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chris kelly

@KellyAlspals

family, grain production, politics, budding art enthusiast and currently bankrolling three teenage girls.

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@BjornLomborg The world has wised up to the fact zero by 2050 is a failed policy gouging global citizens of ludicrous money. Adaptation is the strategy deprived of finance when in reality this is our proven capability. The UN has hijacked the media. abc.net.au/news/2026-11-12/c…
Australia's coal and gas policies under scrutiny at COP31

Australia's coal and gas policies under scrutiny at COP31

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has put the Pacific at the centre of his COP31 pitch, but Australia's continued expansion of coal and gas is drawing criticism from climate advocates.

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CoreWeave Boosts Annual Forecast, Easing Concerns About Slowdown

CoreWeave Boosts Annual Forecast, Easing Concerns About Slowdown

AI computing provider CoreWeave Inc. topped analysts’ estimates with quarterly results and boosted its annual forecast, easing investor concerns about the debt-laden business suffering a slowdown.

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BHP lashed for cost overruns at $22b Canadian potash project

BHP lashed for cost overruns at $22b Canadian potash project

A further cost blowout at the Jansen potash project in remote Saskatchewan is a bad look for the global miner as it embarks on a major growth phase.

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Is there anything China cannot do ? China’s soaring chemical exports threaten new trade war front - ft.com/content/2962ad57-cee1… via @FT
China’s soaring chemical exports threaten new trade war front

China’s soaring chemical exports threaten new trade war front

Output has almost doubled in some key ingredients in five years, putting pressure on foreign rivals

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Fight the Current | Swimming 1,650 km down the Darling for MND, PSP and Parkinson's share.google/FIZiiCOtXSFNP7a…

Fight the Current

Farmer Scott Gladman is swimming the entire 1,650 km length of the Darling River to support the families facing MND, PSP and Parkinson's. Follow the journey and chip in.

fightthecurrent.com.au
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Vic Labor must protect grasslands from developers share.google/KL5acf9IlM03Vf6…
Vic Labor must protect grasslands from developers

Vic Labor must protect grasslands from developers

What was supposed to be the Western Grassland Reserves, to secure the conservation of some critically endangered ecosystems, is being illegally bulldozed. Ben Courtice argues it makes no sense.

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Coalition demand changes to Labor’s gas reserve plan

Coalition demand changes to Labor’s gas reserve plan

Labor could be forced to make key changes to secure Coalition support for its plan to reserve up to 20 per cent of export gas for domestic use.

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Who'd have thought, up 25% ! bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
CoreWeave Boosts Annual Forecast, Easing Concerns About Slowdown

CoreWeave Boosts Annual Forecast, Easing Concerns About Slowdown

AI computing provider CoreWeave Inc. topped analysts’ estimates with quarterly results and boosted its annual forecast, easing investor concerns about the debt-laden business suffering a slowdown.

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BHP needs to copy Rio. They should exit Potash. Sell Jansen in Saskatchewan. afr.com//street-talk/meet-th…
Meet the final bidders vying for Rio Tinto’s $7b infrastructure assets

Meet the final bidders vying for Rio Tinto’s $7b infrastructure assets

Of the known bidders, only private capital juggernaut Blackstone and New York-listed Ares Management are seeking to acquire the entire portfolio,

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Coal power offers “no chance to compete,” says Rio Tinto, as smelters go all-in on renewables reneweconomy.com.au/?p=26174… via @renew_economy
Coal power offers "no chance to compete," says Rio Tinto, as smelters go all-in on renewables

Coal power offers "no chance to compete," says Rio Tinto, as smelters go all-in on renewables

Rio Tinto's Jerome Pécresse says coal power has priced itself out of the equation for Australian smelters, making the shift to renewables a matter of survival.

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Australian wheat growers face risk from Russian export slump | Stock Journal | SA - goo.gl/alerts/Fb7fuw #GoogleAlerts
Russian wheat export gap leaves 12.5Mt market shortfall in global trade

Russian wheat export gap leaves 12.5Mt market shortfall in global trade

Delayed Black Sea shipments threaten future market stability.

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Australia details chickpea, lentil sales for year - Grain Central graincentral.com/markets/aus…
Australia details chickpea, lentil sales for year - Grain Central

Australia details chickpea, lentil sales for year - Grain Central

Australia exported 1.98Mt of chickpeas and 1.66Mt of lentils in the year to Sep, with India the biggest market for both, according to the latest ABS data...Read More

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Bunge receivals more than double to 1Mt in week - Grain Central graincentral.com/news/bunge-…
Bunge receivals more than double to 1Mt in week - Grain Central

Bunge receivals more than double to 1Mt in week - Grain Central

Bunge's receivals from the SA harvest to Sunday have passed 1Mt after a big week which saw Thevenard set a new daily record...Read More

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CBH receivals pass 5Mt after WA's rain delay - Grain Central graincentral.com/news/cbh-re…
CBH receivals pass 5Mt after WA's rain delay - Grain Central

CBH receivals pass 5Mt after WA's rain delay - Grain Central

WA growers have delivered 5.17 Mt to the CBH network in the harvest to Sunday, double the amount received at this time last year. ..Read More

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Stock Market Today: Tech Stocks Poised to Rise After CoreWeave Earnings

Stock Market Today: Tech Stocks Poised to Rise After CoreWeave Earnings

Follow along for live updates on markets and the top finance, economics and business stories. Plus the latest on bonds, oil prices, the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq.

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Jensen Huang’s 700,000% Return Magnifies Nvidia Succession Crisis

Jensen Huang’s 700,000% Return Magnifies Nvidia Succession Crisis

The board is probing whether its CEO was targeted by a foreign agent and facing the risk of a future without its singular leader.

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" The Drums of War are Beating" and all that Foreign Affairs Minister megaphone unfriendly Pentagon nonsense caused years of trade damage.
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@KellyAlspalsNov 10
Banning Huawei was a stupid mistake. We should have doubled up our business with China. They could build fast trains for our continent which could compete with Qantas.
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We know the VNI poles and wires will not proceed so all those turbines won't be working in 9 years so where is the electricity going to be generated ? Can Jess Wilson fix Victoria’s budget? Not without bigger cuts afr.com/politics/can-jess-wi…
Can Jess Wilson fix Victoria’s budget? Not without bigger cuts

Can Jess Wilson fix Victoria’s budget? Not without bigger cuts

If the Coalition truly intends to fix the mess, it’s incumbent on them to come clean with the people of Victoria as to how they’re going to do it.

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Both parties know their way out of debt is "rare earths" ! Victoria is on the cusp of a 30 year mining boom with critical minerals in focus. $200 million debt is covered by this Bonanza ! Can Jess Wilson fix Victoria’s budget? Not without bigger cuts afr.com/politics/can-jess-wi…
Can Jess Wilson fix Victoria’s budget? Not without bigger cuts

Can Jess Wilson fix Victoria’s budget? Not without bigger cuts

If the Coalition truly intends to fix the mess, it’s incumbent on them to come clean with the people of Victoria as to how they’re going to do it.

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Spender Compromise wins support. afr.com//politics/federal/bu…
Business, economists urge Chalmers to adopt Spender’s CGT model

Business, economists urge Chalmers to adopt Spender’s CGT model

There is a groundswell of support for the government to dump its CGT changes and adopt Independent MP Allegra Spender’s model.

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