A lecture series can promise much. But one run out of a corporatised university comes with its own burdens and blemishes. There is the stifling sense of brand and name that hovers over proceedings. The logo is everywhere, a permanent reminder about the role of the chief donor, sponsor or name of the individual associated…
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Australian Alliance for Animals Media Release The Australian Alliance for Animals has welcomed news that animal welfare will be included in the Australia-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), struck by Australia’s Trade Minister Don Farrell yesterday. While the text of the final agreement has not yet been published, a statement on the DFAT website confirms: “CEPA…
The Australian’s Stephen Matchett has written an interesting article on the barriers Australian universities face when opening campuses offshore. It comes after Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan announced that the government would spend $5 million to help local universities establish overseas campuses and avoid the federal government’s international student quotas. Matchett notes that only 7% of
University of South Australia (UniSA) Media Release A team of international scientists alarmed by the loss of biodiversity across the world due to climate change has proposed a new approach to managing vulnerable landscapes, focusing on sites that are least impacted by changing weather. Known as climate change-refugia, these places experience weather conditions that are…
Former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews is under renewed scrutiny over a collision between his family’s car and a young cyclist in 2013. An expert review of the incident by Dr Raymond Shuey has been released. Shuey was the state’s former Assistant Commissioner for Traffic and Operations. The review has concluded that Andrews’ vehicle was “travelling
The Albanese Government is a complete schmozzle on housing with the three bills that comprise its $32bn Housing for Australia plan blocked in the senate: The Help to Buy shares equity ponzi scheme. The Housing Future Fund high-risk equity investment vehicle to build a lousy 13,000 houses per year. The Build to Rent corporatisation of
Eye candy for lunch. Drone Photography Award Winners.
Some of these are insane.
The data surrounding Australia’s housing construction continues to disappoint, mocking the Albanese government’s fantastical target of constructing 1.2 million homes over five years. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data on dwelling approvals, commencements, and completions are tracking at around decade lows, roughly one-third behind the government’s target. As illustrated in the next chart, the decline
Moody’s with the report. Australian mortgage delinquency rates, which increased over the June quarter, will continue to rise moderately over the rest of this year as high interest rates and sticky inflation put financial stress on households. The latest data for the residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) we rate shows the share of prime-quality home loans
Note to self. Go short Zoe Daniel. She wrote in the AFR yesterday: Australia’s clean energy transition is as much of a challenge for households as it is for the nation. And nowhere more so than in Victoria, which has been more dependent on energy derived from gas than any other state or territory. And
The Institute of Public Affairs recently published data estimating that 1.15 million net migrants have entered Australia since the last federal election in May 2022. This is already 62% higher than the previous record, established during the Rudd-Gillard government’s first term, when net overseas migration was 711,000. Business Council of Australia chief executive Bran Black
Westpac with the report. Leading Index growth rate drops back to –0.27%. Commodity price fall a significant drag on momentum. Other components stable rather than weak. Signal points to activity remaining subdued through first half of 2025. The fall takes the Index growth rate to an eight-month low, albeit still in the –0.3 to +0.2%
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