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Soil carbon capture surges as AI drives down costs
Artificial intelligence can reduce barriers to implementing soil carbon projects as ag tech creates new opportunities.
- Agnes King
Warning on the growing solar panel scrap heap
The industry is nearing a tipping point as the nation grapples with unprecedented levels of waste.
- Nina Hendy
Sydney Uni VC asked security about terror groups at protests
No concerns about Hizb ut-Tahrir have been raised by police or intelligence agencies, says Sydney University vice chancellor Mark Scott
- Tom Burton
Rate rises are doing what they were meant to
Readers’ letters on interest rate policy; wealth and the young; Australia’s place in Asia; credit card fees; sumo tournaments; fixed-interest investors; and David Rowe’s cartoons.
Record government spending prolonging RBA’s inflation fight
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the economy would have gone backwards without government spending, but economists warn the outlays are making the RBA’s job harder.
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- Michael Read
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- Inflation
You’re part of the inflation problem, McKibbin tells Chalmers
Former RBA board member Warwick McKibbin says the treasurer should be doing more to get price rises under control, instead of criticising the central bank.
- Michael Read and Lucas Baird
Opinion & Analysis
Japan and Australia face a turning point in world history
Tokyo and Canberra back a free and open international order against unilateral attempts to coerce, says a contender in Japan’s prime ministerial race.
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Government spending plays hero and villain
Jim Chalmers says the weakness of the economy justifies high government spending. He doesn’t want voters to link that with interest rates and inflation.
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Treasurer v the RBA: Why Chalmers and Bullock are both right
Jim Chalmers says the economy is getting smashed by high rates, but it’s still running too hot for the RBA. The answer is simple: productivity.
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Why the Philippines is the new China flashpoint
Most people have never heard of the Sabina Shoal, but it’s become the latest global testing ground for confrontation with China. Will it trigger broader conflict?
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Tokyo and Canberra back a free and open international order against unilateral attempts to coerce, says a contender in Japan’s prime ministerial race.
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Government spending plays hero and villain
Jim Chalmers says the weakness of the economy justifies high government spending. He doesn’t want voters to link that with interest rates and inflation.
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Treasurer v the RBA: Why Chalmers and Bullock are both right
Jim Chalmers says the economy is getting smashed by high rates, but it’s still running too hot for the RBA. The answer is simple: productivity.
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How this battery system can help the energy transition
The electricity grid is long on solar power and short on storage. This first of a kind battery service could be the solution.
- Sian Powell
This man’s $168k annual saving gives hope for net zero
Household rooftop solar has taken off, but small and medium firms have barely started. The huge reduction in the cost of solar panels and batteries may change that.
- Ben Potter
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Why the Philippines is the new China flashpoint
Most people have never heard of the Sabina Shoal, but it’s become the latest global testing ground for confrontation with China. Will it trigger broader conflict?
- Jennifer Hewett
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It’s up to business to take the Asian opportunity
While the government’s initiatives are designed to make it easier for Australian business to get established in new markets, it is up to business to take the opportunities we have created.
- Penny Wong
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‘I love a cunning plan’: A crime boss, the CFMEU and tax-dodging deals
Secret police recordings of more than 1000 calls made from prison helped unravel George Alex’s sprawling and corrupt labour hire empire.
- Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman and Kate McClymont
With tax reform, there’s too much diagnosis and too few solutions
Readers’ letters on a better tax system; mortgage brokers; climate change; tradies’ pay; unpaid super; David Rowe’s cartoons; and the best auction tip.
‘It’s self-evident’: Chalmers stands firm on rates ‘smashing the economy’
In a breakfast TV blitz, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has also accused the Coalition of making political capital out of the independent central bank’s decisions.
- Michael Read
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Chalmers is more in touch with the economy than the RBA
It’s easy enough to understand the treasurer’s criticism of the RBA in political terms. But the inflation target that is good for the central bank as an institution is not so good for the economy.
- John Quiggin
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Chalmers is smashing Labor’s economic legacy
If only the treasurer focused a little less on managing political expectations and a little more on managing inflation expectations we might have avoided this mess in the first place.
- Steven Hamilton
Homeowners rush to buy batteries to avoid ‘sun tax’
Electricity companies are starting to charge homeowners for excess solar energy. Some owners are taking their power back.
- Nina Hendy
Investors have moved away on private hospitals, industry warns
Investors in private hospital developments have shifted away from the sector, further heaping pressure on the healthcare system.
- James Hall and Michael Smith
Consumer slowdown hits profits and GDP growth
Growth in profits and wages is slowing sharply across consumer-facing sectors such as retail and construction, raising expectations for sluggish June GDP figures.
- Michael Read
Attacks on retirees are getting old
Readers’ letters on the wealth of retirees; the Reserve Bank of Australia and fixed-interest investors; and private hospitals
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Raising the bar against mergers will rob everyone of benefits
Why clamp down on mergers with less than maximum benefits when the public would still gain from seeing them go through?
- Bran Black
Dozens of flights cancelled as 100,000 residents without power
At least 26 domestic flights departing from Sydney Airport have been cancelled as residents in three states battle major power outages.
- Lucy Slade
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Is Anthony Albanese fated to lead the last majority government?
Labor may not hold off the Greens, and the Coalition may not recapture the seats it lost to the teals. Another marriage of convenience may beckon.
- Lidija Ivanovski
