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The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) released new car sale data for September, which showed that overall sales fell by 12.4% versus the same month last year. FCAI Chief Executive Tony Weber noted that “the September result shows that the state of the economy is impacting purchasing intentions”. However, it was the first time

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Australia will tip $9 million into the Regional Pacific Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Hub in an effort to further support its neighbours' response to climate change.

The world’s largest commercial real estate group, CBRE, released its Apartment vacancy and rent outlook for Australia, projecting that the rental crisis will last until at least the end of the decade. CBRE expects that median Australian rents will grow by 25% between 2024 and 2029, well above projected CPI inflation. CBRE also projects that

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A machine that can extract nearly 100% of materials from end-of-life solar modules powers up as rock bottom Chinese solar prices collapse the export market for second-hand Australian panels.

Diplomacy and people-to-people exchanges can play a big role in securing global stability amid geopolitical and trade tensions, said former Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern.

Swiss start-up gets all clear to install a 100-metre-long removable solar PV plant between railway tracks in the country’s west.

Queensland coal giant seeks 15-year deal for the final stage of the massive Supernode battery energy storage system as it moves beyond baseload to firmed renewables.

It has been revealed that McDonald’s and its franchisees were paid up to $72 million under the former Coalition government’s Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements (BAC) program to train its staff. The BAC program aimed to help the post-pandemic recovery, but it has come under criticism from Labor MPs, unions, and former staff of fast food companies,

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The popular vote is still firmly with Kamala Harris: But swing states have narrowed with critical PA nearly a dead heat: Betting odds still favour Harris: It’s going to be tight. Markets are not priced for Trump.

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I’ve been consistently critical of the Labor party since Anthony Albanese became leader after Labor’s narrow but unexpected loss in 2019. It’s always easy to fall prey to confirmation bias in this kind of thing, making much of the bad and ignoring the good. To check my beliefs, I’m taking a widely circulated list of Labor’s claimed achievements, and giving my own responses. This is by no means a complete list of the governments achievements, and of course it doesn’t mention failures, but I’m confining myself to the list for now. Readers can judge whether I’m being fair.

We had a weekend away up on the north coast, staying just outside of Noosa, which was full of Victorians on holiday. There’s a cafe at Peregian Beach, a place called Fatima’s Hand, and every day they do a new muffin. One sweet, one savoury.

Of course, I have the sweet muffin.

This bad boy was pear, white chocolate and blueberry. There may have been a bite taken before I remembered to take a pic. I’m not sure how that happened.

This is why you need to pay attention to sponsorships like that of gas cartelier Origin Energy of The Grattan Institute. Last year, Grattan unveiled the worst piece of gas cartel propaganda seen in a decade (since its previous worst), when it declared that climate change mitigation depended upon getting households off gas: Australia needs

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