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Maybe it’s just that everyone is away for Easter. But this election campaign is shaping as an almighty dud so far. Today’s line-up is a big, fat nothing burger: Peter Dutton is hideous at AFR; Chinese candidate hates poofters at ABC; ALP playing small target (except it isn’t) at Domain; ALP changes website at The

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Via the AFR comes Australian manufacturing: The federal government should create a public gas company to drive investment in new supply, say major energy users who warn urgent intervention is needed to avert plant shutdowns and mass job losses. …A “Commonwealth Gas Co” could support the development of new gas pipelines and a gas import

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Prices for Tesla's Model 3 may start as low as $A60,000, although with a caveat about whether Autopilot will now come standard, or remain an option.

By Leith van Onselen Migrant communities have stepped up their campaign to loosen Australia’s newly established ‘temporary’ elderly parental visas, which from this month will allow up to 15,000 elderly parents of migrants to live in Australia for a continuous period of three, five or 10 years. Several migrant communities have labelled these “absolutely unfair” because

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Via the Communist Party mouthpiece Global Times: According to Reuters on Saturday, China told Australia at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday that Australia’s restrictions on Chinese 5G technology was “obviously discriminative” and appeared to break global trade rules. However, Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said on Sunday that the Australian government “stands by

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DXY was firm last night as EUR eased: AUD was strong anyway against DMs: Mixed against EMs: Gold sank: Oil jumped again: Metals fell: And miners: EM stocks are still poised for higher: Junk was stable: Treasuries sold: And bunds: The RBA has missed its window: Stocks keep climbing: Westpac has the wrap: Event Wrap

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Ben is joined by Shaun Ratcliff and Paddy Manning to discuss the latest federal polls, seats where independents are challenging the Coalition, and the conclusion of the NSW upper house count.

Thanks to 2SER radio in Sydney for the use of their studio.

Monday 15 April 2019 1 The week opened with an unexpected Newspoll on Monday giving way to the view that Murdoch will be publishing a weekly poll from now on. The poll, now that the election has been announced, gives a more accurate view of who people intend to vote for. 52% intend voting for Labor…

By Leith van Onselen Infrastructure Victoria has released a incredibly superficial propaganda report, entitled Growing Victoria’s Potential, spruiking the benefits that could arise from the state’s manic population growth, which is expected to see Melbourne’s population balloon to 8 million people by 2051. Below are key extracts from the Executive Summary along with some key charts:

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Ah, as night follows day comes Chinese real estate markets already turning as the 2019 credit drenching lifts alt boats, via Reuters: Average new home prices in China’s 70 major cities rose 0.6 percent in March, quickening from a 0.5 percent gain in February, according to Reuters calculation of data released by the National Bureau

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By Leith van Onselen SQM Research has released its rental vacancy series for February, which revealed no change in the national vacancy rate over the month or year: Over the year, increases in vacancies were recorded in Sydney (+0.8%), Melbourne (+0.2%), Canberra (+0.3%) and Darwin (+0.1%), whereas Brisbane (-0.7%), Perth (-1.2%), Adelaide (-0.3%) and Hobart

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Very few Murdoch ‘journalists’
are real journalists; many are just Liberal Party fundament osculators. One of
the few who is a real journalist is Malcolm Farr, but he has not done himself
any favours this week in publishing an article in which he stated that “the
public debate on the existence of climate change is over and we are owed an
apology”1. To be blunt, this is equine ordure. The debate was over
long ago. It is just that the halfwit deniers in parliament2 and in
the Murdoch media, either think they are superior climate scientists to all the