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Labor sends emergency delegation to defuse Asian gas alarm
Senior officials will travel to Asia this week in an attempt to douse a growing diplomatic crisis in countries unsettled by Australia’s plans for a gas reservation.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
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Data centres vow to fund Australia’s renewables shift, not derail it
As data centres’ power demand continues to surge, tech giants argue their deep corporate pockets will be an asset for Australia’s green transition.
- by Nick Toscano and David Swan
Opinion
Australian economy
We’re spending bucket loads on the thing that could kill us. Here’s why
Business investment is finally driving our economy forward. But what we’re investing in could end humanity as we know it.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Inflation
‘I love the inflation,’ Trump says. Americans beg to differ
The US president can brag as much as he likes about his trade policies and his “successes” against Iran, but US households are being squeezed ever harder by the war and his tariffs.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Interest rates
Will the AI boom lead to lower interest rates?
New US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh says the productivity gains from artificial intelligence will allow significant cuts in interest rates. More like the opposite.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Australia needs more renewables. This 900-kilometre cable will help
A new high-voltage “superhighway” with a $4.1 billion price tag will soon make it easier to add wind and solar farms to the network.
- by Nick Toscano
Green energy is shielding Australia from a global power price shock
The rollout of renewables and batteries is buffering Australian electricity bills from the Iran war energy crisis.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Opinion
Inside China
‘China Shock 2.0’ could destroy Europe as we know it
Europe’s leaders are waking up to a terrifying danger.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
Minimum wage
Businesses say higher wages will lead to higher prices. Be suspicious
The 4.75 per cent minimum wage increase is unlikely to flow through to higher prices as much as businesses warn. It might even be the key to keeping them in check.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Trade wars
Trump’s third and maybe final attempt to build a global tariff wall
The latest tariff regime that Donald Trump is trying to erect is a transparently cynical attempt to do what US courts have told him he can’t do.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Middle East at war
Trump needs to eat humble pie and make a deal
Trump needs to move on to other things so that by this time next year, today’s global energy panic will be seen as just another passing squall.
- by Jeremy Warner