Last week Al Jazeera released Investigating War Crimes in Gaza.1 The 81-minute documentary is a searing indictment of the treatment of those who always suffer most in war – women and children – during Israel’s retaliation for the horrid murders Hamas inflicted inside Israel a year ago this week.
PropTrack’s director of research, Cameron Kusher, lamented that younger Australians will never enjoy the same quality of housing as their parents, meaning their living standards are likely to be lower. “One thing I think of with all this push for density is that few people in the future will live in better housing than their
A very mixed start to the trading week with most Asian stock markets failing to advance while a much weaker Yen is supporting Japanese equities as the majority party lost their majority on the weekend. Oil prices are down as Middle East worries dissipate slightly while the USD remains strong against all the undollars as
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I spend a lot of time these days thinking about what I, and Australia as a nation, should do if the US ceases to be a democracy. But, it doesn’t seem as if lots of other people are thinking this way. One possibility is that people just don’t want to think about it. Another, though, is that I’ve overestimated the probability of this outcome.
To check on this, I set up a flowchart using a free online program called drawio. Here;s what I came up with
Oxfam Australia Media Release Fifty of the world’s richest billionaires on average produce more carbon in just 90 minutes than the average person does in their entire lifetime, a new Oxfam report reveals today. Here in Australia, one hour of emissions from Australian billionaires’ superyachts and private jets equals what an average Australian emits in…
By Denis Hay Description: Principles of Social Justice Discover 5 more principles of social justice – equity, access, participation, diversity, and human rights – and how Australia can use its monetary sovereignty to ensure fairness. Introduction: Understanding the Core of Social Justice In today’s rapidly changing world, social justice plays a crucial role in shaping…
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A civil war of sorts has broken out between the big four banks over lending standards pertaining to first home buyers. NAB executive Andy Kerr told a parliamentary inquiry last week that prospective first homebuyers would have more buying power if rules restricting access to mortgages were more flexible. Kerr argued that first homebuyers were
New wind and solar may struggle in Sunshine state as LNP right wing lays ground for nuclear backflip
The former Grattan Institute Transport and Cities Program director, Marion Terrill, has lambasted the Victorian government for pursuing the “ruinously expensive” Suburban Loop Project (SRL), which risks burying taxpayers in debt. Terrill notes that nearly all of Victoria’s big ticket infrastructure projects have experienced massive cost overruns, which is likely to be repeated with the
China is growing at 5% and all of that. Pfft. Check this out: Profits at China’s industrial firms in September declined at a faster pace than a month earlier, as deflationary pressures sap the strength of corporate finances. Last month’s industrial profits at large Chinese companies fell 27.1% from a year earlier, after a 17.8%
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