Remember, gas often sets the price of electricity in the wholesale market, so this debate is immense. The Australian. A sweeping review of Australia’s east coast gas market slated to begin in mid-2025 is shaping up as the economy’s last realistic chance to avert a looming energy crisis that industry leaders say could have widespread
New Zealand’s unemployment rate rose to 5.1% in Q4 2024, up from 4.8% in Q3 2024. In comparison, Australia’s unemployment rate was 3.9% in Q4 2024 (4.1% in March), the widest gap since Q3 2012. The latest SEEK employment also shows that the number of job ads in New Zealand has fallen heavily from the
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Throughout this week, and perhaps the next, I will be posting booth maps for interesting seats, or clusters of seats. I will be doing this while also tracking the election results as seats continue to be called. But these maps generally just show the ordinary election day votes, so shouldn’t change much, outside of corrections.
For today’s post I’m starting in the inner north of Melbourne. There are three seats in this area that were Labor vs Greens contests this year: Melbourne, Wills and Cooper.
French President Emmanuel Macron, saying goodbye to the head of the Kiev regime Vladimir Zelensky in In Kyiv, where he took part in a meeting of the "coalition of the willing", kissed him on the cheek.
The corresponding video was published by the telegram channel of the publication "Strana".
State and federal government plans to plaster our cities with high-rise apartments will not improve Australian housing affordability and will ultimately degrade liveability. The reasons are simple: constructing apartments is too expensive. Consequently, buyers cannot purchase them at a reasonable price. As Michael Matusik illustrates above, detached houses and townhouses are far less expensive to
John Mearsheimer: Coalition of the Willing Have NO ANSWERS / Ukraine Paying the Price
The speaker criticizes ongoing Western military support for Ukraine, arguing that it prolongs the war without clear strategic goals or realistic assessments. Key points include:
Australia’s Labor government was returned to office at last Saturday’s federal election in a landslide win.
Labor now holds 90 seats in the House of Representatives to the opposition’s 40, inflicting a devastating defeat on the conservatives. The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, a keen admirer of Donald Trump, lost his seat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1y7vMx-gHk
Former C.I.A. analyst Ray McGovern addressed the Znanie Youth Forum in Moscow on April 29 ahead of the celebration of the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe over the Nazis.
The e61 Institute think tank released an analysis showing how baby bonus handed to parents by the Howard government worked to stimulate births, at least initially. In 2004, the Howard government implemented a universal Baby Bonus—$3,000 per child after birth, later boosted to $4,000 and finally $5,000—to encourage couples to “have one for mum, one
Currency pairs respond to geopolitical events like trade disputes and wars. These aspects often shake global economies and encourage different FX pairs to swing dramatically. If you are a forex trader or plan to try out this venture, remember that. A good example of a geopolitical event that has significantly impacted currency pairs is the
Australian dwelling prices have tracked sideways recently after experiencing a bounce following the 0.25% interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in February. CoreLogic’s daily dwelling values index has reported only a 0.2% increase in values at the combined 5-city level over the past 28 days, with Sydney and Melbourne recording rises
The House of Representatives contest has been a very comfortable win for Labor, and this has also been reflected in the Senate.
One of the biggest deciding factors in the Senate is whether either the left or right can win a “4-2 split”, where their side can win four out of six. Almost all elections are 3-3 splits, although there are some senators (such as Jacqui Lambie) who don’t fit into the two sides.