI) from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), released on Monday, raised doubts over the strength

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Is the gold boom turning to a bust, or is this only the first phase of a much bigger cycle? The bull case depends on why you own gold and how you choose to hold it. The “what” and “how” matter as much as the “whether.” Gold is a greater fool investment I’m going to start

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Hydro Tasmania has just posted its worst financial result in recent memory, but you’d have to read between the lines to understand how serious the situation is.

As giant hailstones hit Queensland, solar panel makers, tracker companies, and forecasters are rolling out new tech to deal with bigger, more common storms.

Throughout much of the last term of federal parliament, the Coalition under its then leader Peter Dutton made a case that the Albanese government was unable to adequately manage the nation’s affairs, using words like “disaster” to characterise some of the government’s policies. While there is certainly a case to be made that the Albanese

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Palestinian women share how Israeli forces used them as human shields in Gaza and the West Bank Throughout the Gaza genocide, testimonies have documented the Israeli army’s use of Palestinian women as human shields. These are not isolated acts by rogue soldiers but a systematic practice known to Israeli commanders and acknowledged by soldiers.

BY MAJD JAWAD 

New report outlines staggering costs of pre-paid electricity plans. If this happened in Sydney, it would be a scandal. In First Nations communities, it’s policy.

DXY is up and away! Euro toast. AUD is stuck on the treadmill from hell. CNY down. Gold still looks shaky to me as DXY firms. AI metals find a headwind. Big miners, big shooting star. EM toppy. Jun rejection! Yield back-up continues but is not a trend break yet. Stocks trying/ The Market Ear

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Iron ore is riding high with the Pilbara killer one week away. Dynamics have shifted, as expected. Late last week, hot metal output fell to 2.36mt.  This has been low enough to reverse the steel inventory accumulation, though it is still much higher than last year. In turn, port inventories of iron ore are on

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Yes, it’s very early, but I’ve launched my partial guide to the next Australian federal election, due in 2028.

This guide covers the 102 House seats in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. These jurisdictions won’t have a redistribution (barring an expansion of parliament). The guide also features guides to the eight Senate contests.

If there is no parliamentary expansion, this redistribution cycle is one of the least significant we’ve had. This makes it easier and quicker to get the guide ready.

When Clare O’Neil was Australia’s Home Affairs Minister, she regularly lamented that Australia’s migration system was too temporary and was holding the nation back. “Today, really for the first time in our modern history, our uncapped, unplanned temporary program is the centrepiece and driver of our migration system. This simple fact is the source of huge

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