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Your Democracy Wednesday, September 24, 2025 - 05:55 Source

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump questioned on Tuesday the UN purpose, claiming that it had not helped him in resolving global conflicts during the first eight months of his second term.

 

Trump Questions Purpose of United Nations in UNGA Address

 

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Your Democracy Wednesday, September 24, 2025 - 04:44 Source

Trump’s record suggests that meetings with him frequently fail. Instead, Albanese has an important agenda to pursue at the UN in New York, and when dealing with the US better outcomes are more likely if Australia develops its own policies in its own interests.

 

Michael Keating

How important is an Albanese-Trump meeting?

 

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, September 24, 2025 - 00:05 Source

Former Labor leader Bill Shorten warned that Australia’s declining economic complexity is the single biggest threat to national security. Shorten noted that the Harvard Kennedy School’s Economic Complexity Index ranked Australia 105th out of 145 nations. “Our near neighbours are Botswana, Panama, Namibia and Togo”, he said. “This is not an academic curiosity; it is

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George Monbiot Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 23:34 Source

The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  20th September 2025

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Your Democracy Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 17:35 Source

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has slammed Brussels, accusing the EU leadership of mismanaging key areas such as the economy, immigration, and security.

In a critical speech at Digital Civic Circles, a network of digital groups promoting conservative values in Hungary, he claimed the bloc was on the brink of collapse due to the failures of its current leaders.

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Renew Economy Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 16:39 Source
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MacroBusiness Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 16:22 Source

Coastline at 12 Apostles, Victoria   AUD/USD     EUR/USD     USD/JPY     GBP/USD     Gold     WTI     Brent     Australia 200     US S&P 500     UK 100     Japan 225            

The post Macro Afternoon: 23 September 2025 appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Renew Economy Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 16:15 Source
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Cheeseburger Gothic Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 14:29 Source

Used to be I couldn’t be bothered with print-on-demand for most of my indie-published stuff. It was way too difficult to manage the content management systems, and there’s no economies of scale with a print run of one, so it was also super spendy.

But the CMS, especially at Amazon, got better, and as trade published books got more expensive (thirty-five bucks for a trade paperback, are you fucking kidding me!?) the numbers started to line up.

Plus, there are just some people who prefer paper and are willing to pay for it. So I revisited the process a while ago and started experimenting.

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Renew Economy Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 14:20 Source
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MacroBusiness Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 14:00 Source

After recording stronger than expected growth in the June quarter, it appears that Australia’s economy is stalling once more. Last week, the Westpac–Melbourne Institute Leading Index was released, which fell back to –0.16% in August from +0.11% in July. It was the first below-trend reading since September 2024, suggesting that momentum has slowed. “While the weakness

The post Australia’s economic momentum stalls appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 13:00 Source

While the focus of Australia’s political policymakers remains on issues largely external to the nation’s rental crisis, more and more data continues to emerge pointing to the impact of the failure of successive governments, which is worsening circumstances by the day. According to a recent report from News.com.au International students are overwhelming Australia’s asylum system with

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 12:00 Source

Australia’s population ballooned by around 8.5 million (45%) over the first 25 years of this century, easily exceeding the population growth experienced by other advanced nations. Between Q1 2021 and Q1 2025, Australia’s population grew by an astonishing 1.88 million (7.9%)—equivalent to adding an Adelaide and Hobart to the nation’s population. The following chart from

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 11:30 Source

In the final climactic battle between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Anakin says to Obi-Wan: “You turned her (his wife Padme) against me!” “You have done that yourself!” Obi-Wan replies. As the saga within the Coalition over Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s comments regarding Indian voters and the Albanese government

The post The Liberal Party and Darth Vader appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 11:00 Source

Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, appeared last week on ABC’s Afternoon Briefing with host Patricia Karvelas, where Leigh stated the following blatant lie about Australia’s immigration numbers: “We’ve reduced migration from the record highs it was under the Coalition, getting it more in line, including working with universities on the

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 10:30 Source

Over the past 20 years, Australian universities have evolved into revenue-driven corporations. To summarise, the federal government and Australian universities created a framework to attract huge volumes of full-fee-paying overseas students by: The Australian government provided generous student visa work rights and the opportunity for permanent residency. Australian higher education institutions lowered admission and teaching

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Renew Economy Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 10:25 Source
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MacroBusiness Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 10:00 Source

As the Australian economy progresses, increasingly driven by the expanding size of government and the rising population, warning lights are beginning to signal that not everything is well. Like a real car, it’s possible that the warning lights are being thrown up due to a faulty sensor, in this instance, the deterioration of multiple labour

The post Recession warning light flashes for Aussie economy appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Renew Economy Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 09:17 Source
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MacroBusiness Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 09:10 Source

From the Market Ear: AI mania Consecutive sessions higher for the AIQ… Momentum mania “Our high beta momentum winners basket just rallied +11.5% last week (following an +8.8% gain the week prior). This basket aims to capture the best performers over the last year. Notably, 50% of the basket’s gain this past week was driven

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 08:00 Source

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the nation’s total fertility rate fell to a record low of 1.50 babies per woman in 2023. The ABS also reported that the median age of parents hit a record high of 33.8 (fathers) and 31.9 (mothers) in 2023. Last week’s Q1 2025 population data from the

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Your Democracy Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 07:37 Source

 

If I were drafting astrology advice for Anthony Albanese over the next few weeks, I would be hinting that it was the worst possible time for international travel, and that a serious bout of diplomatic flu might be the best way to secure his (and Australia’s) long-term interests.

 

Jack Waterford

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Your Democracy Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 05:55 Source

 

The Kremlin has branded Britain a leading force among nations seeking to prolong the Ukraine conflict and obstruct a peaceful settlement brokered by the US.

The comments by spokesman Dmitry Peskov come after US President Donald Trump’s visit to London last week, during which British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called for more pressure on Russia.

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Your Democracy Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - 05:44 Source

Western European countries must be ready to fight Russia if they offer security guarantees to Kiev as part of a potential settlement of the Ukraine conflict, Finnish President Alexander Stubb has said.

In an interview with The Guardian released on Saturday, Stubb stressed that if the West decides to provide any assurances to Kiev, they should stick to the notion that “security guarantees in essence are a deterrent.”

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