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This year has witnessed one of the most largest and broadest booms in the Australian property market’s history. Australian dwelling values have risen by an extraordinary 20.9% so far in 2021, with every capital and region experiencing strong growth: There are several factors behind this strong price growth. Record low mortgage rates and an acute

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I was going to follow up my post on Labor’s tax and expenditure policies (effectively identical to LNP) with one on climate, pointing out the remaining difference – Labor’s 2019 proposal for a vehicle fuel efficiency target. Given that Morrison had tangled himself up with his backflip on electric vehicles after snarking about “abolishing the weekend” this seemed like one policy that would survive.

Europe is scrambling to regain control over a resurgent COVID as Christmas approaches, even in countries with high vaccination rates. Despite generally high rates of vaccination: COVID cases across Europe have surged to record highs: With even highly vaccinated nations like Belgium, Netherland and Ireland experiencing an explosion of cases: The data on hospitalisations is

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We explore the issues and challenges of protecting consumers and regulating solar retailers in Australia with Gerard Brody, the CEO of the Consumer Action Law Centre in Melbourne.

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Who needs a truncheon when you’ve got expensive lawyers? Adolf Kipfler, das Gruppenfritter, Herr Shickltuber, the Gestapotato, Dick Tater, Spudley Too-Right, Dutton dressed as yam, J. Edgar Tuber – these are all droll mockings of a rabid autocrat and all-round nasty piece of work whose head has an unfortunate resemblance to a popular starchy staple.…

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today released the national accounts for the September quarter, which registered a 1.9% fall in real GDP over the quarter and a 3.9% rise through the year. On a per capita basis, real GDP fell by 2.0% over the quarter to be up 3.5% over the year. The fall

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The proportional voting system used for New South Wales councils doesn’t tend to produce huge one-party majorities in most areas. It often results in no party having control, and when they do have a majority it is usually a slim one.

This means that there are numerous councils where the flipping of one seat would change the current majority on the council and could dramatically change its direction. In this post I’m going to run thirteen examples amongst the 24 councils I’ve been focusing on in this election.

First up, there are four councils where Labor is just one vote short of a majority.

Goldman with the note. This is a day old so many of metrics have deteriorated. The MBFund is nicely positioned to buy if this gets nasty: Omicron drives sharp decline in Risk Appetite Last week newsflow around the Omicron COVID-19 variant weighed on risky assets, overshadowing generally positive macro data on both sides of the

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Westpac is excited: Australia’s record breaking run of quarterly current account surpluses continues – with, as we have highlighted previously, more to come. In the September quarter, the current account surplus grew to a fresh record high of $23.9bn, up a touch from $22.9bn for June (upgraded from $20.5bn). As a share of the economy,

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New data from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) suggests that Australia’s farms have lifted their productivity in response to the reduction in migrant farm workers: The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) found the number of workers dropped by 11,000 in 2020-21 compared to the

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