Environment Minister Murray Watt wants the Parliament to amend our environmental laws, but leave a key component for him and his Department to sort out later. Former Senator Rex Patrick reports on EPBC reform.
“Trust me, I’m from the Government”.
Abul Rizvi’s forecast that Australia’s net overseas migration (NOM) will track around 300,000 under current immigration policies, 15% higher than the Treasury’s forecast, confirms that the rental crisis will persist. It is important to put Rizvi’s 300,000 NOM forecast into a historical perspective. In the first 60 years following World War II, Australia’s NOM averaged
Everything is awesome on an alleged deal between the Trump and Xi regimes over trade, but the lack of solid news isn’t holding markets back with Asian shares all green while futures for Wall Street are looking sky high. Friday night’s US CPI print is keeping the USD somewhat down against the majors as expectation
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A US warship has docked in Trinidad and Tobago as Venezuela blasts the Caribbean island nation for holding joint exercises with the United States.
I dunno that I’ll get a single word written today.
Preliminary data from Cotality shows that Sydney’s residential auction clearance rate fell to 68.2% in the week to Saturday, which was the lowest since the week ending 8 June and was the first time the preliminary clearance rate has been below the 70% mark in 21 weeks. A total of 959 auctions were held in
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Vladimir Zelensky expects Ukraine to be able to fight Russia for up to three more years, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has told The Sunday Times. The Ukrainian leader’s reported remark comes as the EU is looking for new ways to fund Kiev, eyeing Russia’s frozen central-bank assets as an option.
Albo is the jetsetting, international yes man. No matter how contradictory, how damaging to the national interest, or how crazy in the context of Cold War 2.0, Albo will say yes, and yes again! Fly to India and sign away the Australian labour market to Indian scam college degrees? Yes! Fly to China and crawl
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