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Joe Walker interviewed former immigration department bureaucrat-turned-influencer Abul Rizvi last year. During the interview, Rizvi openly acknowledged that slowing population ageing accounted for approximately “80%” of the motivation behind the 2001 changes that significantly increased Australia’s intake of migrants, particularly international students. WALKER: And so back in the late 90s, early 2000s, when you were

Retired Gen. Charles Wald had a word for it.

“One glitch with a girls’ school,” he told Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum, “which was really sad.”

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One Nation proposes allowing wage-earning couples with children to split their income and file joint tax returns, potentially saving thousands of dollars in taxes each year. Senator Pauline Hanson launched One Nation’s income-splitting policy in January, which permits couples with at least one dependent child to combine their incomes and divide the total equally for

For decades, Israel has tried to trap US presidents in a war with Iran. All have dodged the trap until now. The American Idiot has walked straight into the trap, either due to his own stupidity or Jeffrey Epstein pictures, or similar, and the trap has snapped shut behind him. Consider how bad a day

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Western Australia is preparing to hit go on a set of rule changes for rooftop solar and battery systems to help stabilise the grid and make it more attractive for households to join virtual power plants.

The post New rules loom for home solar and batteries, as world’s biggest isolated grid tackles “unique challenge” appeared first on Renew Economy.

When religion is fused with ambition and power, it becomes a tool of division and social exhaustion, writes Mohamed Elbaikam. 

FAITH IS MEANT to be a private moral bond between human beings and God. But when it is fused with ambition, fear and power, it becomes a language of division that leaves societies morally exhausted.

While NATO bombs were still falling on Tripoli in the summer of 2011, a different kind of predator was circling the Libyan capital from the safety of a Manhattan townhouse. Newly released 2026 US Department of Justice documents reveal that Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and alleged Israeli intelligence asset, was also a geopolitical vulture looking to feast on the remains of the Libyan state.

Independent economist Gerrard Minack recently posted the following chart illustrating how Australia’s rental inflation has tracked population growth: CBA’s latest housing market update notes that “there is a particularly strong relationship between increases in higher-density housing supply and rent growth”: “This likely reflects the fact that apartments make up a disproportionate share of the rental

Gina Rinehart's main lithium play is being shielded from diesel price hikes by its high share of wind and solar, the energy sources demonised by Australia's richest person.

The post “We are 80 pct renewable:” Wind and solar shield Gina Rinehart’s big lithium play from fossil fuel crisis appeared first on Renew Economy.

Federal government to "temporarily" allow fuel with higher sulphur levels into market as analysts says bowser prices could surge to record highs.

The post Bowen allows dirty fuel into market to address petrol bowser shortfalls and amid fears of record high prices appeared first on Renew Economy.

Environmental groups are urging the federal government to act to prevent a coal mine emitting masses of methane pollution and destroying koala habitat.

The post Methane-leaking, koala-threatening coal mine gets all-clear in state where renewables projects are in limbo appeared first on Renew Economy.

Daniel Davis talks about United States Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Israel and the Iran war with Ana Kasparian on The Young Turks.

Daniel Davis Explains The Disaster We're In

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twYQGl1sy4c&t=699s

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Ben McGowan, managing director of community-owned retailer Indigo Power, on the key role neighbourhood-scale batteries can play in regions. Plus news of the week.

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