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Your Democracy
Monday, March 4, 2024 - 06:54
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As Vladimir Putin’s war enters its third year, it is time to count the bodies. Ukraine admits to 31,000 deaths suffered by its troops. The actual toll is probably much higher, not to mention all the serious injuries. Tens of thousands of its civilians have lost their lives, including hundreds of children, while 21,000 young people have been kidnapped and taken by force to Russia.
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John Quiggin
Monday, March 4, 2024 - 06:16
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My latest in The Conversation via my Substack If you believe Newspoll and the Australian Financial Review, Australia wants to go nuclear – as long it’s small. |
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John Quiggin
Monday, March 4, 2024 - 05:59
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Another Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the sandpits, please. I’m now using Substack as a blogging platform, and for my monthly email newsletter. For the moment, I’ll post both at this blog and on Substack. You can also follow me on Mastodon here. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, March 4, 2024 - 00:10
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CBA’s head of Australian economics, Gareth Aird, published a note examining the strong cyclical rise in both house prices and rents. Aird notes that the uplift in prices is highly unusual given the aggressive monetary tightening from the RBA, which has dramatically reduced borrowing capacity. “Dwelling prices have now risen by 10.7% since their cyclical The post Extreme housing shortage forces up prices and rents appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Monday, March 4, 2024 - 00:05
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In his 2019 book. The Technology Trap: Capital, Labour and Power in the Age of Automation, Carl Benedikt Frey covers the history of the Industrial Revolution and how it affected society: Frey’s argument rests on the distinction between labour-enabling technologies and labour-replacing technologies. As the names suggest, labour-enabling technologies complement workers, boosting productivity and opening The post AI will terminate Australia appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
The Australian Independent Media Network
Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 23:52
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“ If you live in Frankston, and you’ve got a problem with Victorian women being assaulted by foreign criminals, vote against Labor. “If you do not want to see Australian women being assaulted by foreign criminals, vote against Labor. Send Labor a message.” Labor easily wins Dunkley, increasing its primary vote to forty per cent.… The post Dunkley sends all of us a message. appeared first on The AIM Network. |
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Your Democracy
Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 20:39
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The possibility of the Ukraine conflict escalating into World War III cannot be ruled out, former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls claimed on Thursday in an interview with the Europe-1 news channel. According to Valls, the fate of the French people and others across Europe is “closely tied” to the hostilities between Moscow and Kiev, meaning they should “act much more decisively” to support Ukraine, including militarily. |
Renew Economy
Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 20:23
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Renew Economy
Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 20:23
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Your Democracy
Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 18:05
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US drops aid into Gaza where UN says 550,000 close to famine |
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The Australian Independent Media Network
Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 17:34
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Last week Senator Cash tweeted the… Is it still correct to say “tweet”? I mean now that it’s X, should it be “Senator Cash Xed…”? Whatever, Senator Cash put out the following message on the social media platform that was once Twitter but is now X: “Australians should be able to choose what car they… The post Michaelia Cash Argues Against Democracy! appeared first on The AIM Network. |
Club Troppo
Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 16:47
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MacroBusiness
Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 13:09
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CoreLogic has released its preliminary auction results for the weekend, which reported a national capital city clearance rate of 71.8%, down from 73.5% last week (revised down to 68.2% once finalised): With an average downwards revision of -5.9% so far this year, CoreLogic expects the final clearance rate to come in around 65-66%. The preliminary |
The Australian Independent Media Network
Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 10:35
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Just as the Atlas Network-connected Advance body intervened in the Voice referendum in Australia and, in recent weeks, a bye-election, similar organisations spawned from the American model are distorting New Zealand’s politics from within as well as from without. One of the key researchers into the Atlas Network, Lee Fang, observed that it has “reshaped… The post New Zealand is under siege by the Atlas Network appeared first on The AIM Network. |
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The Australian Independent Media Network
Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 09:50
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Deeds of substance, rather than words of forced concern, will always take precedence in the chronicles of history. Superficially, the Australian government has been edging more closely towards expressing concern with aspects of Israel’s relentless war in the Gaza Strip. While claiming to be targeted, specific and directed against Hamas and other Islamic militants, the… The post Triumphant Down Under: Elbit Systems and the Australian Military appeared first on The AIM Network. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 06:26
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Last year the head of the ASIO, Mr Mike Burgess’s annual threat assessment was blighted by errors of fact. This year he’s enlarged his repertoire to errors of judgment. In a speech which:
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Your Democracy
Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 05:53
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The multi-billion dollar expenditure on nuclear powered submarines as part of the AUKUS pact has attracted some attention. Perhaps it helps to provide historical context if it is remembered that Australia’s first submarines were of limited use in the defence of our shorelines.
