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MacroBusiness Friday, June 13, 2025 - 08:00 Source

I reported on Thursday how an unexpected outage at Victoria’s second-largest coal-fired power station had heightened concerns that colder weather could strain the market and drive up wholesale electricity prices. I noted that the renewables would use the outage as an opportunity to label coal-fired generation “unreliable” and as justification for Labor’s renewables rollout to

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Your Democracy Friday, June 13, 2025 - 07:40 Source

The decision by the United States to initiate a review of the AUKUS agreement might very well be the moment Washington saves Australia from itself. Saving us from the most poorly conceived defence procurement program ever adopted by an Australian Government.

 

Paul Keating

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Your Democracy Friday, June 13, 2025 - 06:46 Source

ABOUT 257 PEOPLE WILL SEE THIS CARTOON BY THE END OF THE DECADE... MORE THAN 2,417,871 WILL HAVE WATCHED DAVE RUBIN LAUD LOMBORG BY THE END OF THE DAY, BECAUSE DAVE HATES THE CONCEPT OF DANGEROUS GLOBAL WARMING... WE KNOW...

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MacroBusiness Friday, June 13, 2025 - 00:05 Source

Policymakers are exerting significant pressure on Australians to live in shoebox apartments. Their directive runs counter to the wishes of Australians, who overwhelmingly prefer to live in detached houses. The average price premium of a detached house across Australia’s capital cities was 174% in May, according to PropTrack: Detached houses have also experienced far stronger

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THE BLOT REPORT Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 21:15 Source

Annus horribilis is a Latin phrase that means “horrible year”. While it was initially used in the year 1891 in an Anglican publication to describe 1870, the year in which the dogma of papal infallibility was defined in the Catholic Church.

The expression was brought to prominence more recently by Queen Elizabeth II in a speech at Guildhall on 24 November 1992, in describing her year. She said: “1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an annus horribilis.”1

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Your Democracy Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 18:22 Source

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BRAND HAS TAKEN A FEW NEAR-MORTAL BLOWS... THE JOE BIDEN PRESIDENCY WAS A CATASTROPHE... IT SHOWED THAT THE PARTY WAS RUNNING ON EMPTY WITH A BOGUS PRESIDENT AND VERY UNPOPULAR POLICIES. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO REGAIN THE HIGH MORAL GROUND WITHOUT LOSING THE MIDDLE OF THE POPULACE...

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MacroBusiness Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 16:30 Source

Middle East tensions are dominating risk taking here in Asia with most share markets finishing in the red, not helped by what looks like a “non-deal” deal from the ongoing US/China talks, regardless of what the Trump regime claim has come to pass. The USD continues to fall against the majors despite a very tame

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Your Democracy Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 16:25 Source

Network Ten has axed its long-running current affairs show The Project as part of a major programming overhaul aimed at rebuilding its early evening viewership.

Network president Beverley McGarvey informed staff of the decision in a meeting at the broadcaster’s Melbourne headquarters on Monday.

 

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Your Democracy Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 16:11 Source

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has congratulated Russians on Russia Day and stressed his commitment to building constructive relations with Moscow for peace with Ukraine.

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