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CoreLogic’s March housing results show that rental values are at record highs, having increased a further 0.6% in March. Dwelling rents rose across every capital city in March, led by a 1.2% lift in Hobart, while Melbourne recorded the smallest monthly rent rise, up just 0.3%. The good news is that annual rental growth has

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The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) does not mince words. GPG plays a critical function in supporting the reliable and secure operation of the power system. When coal generation and/or renewable generation output is low, it is often the role of gas-powered facilities to increase output to firm available electricity supplies. Analysis from the 2024

Last week’s softer-than-expected monthly inflation gauge from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) was matched by the Melbourne Institute’s (MI) trimmed mean inflation gauge for March. As illustrated below by Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro, the seasonally adjusted trimmed mean inflation fell to its lowest level since 2020 on a 3-month average basis. The following

Despite 80 years of Australian unwavering loyalty, as expected the US, “our closest ally”, is now screwing us on tariffs, with a hefty 25% tariff placed on Australian steel and aluminium exports. 

John Queripel

Time to call it. The US doesn't give a stuff for us

As the April 2 deadline looms for the Fanta Fuhrer’s Tariff Tirade, Wall Street had to react to the weekend newsflow and did so with volatility plus, falling sharply before a late rebound while currency markets were more sanguine, waiting for actual results. The USD held against Euro and Pound Sterling while the Australian dollar

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Donald Trump has expressed frustration and stated that he is “pissed off” with Russia. He has then warned Russia that he would impose secondary tariffs on all Russian oil exports unless Putin agrees to a ceasefire in Ukraine. Donald Trump also stated that the US will “100% take Greenland” and he warned Zelensky not to back out of the Mineral Deal. It is also being reported that Zelensky is getting ready for elections in the summer.

In 2023, the federal government set up a review of the National Intelligence Community (the NIC). It was to report in the first half of 2024.

On 21 March 2025, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese released, with a flourish, the review’s report, titled “Independent Intelligence Review 2024”.

BY Paddy Gourley

A prototype is a product or service’s early sample, model, or release. It is built to test a concept or process and serves as a tangible representation of an idea. Some prototypes are primarily commercial, while others are scientific.

A sea of red across Asian stock markets in response to the poor finish to the trading week on Friday night on Wall Street with Japanese bourses falling sharply as exporters worry about the next round of Trump tariffs. The USD is losing ground against most of the major currency pairs although the appreciation in

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As the regulator approves more energy price rises, consumers were blithely advised to "shop around." There is a better to do this, but it requires rethinking the grid.

The idiot MSM is at its gotcha worst. Peter Dutton has again refused to offer a figure for how much power prices would come down under a government he leads, while assuring those prices would nonetheless be lower than they would be under a re-elected Labor government. Assuming Dutton dropped the spot gas price to

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