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Hybrid wind and solar power plants are the next step for Australia https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-06-01/469033/ #Auspol

Hybrid wind and solar power plants are the next step for Australia

A wind and battery hybrid could replace a coal plant – and outperform it at almost every level. Then next step for Australia is to create fully integrated renewable generation systems.

Pearls and Irritations

Independent Media Australia.12m ago

Gina Rinehart and Southern Cross Austereo: what do billionaire media buyouts mean for democracy? https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/gina-rinehart-and-southern-cross-austereo-what-do-billionaire-media-buyouts-mean-for-democracy/ #AUSpol

Gina Rinehart and Southern Cross Austereo: what do billionaire media buyouts mean for democracy?

As billionaires buy into media, concerns are growing about democracy and who influences the news in Australia today.

Women's Agenda

Independent Media Australia.29m ago

How private health insurance shifts the risk to customers, taxpayers https://michaelwest.com.au/how-private-health-insurance-shifts-the-risk-to-customers-taxpayers/ #Auspol

How private health insurance shifts the risk to customers, taxpayers - Michael West

Private health insurance works differently from other insurers, shifting risk to its customers and the taxpayer.

Michael West

Independent Media Australia.1h ago

Geoff Wilson. Staunchest campaigner for the wealth lobby https://michaelwest.com.au/geoff-wilson-staunchest-campaigner-for-the-wealth-lobby/ #Auspol

Geoff Wilson. Staunchest campaigner for the wealth lobby - Michael West

There’s no keener contributor to the media campaign against Labor’s proposed capital gains tax reform than funds manager Geoff Wilson.

Michael West

Independent Media Australia.1h ago

Politics and sport: what’s really in our heads and hearts? https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-05-30/469083/ #Auspol

Politics and sport: what’s really in our heads and hearts?

Opinion polls – and the women and men who devise, conduct and analyse them – often get a bad rap. And some of the time that is understandable.

Pearls and Irritations

Independent Media Australia.2h ago

Poets, philosophers, parklands and parliament https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-06-01/468878/ #Auspol

Poets, philosophers, parklands and parliament

The world could be different if we were governed by a different breed of humans who understood that politics require morals and imagination.

Pearls and Irritations

Independent Media Australia.2h ago

Sport, community and the commodification of belonging https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-06-01/468631/ #Auspol

Sport, community and the commodification of belonging

The debate over T20 cricket reflects a much broader transformation. Across the sporting world, emotional attachment, community identity and cultural traditions are increasingly being converted into commercial assets.

Pearls and Irritations

Independent Media Australia.5h ago

Red Bridge analysis an early warning signal, not a crystal ball https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-06-01/469214/ #Auspol

Pearls and Irritations

P&I — independent commentary on public policy, politics, and Australia's place in the world

Pearls and Irritations

Independent Media Australia.6h ago

The grandeur of humanity: Pope Leo on AI https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-05-30/468872/ #Auspol

The grandeur of humanity: Pope Leo on AI

Pope Leo's first encyclical offers a vision in which human dignity and relationships guide technological development rather than people becoming slaves to technology.

Pearls and Irritations

Independent Media Australia.8h ago

Antoun Issa's novel of loss and rebirth https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-05-31/468397/ #Auspol

Antoun Issa's novel of loss and rebirth

Deepcut News co-founder and journalist Antoun Issa captures his mother's true experiences of love, heartbreak and new hope during the violence of civil war in Lebanon, in his new book Rebirth.

Pearls and Irritations