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Prosper Australia
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 13:09
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Cross posted from The Australian, former EJ Craigie winner Adam Creighton writes up our recent Designing the Transition: Stamp Duty to Land Tax report. Stamp duty is much better than land tax if you stand to inherit a mansion They reckon it is political suicide: that’s the best argument against dumping punishingly high rates of […] |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 13:00
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Australia’s chief statistician, David Kalisch, claims that a decade of funding cuts has hampered the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) capability, and warns that funding cuts would result in less accurate statistical reporting: The cumulative cuts, at a time when demand for information and data was growing sharply, were a “conundrum” for the ABS which The post ABS boss warns further funding cuts will dumben economy appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 12:40
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The World Economic Forum just posted its most recent Global Competitiveness index. I don’t agree with some of the underlying measurements, but I find the depth and transparency into their process excellent – if you are wondering how they got to a score then the answer is probably available. Very useful when looking at which The post Australia sinks further in global competitiveness rankings appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 12:20
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And so it goes. via NT News: THE operators of Darwin’s first gas plant, ConocoPhillips have sold the LNG plant and its North Australia assets for more than $2 billion. Oil and gas producer Santos says it will pay $2.04 billion for ConocoPhillips’s operating interests in Darwin LNG, Bayu-Undan, Barossa and Poseidon gas assets. …Santos The post Gas cartel trades assets like footy cards as energy disaster builds appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 12:00
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Pulling a LeBron James might enter the lexicon as something along the lines of: “as, of, or pertaining to, selling out liberal values for a Chinese Communist Party buck”. Sinocism has the links: Charania: Inside what went on among Nets and Lakers players on the ground in China amid the NBA-China conflict – The Athletic $$ The post Australian dollar whacked as US Congress hoses LeBron James appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 11:45
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The Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure, Alan Tudge, appeared on Peta Credlin’s Sky News program, whereby he played down angst over Australia’s ballooning population by claiming that Australia’s population growth rate is currently 1.6%, “the average since federation”. Technically, Tudge is correct in his claim, as illustrated in the next chart: However, by The post Memo to Tudge: “Average population growth” hits 456m in 2200 appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 11:30
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Via the ABC: Owners and residents of Sydney’s Mascot Towers have been advised existing cracks in the building have widened and new cracking has developed requiring urgent remediation works to avoid a “structural failure”. In the latest update on the troubled apartment block, law firm Mills Oakley, acting on behalf of the owners corporation, said The post Is Mascot Towers going to collapse? appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
Renew Economy
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 11:22
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 11:15
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Via CBA today: Australia’s key commodity prices to ease from here ■ We see Australia’s key commodity prices moving lower from here. ■ But despite lower commodity prices, Australia’s external sector should have another good year as export volumes continue to lift and the lower Australian dollar boosts our competitiveness. ■ An expected decline in The post CBA: Iron ore to hammer nominal GDP, Budget appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 11:00
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Via UBS: Brexit crossroads: Possible paths ahead and their impacts on assets Things have been very fluid in the last 24 hours, but we believe markets still ascribe a low probability to a Brexit deal by end-October. Beyond that may loom new negotiations and elections, potentially a final turn in the Brexit saga. The consequences The post UBS quantifies Brexit appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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xkcd.com
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 11:00
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 10:49
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Via Westpac: The growth rate is now materially below trend and is signalling that growth through the first half of 2020 is likely to remain below trend. That profile is broadly consistent with Westpac’s forecasts which have growth in the first half of 2020 at an annualised pace of 2.4% consistent with the overall growth The post Westpac leading index plunges appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 10:45
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Last month, the ACT Legislative Assembly passed laws legalising the recreational use of marijuana, which will allow residents aged over 18 to possess up to 50 grams and grow two plants from next year. This has garnered a strong backlash from the federal government, which labelled the legislation “dangerous” and has threatened to block the The post Political stoush brews over ACT’s marijuana legalisation appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
The Australian Independent Media Network
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 10:44
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Glenn Davies, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney and Synod president, has told homosexual people that they should abandon the church. “My own view is that if people wish to change the doctrine of our church, they should start a new church or join a church more aligned to their views – but do not ruin… The post Instead of excluding homosexuals, the church should exclude homophobes appeared first on The AIM Network. |
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 10:42
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The Australian Independent Media Network
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 10:39
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By Grumpy Geezer Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there! He wasn’t there again today, Oh how I wish he’d go away! When I came home last night at three, The man was waiting there for me But when I looked around the hall, I couldn’t see him there at all!… The post The Antichrist is a potato appeared first on The AIM Network. |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 10:30
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Via The Australian: Australian fund managers have sent a strong signal to private equity players about the quality of companies looking to list on the ASX, after Latitude Financial failed to secure enough support for its $3.2bn IPO in what was to be the largest float of the year. The IPO for the non-bank lender The post Zombie consumer eats Latitude IPOs brains appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
Renew Economy
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 10:18
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 10:18
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 10:15
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Via RIO: Pilbara operations Third quarter production of 87.3 million tonnes (Rio Tinto share 72.2 million tonnes) was 6% higher than the same quarter of 2018 and 10% higher than the previous quarter. This reflects a solid performance in the mines, with actions progressing as planned. Our increased focus on waste material movement and pit The post RIO opens iron ore flood gates appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 10:00
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CoreLogic has released its quarterly rental review, which reveals that rents fell for the third consecutive month, driven by sharp falls across Sydney: In fact, the only capital city to record strong rental growth in the year to September was Hobart, where rents rose by 6.2%. Hobart is also the rental growth leader over the The post Aussie rents continue to plummet appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
The Tally Room
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 10:00
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The Queensland government has dropped the key piece of its council reform package, by abandoning plans to change the council voting system, a change that would have likely boosted Labor’s chances of taking control of the City of Brisbane. The original package included a variety of other minor reforms, but included two changes to the voting system: introducing proportional representation for multi-member electorates, and requiring full preferencing for all council elections. |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 09:45
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Via the Herald Sun: Embattled Liberal MP Gladys Liu held a party for the volunteers on her successful campaign for the seat of Chisholm at a building owned by a property developer who once said Australia “couldn’t survive” without Chinese migrants. …The revelations came as Ms Liu refused to outline the complete list of organisations The post “Double agent” Gladys Liu stonewalls national interest questions appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 09:30
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Not that we think GDP matters much but given it’s the accepted benchmark of success then let’s give ourselves a fail, from the IMF today: We’re not going to rebound like that. No way. Domestic demand is toast. My best guess is we’ll look more like Canada: 2019 1.5%, 2020 1.8%, 2024 1.7%. Why? There The post Australia’s lost decade is about to turn into a lost generation appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 09:15
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Not disastrous but still soft for sure. Chinese new yuan loans were out for September with bank loans at 1.68tr yuan and total social financing at 2.27tr yuan: The shadow banking share continues to slowly bleed lower: Three month moving average loan growth fell sharply to 10%: The rolling annual stalled: M2 lifted a little The post Chinese credit remains soft appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
Renew Economy
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 09:06
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 09:06
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 09:04
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Renew Economy
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 09:04
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MacroBusiness
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 09:00
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By Chris Becker The prospect of a potential Brexit deal and the partial US-China trade deal took stocks to a four week high despite the ongoing Turkish/Syria tensions. US Treasury yields jumped, pushing US stocks higher while commodity prices slipped as the USD was largely unchanged as Pound Sterling jumped to a near six month The post Macro Morning appeared first on MacroBusiness. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
Western Power unveils network of the future, where thousands of regional customers are taken off grid and given renewables and storage, saving money and boosting reliability.
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