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One state in Australia remains particularly vulnerable to global oil shocks because it hasn't built the replacement capacity for coal. Batteries will help – and much more wind.

The post Why an oil crisis is bad news for Australia’s biggest coal state – and how to break the cycle appeared first on Renew Economy.

The facility where detained Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has been taken is a notorious New York jail that has held a string of high-profile and celebrity criminals, from drug cartel leaders to hip-hop stars.

From the outside, the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) looks like a series of beige multi-storey office buildings.

Fifty years of cheap gas and electricity and intensive marketing have distorted perceptions. Every element of our electricity market is now being challenged by reality.

The post When will the energy sector understand the National Energy Objective? When will governments enforce its intent? appeared first on Renew Economy.

The Clean Energy Council has approved a new PV module with around 25 per cent more generating capacity than most of its competitors – promising more power over less rooftop space.

The post Powerful new rooftop solar panel promises system sizes “previously out of reach” appeared first on Renew Economy.

Rising energy costs drive fertiliser prices up because modern fertiliser production is fundamentally an energy-intensive industrial process. The link is direct, mechanical, and unavoidable: energy is both a feedstock and a fuel. For nitrogen fertilisers (i.e., urea, ammonium nitrate, and ammonia), natural gas is the single biggest input cost, used as a feedstock in the

The post Next up: Food inflation appeared first on MacroBusiness.

Joe Walker interviewed former immigration department bureaucrat-turned-influencer Abul Rizvi last year. During the interview, Rizvi openly acknowledged that slowing population ageing accounted for approximately “80%” of the motivation behind the 2001 changes that significantly increased Australia’s intake of migrants, particularly international students. WALKER: And so back in the late 90s, early 2000s, when you were

There is no hubris like BHP hubris. When you put yourself in front of an angry dictator you’ve been gouging for twenty years, eventually you’ll get yours. China has widened a ban on BHP iron ore for the second time in two weeks, escalating a months-long contract dispute with the world’s third-largest supplier of the

The post Iron ore rips as China dismantles BHP appeared first on MacroBusiness.

Let’s ask the question that’s plaguing the Australian bourgeoisie’s nightmares today: will the oil shock of 2026 crash house prices? I’m pleased to inform you that the answer is becoming increasingly “yes.” As a rule of thumb, every 10% rise in the oil price adds 0.4% to inflation. Given that Iran is winning the war

The post Will the oil shock of 2026 crash house prices appeared first on MacroBusiness.

9:00 – The draft federal redistribution for the Australian Capital Territory’s three federal electorates is due to be released this morning. Unfortunately I will be busy for most of the time until midday, but I will post my analysis of the redistribution as soon as I can.

My plan is to follow a similar routine as I did with the Tasmanian redistribution two week sago.

The ACT only has three electorates, so the changes shouldn’t be too dramatic. I ran through the enrolment numbers in this previous post.

In the weeks since news of the war in Iran first hit the airwaves, the Albanese government has been attempting to reassure the Australian public that there is no real concern about fuel supply in Australia. The focus was on claims that fuel stocks are adequate and above the minimum mandatory levels. On Thursday, Energy

The post Welcome to the great Aussie fuel crisis appeared first on MacroBusiness.

Israel’s Foreign Minister praised Penny Wong for Australia’s Iran War stance, urged other states to pursue Queensland’s speech bans in Zionist leaders briefing. Stephanie Tran reports. 

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar praised Australia for expressing the “right positions” on the US-Israeli war with Iran in a conversation with Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong.