SEEK released its Employment Report for August, which revealed that the number of job ads rose 0.3% over the month, the second consecutive monthly rise. However, the number of applicants per job ad also rose by 0.5% in July (once month lagged) and is now tracking at its second highest level on record behind May
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DXY dumped and pumped as the Fed cut 50: AUD did the reverse with a nasty candle top: North Asia up: Oil and gold down: Metals too: And miners: EM puke: Junk knows only soft landing: Yields sold the fact: Stocks printed a second nasty candle top: The Fed cut 50bps but Jay Powell was
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SQM Research has released its rental vacancy report for August, which recorded a 1.3% vacancy rate nationally, the same rate as July and a 0.1% rise year-on-year: The overall number of rental vacancies in Australia was 39,665 in August, down slightly from 39,701 in July 2024 but up from 35,425 in August 2023. The following
We are on the eve of the possible final act of the tragicomedy that is Ukraine.
It could come at the end of the month during the general debate at the U.N. General Assembly when the odd couple of the lame-duck and expired presidents of the U.S. and Ukraine could reveal to the world its fate.
The wave of synchronized pager explosions in Lebanon was “reckless”because the method did not account for potential civilian casualties, Edward Snowden has said.
The Climate Council Media Release THE CLIMATE COUNCIL HAS LAUNCHED a new plan to seize the sun and capitalise on Australia’s rooftop solar strengths, double our solar power capacity and install two million household batteries by the end of the decade. Supercharging rooftop solar will slash household and business energy bills, cut climate pollution further…
The Q2 national accounts showed that Australia’s population grew by an extraordinary 656,000 in 2023-24: The Q2 national accounts also showed that Australia’s population has ballooned by 1.78 million since Q4 2019, including the collapse in net overseas migration during the pandemic. This means Australia’s population grew by an average of 99,000 people over the
Monash University Media Alert The Federal Government has just introduced a new bill designed to combat disinformation and misinformation on the Internet, which is a positive step toward addressing content that can cause serious harm or lead to violence, such as messaging from conspiracy theorists and fringe groups. However, in most Australian states false or…
Asian share markets remain in a somewhat flat mood today with the return of Chinese stocks as all eyes are now on the Federal Reserve meeting tonight. This has extended to other risk markets which have remained steady as traders weigh up how big the rate cut could be, as the Australian dollar rises well
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Media Release The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has today released its vision for Queensland under the next government, in the lead-up to the state election. To grow and capitalise on the State’s progress across renewable, digital and manufacturing innovations, ATSE recommends five actions to unlock more economic and social benefits. They…
By Denis Bright Immediately after the issue of election writs voters across Queensland usually receive a personalized letter from the State LNP in non-LNP seats and from LNP members in other state seats to solicit postal vote applications. This year’s LNP efforts replaced the personalized letters with a Dear Resident format. Envelopes received by electors…
