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Overnight action on stock markets was muted given the selloff in bonds across most sovereign markets with Treasuries falling back following hawkish comments from all sides on inflationary pressures. It appears the Fed may soon adopt the cautiously hawkish approach going into 2026, even after a pre-Christmas rate cut, inline with other central banks which

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Australia has run one of the strongest immigration programs in the world this century, which has grown the nation’s population by an extraordinary 8.9 million people (based on the latest reading from the ABS Population Clock). Australia’s population growth has outpaced virtually every other developed nation this century, thanks to 20 years of mass migration.

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During the closing plenaries of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30) in Belém do Pará in the Brazilian Amazon, United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell gave a rousing speech. 

While some commentators will blame anything and everything on renewable energy, new data illustrates how it is helping to push down electricity prices.

The latest Japanese GDP figures were the biggest catalyst here in Asia while a boost in tech stocks is seeing Chinese shares lift higher in afternoon trade. The possibility of an BOJ rate hike maybe lessening on the faster than expected retraction in GDP growth as the Trump regime’s tariff hits exports. Yen strengthened somewhat

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Two Australian innovators with consumer-driven missions to fast-track the uptake of renewables have joined forces, in deal backed by large Canadian pension fund.

By Ross Elliott from The Pulse: Increasingly, I am curious why the presence of a train station on a map immediately conjures up in the minds of some urban planners images of potentially vast numbers of people transiting by rail—an opportunity too good not to capture. ‘Transit-oriented development’ as a concept seems in practice almost

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The release of the next planning roadmap for the grid this week heads a busy and important fortnight for the energy market, with "step change" still at its core.

Squadron Energy sets "new market benchmark" after locking in $1 billion for part two of a more than 1 gigawatt project in the Sunshine State.

When the Nationals followed by the Liberal Party walked away from their commitment to Net Zero, it was swiftly branded everything from a gift to the Albanese government to flat-out political suicide for the Coalition. In a vacuum, it certainly makes it harder for the Coalition to win back the affluent urban seats now held

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Following the release of the Q3 ABS Household Spending data, which revealed a growth of just 0.2% in inflation-adjusted terms for the quarter, concerns began to mount that the third-quarter GDP figure could be weak. After being supported by solid quarterly growth in aggregate household spending in the prior three quarters, this concern was well

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The Reserve Bank of Australia meets this week and then has a long holiday until February 2026, with expectations of a hold locked in almost completely, which has sent the Pacific Peso higher in recent weeks: After finding a base around the 65 handle, with a brief dip below on some wonky US reports, and

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