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Two new battery projects, one with a solar farm in tow, seek federal green ticks for Queensland as state LNP government prepares to release its new energy plan.

Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro fiasco faces another huge blowout in costs, and experts question whether it can meet its already delayed timelines.

With the release of the latest ABS Building Approvals data for August, it was revealed that dwelling approvals had fallen by 6.0% on a month-on-month basis but were still up 3.0% year-on-year. However, looking at a chart of trend approvals shows they had rolled over recently. This provides a concerning sign that there may not

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Tim Eden joins Sam to unpack Origin’s V2G trial, and shifting EV strategies. Plus, producer Tanya Shukla shares a passenger’s-eye view of Tesla FSD Supervised.

I reported this week on Jobs & Skills Australia’s (JSA) latest study on the international education sector, which admitted that the primary motivation for international students to choose Australia is to obtain work rights and permanent residency. Nearly 70% of international higher education students reported migration as a key factor in their decision to study

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New Zealand will go to the polls next year at their next general election, and the electoral map of New Zealand has been redrawn in advance of that election.

New Zealand’s parliament is elected via mixed member proportional, with a majority of MPs elected to represent single-member electorates using first-past-the-post, and the remainder elected from party lists as top-ups to ensure overall proportionality.

The Market Ear on a bull gone mad. Most shorted mania Most shorted needs a bigger chart soon. Note that we are in overbought territory, but RSI is actually slightly lower than what we saw during the latter part of September. Source: LSEG Workspace MOVE chilling Bond volatility remains “depressed”. Noteworthy is that VIX has

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This week, we received data on dwelling approvals from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), which showed that the Albanese government’s target of building 1.2 million homes over five years (i.e., 240,000 dwellings a year) is falling badly behind. In the first 14 months of the National Housing Accord, 218,306 dwellings were approved, 61,694 (22%)

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Queensland Government needs to look at the huge scope to ramp up rooftop solar and consumer resources in ways that benefit homes, the grid and the budget.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has become the world’s first person to reach a net worth of $500 billion, according to Forbes. Musk’s fortune has been boosted recently by a rally in Tesla shares and soaring valuations of his private firms.

Tesla stock jumped nearly 4% on Wednesday, adding $9.3 billion to Musk’s fortune and pushing it to $500.1 billion, according to the Forbes Billionaires List. Musk’s 12% stake in the carmaker is valued at $191 billion.

The pirates of Israeli supremacy: The West’s favorite rogue state has done it againThe assault on an aid flotilla headed for Gaza broke all kinds of laws, but then again, laws have never stopped Israel

The long-expected if perfectly criminal has happened again: Israel’s navy has intercepted the Gaza-bound Sumud Flotilla by force, stopping almost 50 boats and, in effect, kidnapping hundreds of their crews and passengers.