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Your Democracy
Saturday, February 21, 2026 - 07:44
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Your Democracy
Saturday, February 21, 2026 - 07:22
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Russia and Japan are not holding any negotiations on concluding a long-elusive peace treaty, as bilateral relations have hit rock bottom over Tokyo’s “unfriendly” stance towards Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. |
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Your Democracy
Saturday, February 21, 2026 - 06:55
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump on Friday called the recent Supreme Court ruling against his global tariffs a "disgrace" and said he has a backup plan in mind, CNN reported, citing people familiar with the remarks. The comments were made during a working breakfast with US governors. Earlier in the day, the US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump is not authorized to impose global tariffs. |
Your Democracy
Saturday, February 21, 2026 - 06:44
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As predictable as Pauline Hanson’s racism, the commentariat leapt on Thursday’s labour market figures as more evidence of fiscal doom and monetary policy gloom. Michael Pascoe worries that the RBA will too. Isn’t it great to have an economy where unemployment is low without causing an inflationary wages breakout?
Beware the wages bogeyman – it’s the housing, stupid |
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Your Democracy
Saturday, February 21, 2026 - 05:44
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The head of the sports division of Italian state broadcaster RAI has stepped down after a gaffe-filled commentary during the Olympics opening ceremony, the company announced on Thursday. Paulo Petrecca has faced anger from the network's journalists even before the latest embarrassment due to his reported close ties with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who had already been accused of turning news channels into “TeleMeloni.”
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Your Democracy
Saturday, February 21, 2026 - 05:33
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The Great Doctrinal Discord Pranay Kumar Shome |
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MacroBusiness
Saturday, February 21, 2026 - 00:05
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International reading: Trump rushed into Iran crisis meeting as insider warns ‘strike within hours’ – Daily Mail The Fed just casually dropped $18.5 billion into the banking system this week. – FRED Fed confirms it obeyed White House request for an unusual ‘rate check,’ weakening the dollar against foreign currencies – Fortune US trade deficit The post Weekend reading and MB media appearances appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 18:02
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20 February 2022: A French modelling agent and close associate of the late US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead in his prison cell in Paris. |
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Your Democracy
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 16:04
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US President Donald Trump, citing "tremendous interest," said he was directing the Pentagon and other government agencies to release files related to extraterrestrials and unidentified flying objects (UFOs). He said the agencies should include "any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters." |
Renew Economy
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 14:18
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The post Australia’s biggest publicly owned wind farm gets federal green tick to go ahead in Queensland appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 13:00
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The boom in government-funded, non-market sector jobs, defined as jobs in the public service, healthcare & social assistance, and education, is well documented. The non-market sector comprises only 31.5% of total Australian jobs, according to CBA: However, as Alex Joiner, chief economist at IFM Investors, shows below, of the 926,425 jobs created between Q1 2023 The post Australia’s other government funded job boom appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 12:30
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This is some surge in the One Nation polling. Roy Morgan kicks us off. Victorian State Voting Intention: One Nation (26.5%) now ahead of ALP (25.5%) and L-NP Coalition (21.5%) on primary vote nine months before Victorian State Election. Sadly, this puts the ALP into power with a wild majority. A three-party preferred result – The post One Nation puts Labor into power everywhere and always appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 12:00
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In 2019, Four Corners aired a story titled Cracking Up, which revealed systemic issues with construction quality across the nation’s apartment market. “We’ve got a real problem here. It’s systemic, and it’s infecting lots of buildings across the landscape, in all parts of the country. It’s very clear”, one building analyst told Four Corners in The post What will Australians give up for a high rise future? appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Renew Economy
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 11:51
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The post Energy Insiders Podcast: How industry, AI and data centres are reshaping demand appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Renew Economy
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 11:49
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The post Australian home battery upstart banks “strategic investment” towards manufacturing plans appeared first on Renew Economy. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 11:30
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According to Judo Bank and S&P, Australia’s interim PMI® data grew more slowly in February after a robust start to the year. In terms of output and new business, there were widespread slowdowns in the manufacturing and service sectors. Although it cooled, business sentiment stayed upbeat. In the meantime, job growth sped rapidly to accommodate The post Aussie flash PMI cools, RBA still hot appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 11:20
