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Australia’s energy crisis has been worsened by subsidies and arbitrary targets. The fix is simple but politically hard: separate climate goals from energy policy, free up gas and transmission investment, and legalise nuclear so markets—not ministers—can determine the energy mix.

What I learned about housing and transport from walking Tokyo’s Yamanote rail loop.

Trading topical takes for timeless issues.

Andrew Hastie is drifting into MAGA-style economic nationalism, chasing car factories and coal dreams instead of offering a serious alternative to Labor.

Bailing out Glencore’s Mount Isa smelter taxes the future to subsidise yesterday’s inefficiency.