The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Hello Dear Readers, Australian supply chains may be structurally fragile. Two new survey studies respectively quantify Australian business-level vulnerability to supplier shocks and elucidate the effects of digital adoption for food chains. Meanwhile, a CSIRO publication highlights work on various alternative fuels to shore up energy security and reduce reliance on imports, and RBA chief economist

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Hello Dear Readers, This week we're looking at water infrastructure and government funding for new industrial technologies. New CSIRO research may tentatively connect 2023 flooding to the SA algal bloom, with uncertainty highlighting the need for improved data collection. The National EPA has begun operating this week to strengthen compliance with EPBC protections, while an extra $3 million has be

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Hello Dear Readers, Last week Balmoral Group's Valerie Seidel and Laila Racevskis attended the World Biodiversity Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and heard about topics ranging from the strategic nature of sand reserves to new NASA data sources to track biodiversity progress. A key them was measuring restoration progress, not just loss. The team presented on our recent research into Australian supply c

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Hello Dear Readers, This week's articles focus on Australian labour conditions and energy infrastructure. Converging workforce pressures include corporate offshoring beginning to erode domestic talent pipelines and stateless residents remaining locked out of economic participation due to gaps in immigration law. Meanwhile, the AI-driven data centre boom risks pushing up power prices and grid emissio

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Hello Dear Readers, This week's articles focus on carbon projects and markets, both sustainable and unsustainable. Research has shown that farms are increasingly generating income from renewable energy hosting, environmental markets, and land access; these streams are not covered by modern tax terminology. Furthermore, the slowdown of Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) methodologies may be limitin

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia "To protect water is to protect the future of all life" - Jacques-Yves Cousteau Hello Dear Readers, Last week, our Senior Economist, Edwin Chihava, attended the Ozwater'26 conference in Brisbane. The conference theme, "Our Water. Our Tomorrow," highlighted the importance of individuals, communities, industries, and governments working together to protect, value, and invest in water for future genera

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Hello Dear Readers, In this week's edition we focus on how Australia uses its land, resources and infrastructure. First, a Grattan Institute report examines the potential significant costs of mandatory car parking requirements. Meanwhile, Infrastructure Australia in its 2026 Priority List, included 68 proposals across five high priority areas that are set to shape federal investment over the next de

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Hello Dear Readers, This week we're focusing on the future of energy. Firstly, discussions between Australian Climate Minister and the European Commissioner for Energy and Housing may spur a new global electrification initiative. Meanwhile, data centre innovations are trending towards ocean settings for wave energy and seawater cooling. Closer to home, new drilling techniques could unlock geothermal

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Hello Dear Readers, With the new federal budget released, this week we're looking at trade policy and government-funded tech shifts. Academic perspectives from ANU's Crawford School of Public Policy and the Swinburne University of Technology explore the links between Australian and Japanese energy sectors and check through the new budget's progress towards transport electrification, respectively. Me

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Hello Dear Readers, This week we're focusing on infrastructure. France has released a world-leading fossil exit plan detailing phase outs for coal, fossil oil and gas production. At home, a $5.7 billion infrastructure funding gap is restricting housing delivery due to limitations on road, water, sewerage and other utility infrastructure. Meanwhile, University researchers are exploring the potential

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Hello Dear Readers, It's all about energy. A silver lining of the Iran conflict comes through openings in the global market for green iron and steel, with the disruption of several key plants in the middle east creating market opportunities for Australia to tackle. Demands for Chinese solar and clean tech is soaring, especially amongst energy-poor and fossil-reliant countries, and Australia's uptake

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Hello Dear Readers, This week, more on our favourite subject: green transitions in the context of finance and infrastructure. Blue loans, similar but distinct from green loans, have penetrated Australian financial markets at the Mundaring water treatment plant near Perth, which aligned its operations with the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) "Blue Finance Guidelines", and this week the ABS

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Hello Dear Readers, Financial market incentives and governance standards are key mechanisms for accelerating sustainability shifts across diverse sectors. A new ISO (International Organization for Standardization) publication specifies methods for environmental mitigation across the supply chain, and Canada's government has released new financial taxonomy for "green" and "transition" investments. Cl

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Hello dear readers, Welcome to this week's Economic Perspective. In this edition, we bring you insights from four articles exploring how climate, policy, and community resilience are increasingly shaping economic and social outcomes. At the same time, rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are adding uncertainty to global energy markets and supply chains, reinforcing the importance of resil

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Good morning dear readers, This week we're interested in technical developments for regulation, strategic frameworks and technology. Space-age advances in digital modelling of Australia's landscape will support agriculture decision-making, while placement programs with Laos will help shape the country's energy systems and build international relations in research institutions. Progress in government

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Good morning readers, Today we’re looking at renewable energy, decarbonisation, and discussions over policy decision-making. First, an update on Australia’s energy system transition progress shows that output and grid storage are swelling while wholesale prices shrink. Then, new designs for the government’s Net Zero Fund have been revealed, including concession mechanisms and specific industry targe

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Good morning dear readers, This week’s articles touch base on the EPBC Act reform bills, the costs of climate change and new opportunities in drought management and minerals. A new submission from the Climate Council criticises the new environmental reforms bills for enshrining the same loopholes as before, while also making it easier to fast track polluting projects, and new funding for WA aims to

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Good morning dear readers, This week, we’re highlighting...

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Good morning, dear readers, Firstly, the Treasury released...

The Latest Trending Economic News Curated for You by Balmoral Group Australia Good morning dear readers, Last week, our Brisbane Office...