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Net-Zero to Force Electricity Prices to Spike 35 Percent, Aussie Energy Boss Warns

October 10, 2022
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The head of one of Australia’s largest energy company’s has warned electricity prices in the country could spike by more than 35 percent amid the push for net-zero. “When we run our modelling for energy pricing next year, using the current market prices, tariffs are going up a minimum 35 per cent,” said Jeff Dimery,…

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Net Zero to Force Electricity Prices Up 35 Percent, Aussie Energy Boss Warns

October 10, 2022
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The head of one of Australia’s largest energy company’s has warned electricity prices in the country could spike by more than 35 percent amid the push for net-zero. “When we run our modelling for energy pricing next year, using the current market prices, tariffs are going up a minimum 35 percent,” said Jeff Dimery, CEO…

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One in Six Chance of Worldwide Nuclear War: Physicist’s Post Goes Viral

October 10, 2022
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With the Russia-Ukraine war still raging, physicist and cosmologist Max Tegmark has estimated the odds of global nuclear war in the near future at one in six, in an article and a social media post that went viral. The Swedish-American MIT professor made the prediction in an Oct. 8 post on LessWrong, a rationalist community…

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3 Economists, Including Former Fed Chair Bernanke, Win Nobel Prize

October 10, 2022
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STOCKHOLM—Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, who put his academic expertise on the Great Depression to work reviving the American economy after the 2007–2008 financial crisis, won the Nobel Prize in economic sciences along with two other U.S.-based economists for their research into bank failures. The Nobel panel at the Royal Swedish Academy of…

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PREMIERING 10/11 at 7:30PM ET: ‘Bigotry of Low Expectations’—Dr. Zuhdi Jasser Talks Iran Protests, Islamist Ideology, and Islamic Reform

October 10, 2022
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This episode will premiere on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  On this episode of American Thought Leaders, I sat down with Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, a practicing physician, proud Muslim, and the founder of multiple organizations aimed at countering the threat of political Islam, more commonly referred to as “Islamism.” “The hypocrisy of the…

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IMF, World Bank Chiefs Issue Dire Warnings on Recession, Inflation

October 10, 2022
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In a dialogue kicking off the first in-person meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) since the pandemic, the chiefs of the two institutions warned of a series of compounding crises threatening livelihoods, including persistent inflation and a growing risk of a global recession. In a “curtain raiser” on the morning of…

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Kremlin Praises OPEC+ for Countering US ‘Mayhem’

October 10, 2022
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MOSCOW—The Kremlin on Sunday praised OPEC+ for agreeing on production cuts that had successfully countered the “mayhem” sown by the United States in global energy markets. The White House pushed hard to prevent the output cut. Biden hopes to keep U.S. gasoline prices from spiking again ahead of midterm elections in which his Democratic party…

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Conservatives Can No Longer Afford to Be Quiet

October 10, 2022
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Commentary While every presentation at the CPAC Conference, held in Sydney on Oct. 1 and 2, was worthy of acclaim, there was much focus over a panel session chaired by the executive director of the Menzies Research Centre (MRC), Nick Cater, and included former Liberal National party Senator, Amanda Stoker, former Howard government cabinet minister,…

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Looking at the Positive Side of Hardship: Hundreds Gather in Sydney to Create Unique Spectacle

October 10, 2022
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Over 600 Falun Gong practitioners from Australia, New Zealand, and Vietnam gathered together to create a unique spectacle representing peace, hope, and faith. Dressed in yellow, practitioners were arranged to make up four giant Chinese characters “法正人間” (the Buddha Fa rectifying the human world) at Jubilee Park, Sydney, on Oct. 8 The four characters glowed…

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Australia Begins Rollout of Moderna’s Bivalent Omicron Booster

October 10, 2022
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Australia has introduced Moderna’s bivalent vaccine into the COVID-19 booster program, which is anticipated to provide more protection against the Omicron variants. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) recommended that the Moderna bivalent vaccine, that targets both the original Wuhan strain and the Omicron variant BA. 1, be used as a booster dose…

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