Renewables break record for share of Australia’s main energy supply in December quarter, data reveals

Australian Energy Market Operator also reports coal-fired power plants’ contribution fell below 50% for the first time

Renewable power reached a record share of Australia’s main electricity supply in the December 2024 quarter, with the contribution of coal-fired generation dipping below 50% for the first time, the Australian Energy Market Operator said.

Renewable energy sources accounted for 46% of the overall supply mix in the national energy market (NEM), driving quarterly total emissions and emissions intensity to record low levels.

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Inflation data isn’t all sunshine and rainbows for Labor – as Biden and Democrats will attest

While a pre-election rate cut is widely seen as positive for incumbent governments, it doesn’t necessarily represent a path to victory in itself

The Reserve Bank of Australia is designed to be independent of government, but that does not mean its decisions do not have political consequences.

After Wednesday’s better-than-expected inflation reading, there is now broad consensus among economists that the RBA will cut interest rates next month.

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Stampede at Maha Kumbh festival claims at least 30 lives as millions gather for holy dip – ABC NEWS 4

  1. Stampede at Maha Kumbh festival claims at least 30 lives as millions gather for holy dip  ABC NEWS 4
  2. After Maha Kumbh Mela Stampede, Concerns of Cover-Up  The New York Times
  3. ‘Inevitable’: how joy turned to horror as Kumbh Mela festival crowd crush unfolded  The Guardian
  4. At Least 30 Dead, 60 Injured After Religious Event Ends in Stampede: 'There Was No Chance for Escape'  PEOPLE
  5. Exclusive Pics From Space Capture Maha Kumbh Hours After Stampede In Which 30 Died  NDTV
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“A City of Ghosts” — Returning to Rafah to Find Death and Destruction – Drop Site News

  1. “A City of Ghosts” — Returning to Rafah to Find Death and Destruction  Drop Site News
  2. This is what one family in Gaza returned home to after 15 months of war  The Associated Press
  3. Returning Gazans Take Stock of Destruction After Cease-Fire  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Gazans return to ruined homes, communities and lives  The Washington Post
  5. Joy turns to despair as Gaza returnees struggle to settle in enclave's north  Reuters
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Police catch caravan laden with explosives outside synagogue in Australia – NBC News

  1. Police catch caravan laden with explosives outside synagogue in Australia  NBC News
  2. Australian police find explosives for possible antisemetic attack  BBC.com
  3. Australian police link stash of explosives and list of Jewish targets to an antisemitic plot  The Associated Press
  4. Live: Concern about escalating antisemitism in Sydney after discovery of caravan with explosives, Maroubra school vandalised  ABC News
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14 Convicted in Death of Girl for Depriving Her of Insulin – The New York Times

  1. 14 Convicted in Death of Girl for Depriving Her of Insulin  The New York Times
  2. Instead of giving her life-saving insulin, Elizabeth Struhs's parents prayed over her dying body  ABC News
  3. Elizabeth Rose Struhs's parents and members of religious sect guilty of her manslaughter  Sky News
  4. 14 religious sect members convicted over diabetic girl's death in Australia  CBS News
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Trump’s Middle East Envoy Visits Israel in Show of Support for Gaza Cease-Fire – The New York Times

  1. Trump’s Middle East Envoy Visits Israel in Show of Support for Gaza Cease-Fire  The New York Times
  2. As Trump envoy pushes Gaza ceasefire, Persian Gulf states eye postwar role  The Washington Post
  3. Trump Middle East Envoy Witkoff Makes Rare Trip by U.S. Official to Gaza  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Trump's Mideast envoy visits Gaza before meeting with Netanyahu  NPR
  5. Scoop: White House envoy met senior Palestinian official in Saudi Arabia  Axios
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