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What the governments of the Global North don’t care about, they don’t measure.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 21st November 2025

Ukrainian opposition MP Aleksey Goncharenko has published the text of a purported peace plan reportedly presented to Kiev by the US administration this week.

The lawmaker posted on social media what appeared to be screenshots of a Ukrainian-language electronic document detailing the 28-point peace plan to end the hostilities between Moscow and Kiev.

New Zealand provides a textbook example of why lowering immigration below the nation’s home building capacity lowers rents, benefiting tenant households. As illustrated in the following chart, New Zealand’s net overseas migration slowed to only 10,628 in the year ending August 2025, well below the decade average of 49,000 and around 120,000 fewer than the

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We dissect Labor's proposed environmental reforms with the help of Ashurst legal expert Jeff Lyn. Plus: News of the week.

A new report from The Australian Population Research Institute (TAPRI) contends that Australia may be on the brink of a political realignment, similar to movements in the UK, France, and the US, driven by populist challenges to mainstream policies on immigration, cultural diversity, net zero, and free trade. While commentators dismiss this possibility, the authors

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The Senate committee on misinformation and disinformation is studying hundreds of submissions. One key document is missing - the Liberal Party's energy policy.

On Thursday, I lambasted Treasurer Jim Chalmers for boasting that Labor has delivered the “longest period of consecutive real wage growth in almost a decade” following eight consecutive quarters of annual real wage growth: Chalmers’ boast came despite real wages falling by 0.5% in Q3 2025, tracking at mid-2011 levels. Australian real wages have only recovered

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The ferrous complex is still paralysed by the jaws. However, China is going to throw the kitchen sink at property. China is weighing a new round of measures to revive its ailing property market, a sector so central to the country’s economy that its continued slide threatens broader financial stability. Policymakers are discussing nationwide mortgage subsidies for

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One year ago, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher declared that the Future Fund, which is one-third the size of the Australian economy, would be directed to invest in housing and the green energy transition “where possible, appropriate, and consistent with strong returns”. This was the first time the federal government imposed certain

The Market Ear explores. Not your normal market SPX futures so far today: high 6791, low 6588. Extreme volatility continues to shake this market. SPX is well below the trend channel, as well as trading below the 50 day (starting to slope negatively). Must hold at 6600, resistance at 6800. Source: LSEG Workspace Fear running

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Federal green tick sought for plans to build a big hybrid solar and battery hybrid on the border of NSW and Queensland.

DXY is ready to pop but not yet. AUD is breaking down. CNY yawn. Gold and oil yawn. Metals say Chinese property rescue is no bueno. Miners too. EeeiiuuM Junk was OK, weirdly. Yields too. Stocks puke. US September payrolls didn’t cheer anybody. Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 119,000 in September but has shown

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