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By Dr Wildlife Ecology Democratic societies prove their credentials by the worth of their public debate. But for over a decade the bipartisan plans to accelerate our immigration intake have been pursued without so much as a murmur of consultation with the electorate. Australia now has one of the fastest rates of population growth among

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Does It Matter How and How Much Politicians are Paid? by Duha T. Altindag, Elif S. Filiz, Erdal Tekin – #23613 (LS POL)

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by Chris Becker A mixed start to the week for risk markets outside China as traders prepare for a tumultous week of US earnings, CPI prints and finally the Federal Reserve’s latest take on where the world’s biggest market – government bonds – will turn as it reassesses its interest rate trajectory. In mainland China

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Ron Unz has produced two pieces of statistical analysis on ethnicity and crime in the US providing evidence that there is no distinctive tendency among Hispanics to have a higher crime rate, once other factors are controlled for, while there is clearly a much higher crime rate among African-Americans.

After last month’s pounding for inventor loans, we’re into phase two today:   Bankwest, a subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, is slugging existing interest-only owner occupiers with increases of 35 basis points, in the latest move to rein in higher risk loans. The lender is decreasing lending on selected principal and interest products by

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The highlights of the Clean Energy Summit, the 1200MW wind and solar plan for Windlab, and energy futures in a holding pattern.

By Leith van Onselen Another report has been released highlighting the absurdity of the Sydney housing market, with just one suburb having a median house price below $500,000 – Willmot 50 kilometres west of Sydney’s CBD. From Domain: It’s the end of an affordability era. After a five-year boom Sydney has just one suburb left with

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Via Westpac’s Robert Rennie: The A$ is toying with top of my fair value model output – above 0.7950 its more than 1stdev above FV. RBA Debelle’s comments enough to cap? I remain of the view that the rush to EUR will still push the Aussie above 80 cents short term. But it’s splitting hairs,

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By Leith van Onselen Labor leader, Bill Shorten, confirmed over the weekend that the party would target trusts, which it views as a tax shelter favouring the wealthy. From The AFR: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will detail a Labor clampdown on trusts and other tax minimisation vehicles… Mr Shorten confirmed the push against trusts on Sunday…

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My question to Trump voters: Has he delivered what you wanted? Six months in, here’s an update on the promises he has failed to deliver. pic.twitter.com/DYA6xtDJPS— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 23, 2017

Erectile dysfunction can be hard. No, this is not a joke, even though that pun was absolutely intended. The simple fact is that ED can have psychologically devastating effects that we shouldn't make light of. If folks are too ashamed to talk about these issues, they're more likely to turn to things like male enhancement coffee.

We know that dust can make us sneeze, but can the scourge of clean homes everywhere also make us gain weight? Possibly, according to a recent study in Environmental Science and Technology. In a manner of speaking, anyway.

We see hundreds or even thousands of images a day, and almost all of them have been digitally manipulated in some way. Some have gotten basic color corrections or simple Instagram filter effects, while others have received full on Photoshop jobs to completely transform the subject. It turns out humans aren't very good at recognizing when an image has been manipulated, even if the change is fairly substantial.