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for responsible frameworks for the governance of artificial intelligence as well as its democratization to ensure people around the world have access to the technology. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 11:00
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Will Hamilton, the CEO and founder of Hamilton Wealth Partners, is the latest commentator to warn of dire impacts on Australia’s rental market if the federal government reduces the capital gains tax (CGT) discount or limits negative gearing. It is worth critiquing Hamilton’s main arguments as they pertain to the rental market. First, Hamilton argues The post CGT lies, damn lies, and bogus statistics appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Friday, February 20, 2026 - 11:00
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Renew Economy
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 10:53
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The post Can all solar homes become smart energy hubs? On paper – absolutely! IRL, a few hurdles remain appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 10:30
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As we know, AI capex keeps going up through February 2026, with data centres leading, followed closely by semiconductors. What evidence is there that this is impacting labour markets? In the US, Goldman has an AI tracker to monitor developments. According to the bank, firm adoption has gone up to 18.9% of US businesses and The post Which jobs is AI killing? appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Renew Economy
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 10:11
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The post Plan for Australia’s biggest solar-battery hybrid, with eight hours storage, get federal green tick appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 10:00
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Government and regulatory decisions are driving up Australia’s inflation and making the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) job significantly more difficult. As illustrated below by Alex Joiner from IFM Investors, administered prices like essential utilities (e.g., electricity, water, and gas), council rates, public transport fares, etc., rose by 7.55% last calendar year, roughly double the |
MacroBusiness
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 09:30
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The AFR hates nothing more than a resolution to eastern Australia’s energy woes. But there is good news today from the old hag. APA Group has committed to the east coast pipline expansion needed to ship QLD south during peak demand periods, instead of building LNG import terminals. The investment includes $260 million for compression The post Gas pipelines expand to save eastern Australia appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 09:00
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DXY is threatening to break higher again as Iran and oil heat up. AUD can’t catch a bid with China closed and JPY falling. Oil and gold are on the up as geopolitical risk rises. Not so good for AI metals, which still look rather nastily topped out. Big miners are momo, not fundamentals. Is The post Australian dollar falls as Pilbara killer rises appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 08:00
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In the years since the pandemic and high inflation began impacting the Australian economy, the nation’s workers have gone backwards dramatically. Today, inflation-adjusted wages sit at roughly the same point as they did at the start of 2010, erasing all of the progress of the last 16 years. As the chart below, based on the The post Australia’s unique failure appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 08:00
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A U.S. federal judge has issued an opinion that compares President Donald Trump’s administration removal of displays about slavery from a historical site in Philadelphia to the actions of the propaganda agency in George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984.
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Renew Economy
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 07:02
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Your Democracy
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 06:55
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Posters depicting world ‘leaders’ wearing Nazi uniforms have led to a cafe owner having to shut down an unrelated gig as Canberra police established a crime scene. |
Your Democracy
Friday, February 20, 2026 - 06:33
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Angus Taylor has assembled his shadow ministry, but unresolved tensions with the Nationals, policy baggage from the last election and doubts about his own authority leave his leadership exposed. |
Ever since the end of the Cold War, the West came to believe that with the demise of their strongest foe — the Soviet Union — the world would be shaped by them in the manner of their own choosing. This manifested itself in the era of globalization, which saw Western financial and political institutions dominating the global politico-economic discourse.
Australia's biggest publicly owned wind farm has been cleared for construction in Queensland coal country after gaining federal environmental approval. 
GridBeyond CEO Michael Phelan on how industrial loads and data centres are being orchestrated by AI and batteries to unlock gigawatts of hidden flexibility for the grid.
Perth-based energy storage and off-grid energy system specialist secures a new private equity investor to boost its home battery, community battery and EV battery recycling plans.
A South Australian trial to turn homes into grid-responsive energy hubs is now 100 households in, and has some brutal lessons to share.
Plans for one of Australia's biggest solar-battery hybrid projects have been waved through the federal EPBC queue just one month after joining it.
