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Your commute just got $150 more expensive this month

As petrol hits 220 cents per litre and diesel crosses 245, ordinary families are being forced to choose between filling the tank and filling the fridge.
8 min read 3 months ago
Your commute just got $150 more expensive this month
Geopolitics

China's $120 Billion Critical Minerals Play Is About Security, Not Hostility

A new report reveals China has invested $120 billion USD into global mining since 2023. Australian headlines call it a threat. Beijing calls it risk management.
9 min read 3 months ago
China's $120 Billion Critical Minerals Play Is About Security, Not Hostility
Opinion

Jeff Bezos wants $100 billion to automate American manufacturing. Who pays?

Project Prometheus aims to acquire factories, automate them with AI, and extract what remains. The capital comes from Singapore and the Gulf. The workers come from Ohio.
5 min read 3 months ago
Jeff Bezos wants $100 billion to automate American manufacturing. Who pays?
Geopolitics

Southeast Asia's Energy Scramble and What It Means for Australia

As dominoes fall across the region, Australia sits at the end of a broken supply chain
5 min read 3 months ago
Southeast Asia's Energy Scramble and What It Means for Australia
Geopolitics

Super Contribution Caps Rise July 2026: A Four-Month Window Worth $510,000

Higher caps create a rare opportunity to contribute $510,000 in under four months. Here's how the numbers work, and what you should do before 30 June.
9 min read 3 months ago
Super Contribution Caps Rise July 2026: A Four-Month Window Worth $510,000
Geopolitics

Sydney's Property Market Turned in a Week

After two rate rises and geopolitical chaos, buyer FOMO has become seller panic. The numbers tell the story.
7 min read 3 months ago
Sydney's Property Market Turned in a Week
AI

Amazon Building Another AI Phone After Fire Phone Disaster

The Fire Phone lasted one year. Alexa devices lost $25 billion. Now Amazon's ZeroOne team thinks AI can change the math.
7 min read 3 months ago
Amazon Building Another AI Phone After Fire Phone Disaster
Geopolitics

Australia's China Trade Surplus Shrinks to $19 Billion as Import Dependence Deepens

The bilateral surplus has collapsed from $45 billion to $19 billion in four years. Australia keeps buying Chinese manufactures while China quietly diversifies its iron ore sources.
8 min read 3 months ago
Australia's China Trade Surplus Shrinks to $19 Billion as Import Dependence Deepens
Geopolitics

IEA Chief: World faces worst energy crisis in decades

Fatih Birol tells National Press Club the Hormuz closure has cost 11 million barrels per day, more than both 1970s oil shocks combined
6 min read 3 months ago
IEA Chief: World faces worst energy crisis in decades
Technology

The US-Japan Critical Minerals Pact Has a Gap Shaped Like Australia

Washington and Tokyo signed a rare earths deal that barely mentions the world's largest lithium producer. Beijing noticed.
7 min read 3 months ago
The US-Japan Critical Minerals Pact Has a Gap Shaped Like Australia
Geopolitics

Selling Your Identity to Train AI: The Gig Economy's Unsettling Trade

People in developing countries are earning a few dollars filming their walks and selling their phone calls. They're signing away rights to their biometric identity forever.
8 min read 3 months ago
Selling Your Identity to Train AI: The Gig Economy's Unsettling Trade
Geopolitics

The AI Tax on Your Power Bill: Data Centres Are Driving Up Electricity Costs

Tech giants promise a revolution, but Australian households are footing the bill for the water and power their data centres consume.
6 min read 3 months ago
The AI Tax on Your Power Bill: Data Centres Are Driving Up Electricity Costs