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On the 16 September 2015 the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee reported on an inquiry into “The matter of a popular vote, in the form of a plebiscite or referendum, on the matter of marriage in Australia”. The committee took submissions from the public and received 77 submissions that complied with the terms of reference. The Committee issued one recommendation:

Remember how one of the first actions which TPG took upon acquiring its broadband rival iiNet was to dump the FetchTV Internet television product which iiNet and its subsidiary brand Internode had been such an evangelist for back in the early days? Well, that move, it turns out, may have been something more akin to a negotiating tactic.

Big iron is on the nose again today with BHP down 1% and on the verge of a new low for the trend. RIO and FMG are down and up slightly respectively: The idiocy spreads are on the move again with BHP screaming closed and RIO moving the same way more slowly: And yes, I believe

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Microsoft has reversed a lengthy trend towards jacking up the pricing on its software for the local market, with analysis showing Australians will actually pay significantly less for its brand new Office 2016 suite released this week than users in the United States.

by Chris Becker This could actually work. From Fairfax: Labor will go to the next election pledging to introduce HECS-style loans for entrepreneurial university graduates who want to create their own start-up companies. The $5.5 million plan, to be announced by Opposition Leader Bill Shorten in Sydney on Thursday, would create the option of a “start-up year” at

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Marriage equality campaigners are calling out Malcolm Turnbull’s hypocrisy, and demanding equal rights for LGBTQI people. Thom Mitchell reports.

Regular readers will know that MB is currently running on a base case for the global economy that sees commodities and emerging markets falling in a negative feedback loop that will end inevitably in one and probably many large debt defaults that turn the current equity market volatility into a global debt shock and recession.

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Another Australian solar technology bites the dust as Silex shuts down "dense array" solar plant technology after failing to find a buyer.

In the face of expert opinion – and international law – ABC’s Fact Check has decided it’s okay to bomb Syria. Michael Brull explains.

Just to keep you in the loop, the CBA CDS price rose yesterday to 83.50bps close to but not through the year’s high: Credit default swaps (CDS) prices are the cost to insure underlying 5 year bonds and reflect the spread to swap.

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For those that fear climate science is a religion, well, now it is. From the FT: Pope Francis has used his first visit to the US to push for action on climate change by backing President Barack Obama’s move to impose strict controls on carbon emissions in the power sector. “Climate change is a problem

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Labor has fired the first shot at Malcolm Turnbull in what looks set to become a war beterrn the major parties on who can develop the best innovation policy, announcing it will extend the HELP system to allow university students to take 12 months after their degree to launch their own startup.

New Zealand-based industrial design agency's AguaPallet helps natural disaster survivors access clean water, move equipment and provide basic shelter.