by leon | Feb 18, 2017 | Blogs
Adani, the Indian company that for years has championed construction of the proposed Carmichael project in Australia, a multi-billion-dollar undertaking that would purport to supply coal to India, is in trouble. According to its 3QFY2017 quarterly results to December...
by leon | Feb 11, 2017 | Blogs
This week Australia saw Coalition ministers and MPs cradling a lump of coal brought to Question Time on Thursday by the Treasurer Scott Morrison who accused Labor of “coal-phobia” The Coalition has spent the last few months promoting “clean coal” and modern coal plant...
by leon | Feb 4, 2017 | Blogs
And so in the latest news, a Bush-appointed Federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary nationwide restraining order stopping President Trump’s executive order banning citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. h The ruling,...
by leon | Jan 27, 2017 | Blogs
Donald Trump always said the US taxpayer was not going to pay for the wall separating Mexico from the US. He always said Mexico was not going to pay for it. And Mexico has refused. Trump wants it so bad? He can pay for it. So what’s Trump’s solution? A 20 per cent...
by leon | Jan 21, 2017 | Blogs
Take a look at this map. It shows areas in Europe with strong nationalist tendencies. Some have active separatist movements, others are demanding increased autonomy but not independence In many of these regions, secessionist movements may be favored by a minority of...
by leon | Jan 20, 2017 | Blogs
“Make America great again” may be a catchy slogan but after Trump takes the oath of office today, they’ll become more than words. The reality is it’s going to be a lot harder and messier. And it might take more years to achieve than the four that Trump now has. First,...
by leon | Jan 16, 2017 | Blogs
Anyone trying to make sense of the markets now should go back to 2003 when the US invaded Iraq. The markets expected a decisive victory. During the days and weeks when American troops advanced on Baghdad, the market climbed. As they entered Baghdad and marched on the...
by leon | Oct 8, 2016 | Blogs
The big story for the day is the 2005 video that’s emerged of Trump making obscene comments about women, telling TV host Billy Bush “you can do anything” to them “when you’re a star”. The video, obtained by the Washington Post has the...
by leon | Sep 30, 2016 | Blogs
It pretty much sums up the state of politics in Australia. Thousands are still without power and there are now flood warnings across Australia. Instead of coming up with practical solutions like battery storage and micro-girids to store electricity in the next...
by leon | Sep 24, 2016 | Blogs
The issues of sovereignty, a costly self-appointed bureaucracy on the Continent and a break with the European status quo. Sounds familiar in the lead up to Brexit? Think again. These were the headlines in the early 16th century when Henry VIII led the last campaign to...
