All this geopolitical hot air was always going to be about gas, and, predicting that, before all the horse trading and brinkmanship began, we caught up with two independent energy experts, Irina Slav and Ben Aris.
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Fed Listens event participants highlighted trends, such as on labor availability, to help inform monetary policymakers about the U.S. economy’s path.
No one likes paying A$1.80 per litre for petrol. But amid forecasts of prices climbing to $2.10 as Russian’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, it’s possible some good could come of that pain – including greater energy independence and a faster path to net-zero emissions.
Two months ago, at the start of 2022, the typical Sydney and Melbourne unleaded price was $1.60 a litre. A year earlier, at the start of 2021, it was $1.20.
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The news channel’s prickliness after a BBC presenter made a passing joke about ratings only made it funnier
Continue reading...Howdy, folks! With all the terrible events unfolding in Ukraine right now, I figured everyone would like a little bit of a break from doomscrolling. Not wanting to add anymore negativity to the timelines, I’m going to share something on-topic but decidedly more cheery than the McMansions of rich people who suck.
As some of you may know, I recently visited Oman as a cycling journalist covering the eponymous Tour of Oman. (You can follow all seven days of my travels via my cycling newsletter derailleur beginning here.) While I was there, I came across some of the most fantastic houses I’ve ever seen and had to take photos. Admittedly, I’m not a great photographer. I just bought a camera (a Panasonic Lumix) last year. Still, I tried to do these houses justice with my limited talent, a difficult task considering I was photographing from a moving car chasing bike racers around. These photos were taken during the Tour of Oman stages one and two, which traveled along routes from Al Rastaq to Muscat and from Barka to Suhar, respectively.
A music video for our song "If I was alone"
This was adapted from an original short film called Aperture - by Raphael Cohen-Demers
The film was released under Creative Commons License - CC-BY
View the original Aperture film here - https://vimeo.com/217413267
We are about to find out whether we’ll lose a tax break worth up to $1,080 a year.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he hadn’t “made any final decision” on the A$7.8 billion per year low and middle income tax offset ahead of next month’s budget.
He also says it was never intended to be “a permanent feature of the tax system”, which is true enough.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1966 essay on economic justice calls out issues that linger today and that are linked to Black health and wellness.
