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MacroBusiness Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 07:00 Source

Recall that the Albanese government has sought to combat disinformation with a new reporting register. A page on the ALP’s website has appeared encouraging party members and supporters to “report disinformation” via an online form to “fight lies and fake news”: The form requires users to enter their name, email address, complaint information, and the media platform

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Your Democracy Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 06:47 Source

Jean-François Millet is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers; he is one of the Realism art movement founders. Millet was an important source of inspiration for Vincent van Gogh, particularly during his early period. Millet's late landscapes would serve as influential points of reference to Claude Monet's paintings of the coast of Normandy.

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Cheeseburger Gothic Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 05:51 Source

I destroyed my favourite pot last night. I didn’t even think this was possible. But apparently I do not know my own power.

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Your Democracy Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 05:35 Source

Fyodor Lukyanov: The Middle East is on the brink of a full-scale warAll the major players are poking each other but there is no desire to cross the Rubicon

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MacroBusiness Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 00:10 Source

A reader sent me the below meme, which neatly explains why curbing immigration is far more important for housing affordability than curbing negative gearing: Stimulating property investment via tax policies like negative gearing does push up house prices by stimulating investor demand. Investors also outbid and crowd-out first home buyers, thereby lowering the nation’s home

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Your Democracy Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 21:04 Source

US ‘helpless’ as Middle East burns – MoscowWashington’s policy is a “complete failure,” according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 17:45 Source

‘Beneath the peaks, Grampians’, Arthur Streeton 1921, AGNSW     AUD/USD     EUR/USD USD/JPY GBP/USD Gold WTI Brent Australia 200 US S&P 500 UK 100 Japan 225

The post Macro Afternoon: 2 October 2024 appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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The Australian Independent Media Network Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 16:41 Source

While private Chinese investment into Australia seriously lags, there are unparalleled opportunities for Australia-China collaboration in zero-emissions industries – if we get the policy settings right. A new report by independent think tank Climate Energy Finance (CEF), Green capital tsunami: China’s >$100 bn outbound cleantech investment since 2023 turbocharges global energy transition, calculates that Chinese…

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Your Democracy Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 16:30 Source

France is not ruling out deploying troops to Ukraine, the country's European Affairs Minister Benjamin Haddad has said, insisting that President Emmanuel Macron stands by his previous statements on the issue. The EU “has a duty to further support Ukraine” in its conflict with Russia, Haddad insisted.

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The Australian Independent Media Network Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 16:19 Source

The National Health Services Union has strongly endorsed an open letter from Aged Care Minister Anika Wells to residential aged care providers, which calls out the sector’s lack of accountability. National Secretary Lloyd Williams praised Minister Wells’ initiative: “This open letter is a crucial step towards addressing the longstanding issues in our aged care system.…

The post Aged care providers must not shirk scrutiny appeared first on The AIM Network.

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George Monbiot Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 15:56 Source

An astonishing thing is happening at sea, but the government, backed by an entire “scientific” discipline, seems determined to stifle it.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th September 2024

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Your Democracy Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 15:20 Source

The context to my article below is today’s extreme media, and Dutton’s and the Albanese government’s hysteria regarding the appearance of the Hezbollah flag at this week’s protest against the Gazan genocide and bombing of Beirut in Melbourne.

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