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Into contraction we go: More: Construction sectors: Engineering construction (55.0 points seasonally adjusted and 58.8 points trend) was the strongest sector of the construction industry in October due to a solid pipeline of public-sector investment in large-scale infrastructure projects. However, its rate of growth moderated from the more robust conditions recorded in September, with reports

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Via News: MARK Latham has indicated he will be joining Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party, saying an announcement would be made “soon”. The former Labor leader was asked about rumours of his One Nation move on Ben Fordham’s 2GB program this afternoon. He told Fordham to “watch this space” and said “you’re on the right

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What if we abandoned photosynthesis as the means of producing food, and released most of the world’s surface from agriculture?

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 31st October 2018

By Leith van Onselen CoreLogic’s dwelling values results for September reported that losses have been driven by the premium end of the market in Sydney and Melbourne, whereas values across the most affordable 25% segment has held up relatively well: While this is true when viewed on an annual basis, growth rates are trending down

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By Leith van Onselen From SQM Research comes stock on market figures for the month of October, which reported a 0.3% decline in total for sale listings over the month but a 3.3% increase over the year, driven by massive rises in Melbourne and Sydney: Over the year, for sale listings rose across all markets

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Tesla and Genex push for rule changes that would allow battery and pumped hydro storage to be properly paired with wind and solar farms.

The surgical dismembering of Jamal Khashoggi has sent the military establishments of several countries into a tizz. Arms manufacturers are wondering whether this is an inconvenient blip, a ruffling moral reminder about what they are dealing with. Autocratic regimes indifferent to the lives of journalists are wondering whether the fuss taken about all this is…

And quite rightly, via The Australian: Scott Morrison has lashed out at Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews for signing a secret infrastructure deal with China. The Prime Minister said today that he was “surprised” that Victoria had decided to sign up to China’s Belt and Road Initiative without consulting the Commonwealth, and broke with his foreign

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No surprises. Here’s the statement from Captain Phil: At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent. The global economic expansion is continuing. A number of advanced economies are growing at an above-trend rate and unemployment rates are low. Growth in China has slowed a little, with the authorities

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By Leith van Onselen The Age’s Catherine Ford penned a drivelling article over the weekend lamenting the “rogue virus” of sprawling cookie-cutter housing developments proliferating across Melbourne: The views from the train are now choked with the usual bleak and dystopian housing developments, and I found myself spilling tears. The “estates” on this land have

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Via the Kouk today: An RBA rate cut is not about housing – it’s about exports and investment Many people misunderstand my concern about falling house prices and the coincident call for the Reserve Bank to cut official interest rates. Any interest rate cut that the RBA may yet deliver should not, and certainly will

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Delta Electricity wins state approval to build a 55MW solar farm adjoining its ageing Vales Point coal power station on Lake Macquarie in NSW.

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By Leith van Onselen MB has frequently questioned the merits of government policy that forces Australians into private health insurance, and argued that diverting subsidies away from private health insurance into the public system would lead to more efficient health outcomes. We’ve also warned that Australia’s private health insurance system is facing a ‘death spiral’,

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