Submarines then and to come By Tony Smith
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The Tally Room
Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 18:00
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7:22 – The 2PP swing in Mt Eliza Central was actually 0.8% to Labor. The overall swing is down to 4.1%. 7:21 – With ten booths reporting primary votes, the swing to Labor is up to 1.7%. I’m probably at the point where I won’t be reporting each individual booth swing, but Langwarrin North, Frankston South, Skye and Karingal Central have all reported. 7:16 – We’re continuing to see some really positive results for Labor. They’ve gained a 6% primary swing in Mount Eliza West. This means their primary vote swing overall after six booths is now 1.3% towards them. |
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Your Democracy
Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 16:24
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Renew Economy
Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 15:08
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Cheeseburger Gothic
Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 12:28
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I’ve been trying to scroll less and read more, and as part of that hopeful self improvement program I came across a piece in Esquire about shitty 20th anniversaries. (Sorry, no link. Paywalled). |
MacroBusiness
Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 07:49
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DXY eased last night: AUD bounced: North Asia meh: Brent looks like it is coiling: Dirt yawn: Miners yawn: EM yawn: Junk meh: Yields dumped: Stocks flew: The ISM was perfectly weak: “The Manufacturing PMI® registered 47.8 percent in February, down 1.3 percentage points from the 49.1 percent recorded in January. The overall economy continued The post Australian dollar rockets as Fed lights match appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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New Politics
Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 07:30
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The Australian Independent Media Network
Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 06:00
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Continued from Authoritarianism is taking over the world. Will it snare Australia? To recap, in Part 1 I wrote that: In recent years, we have witnessed three individual politicians who have used the techniques of the authoritarian leader, fear, negativity, misinformation and lies. I refer to Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison and the now opposition leader Peter… The post Is Australian democracy at risk from an authoritarian leader? appeared first on The AIM Network. |
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Your Democracy
Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 05:59
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The Australian government remains silent, continues to call Israel “our friend”, and rewards Israel’s war machine in a new contract with the Israeli arms firm Elbit. The Federal Government sends more troops to the Middle East while starving Palestinians in northern Gaza are massacred as they desperately seek food for their families, babies in Gaza are dying of starvation and dehydration and the IDF sexually abuses and rapes Palestinian women prisoners.
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Your Democracy
Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 05:47
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Disinformation group Advance Australia has been pouring advertising money into supporting the Liberals in the Dunkley by-election. Its funding includes over $1 million from a company whose ownership structure may be illegal. Anthony Klan reports. |
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Your Democracy
Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 05:38
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On February 19, 2024, a conversation took place among Grafe (department head for operations and exercises at the Air Force Forces Command of the Bundeswehr), Gerhartz (Bundeswehr Air Force Inspector), Fenske and Frohstedte (employees of the Air Operations Command within the Space Operations Center of the Bundeswehr). |
MacroBusiness
Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 00:10
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By Gareth Aird, head of Australian economics at CBA: Key Points: We expect Q4 23 real GDP increased by a small 0.2%/qtr, which would take the annual rate to 1.4%. Household consumption is forecast to have edged higher in the December quarter. Business investment, public demand and net exports are anticipated to contribute to quarterly The post CBA: Per capita recession to roll on appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 00:02
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International Reads: Abortions now cost over $450, more than double the price before Roe was overturned, per a reproductive care nonprofit director – Business Insider US spends billions on roads rather than public transport in ‘climate time bomb’ – The Guardian The Starbucks Workers’ Union Has Finally Broken Through – Jacobin Panera Bread exempt from The post Weekend Reading and MB media appearances appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Friday, March 1, 2024 - 20:32
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More than two-thirds of the French public believe President Emmanuel Macron was wrong to suggest that NATO could someday send its own troops to support Kiev in the conflict with Moscow, according to a new poll. Survey results published on Thursday by French newspaper Le Figaro showed that 68% of respondents disapproved of Macron’s comments on a future NATO deployment to the war-torn state, while just 31% said they agreed and the remainder were undecided. |
