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by Chris Becker So there goes the Australian dollar, and what’s left of the RBA credibility as bank stocks are crunched on the ASX. The news is mixed throughout the rest of Asia with the safe haven bid strengthening as the USD is dumped on the back of the what looks like another Trump failure, as

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In a recent post, I made the optimistic argument that, despite all the obstacles thrown up by rightwing denialism, the world is on track to reduce CO2 emissions to zero by 2050, on a trajectory that would hold atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases below 450 ppm. On current models, that gives us a 67 per cent chance of holding the long term increase in global temperatures below 2 degrees. Warming of 2 degrees would not be cataclysmic for humanity as a whole but it would be a disaster for many people and also for vulnerable ecosystems such as coral reefs.

New South Wales issues set of home battery storage guidelines, as industry warns against "jumping to an endgame" on safety.

Deputy PM says Sydney blackout could be end of road for renewables, although NSW Coalition minister earlier praised role of wind and solar in preventing blackout.

Immigration and globalism is suddenly killing the Greens: The Greens have lost their second co-deputy leader in less than a week, with Queensland senator Larissa Waters announcing her resignation as a result of holding dual citizenship. At a press conference in Brisbane, an emotional Senator Waters apologised to the Australian people saying she had discovered

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The Abbott assault is driving change with the elevation of Creepy Pete to anti-terror Tsar: The department of Home Affairs will bring together domestic spy agency ASIO, the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Border Force, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, AUSTRAC and the office of transport security and will be put together over the next year. And Mr Turnbull has also announced the

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GE says parts of Australia will soon get all electricity from renewables, at least for a few days a year, as utility business models disrupted.

The world’s crappest bourse knows a policy error when it sees one. As the Aussie flies on RBA wings today: The ASX200 is down firmly and still sporting a nasty head and shoulders topping pattern with a neckline around 5600: Bond yields are getting hosed: Dalian is going nuts: Big Iron is mostly up but

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By Leith van Onselen The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today released new motor vehicle sales for the month of June, which registered a 1.2% seasonally adjusted rise in the number of sales over the month and a 3.6% rise over the year: Five jurisdictions reported increases in new car sales in June whereas three

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A $10 billion clean energy investment boom in 2017 could quickly fade without longer term policies. Labor tries to wedge Turnbull on climate policy, just as it did in 2009, while the Greens also say they would look at a Clean Energy Target.

Chinese house prices are out and show an on ongoing steady stagnation in June. Prices were up 0.7 month on month and 10.2% year on year: Top tier cities are now dead in the water and falling towards zero year on year fast. Lower tiers are keeping on keeping on, supporting the headline number: Still,

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US energy department debunks Trump attack on renewables, shows ageing fleet of coal and nuclear plants not economic to operate anymore.