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You can’t keep a good DXY down, AUD smashed back to the canvas. North Asia has hardly responded yet. Gold weathered the storm. Dirt not so much. Nor miners. EM caput. Junk still a worry. As the US curve flattens. Stocks struggled. DXY is at the trading range highs. I expect this will eventually break

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By Denis Hay Description Explore how educating Australian voters can reform the two-party system for a compassionate and true democracy. Introduction Australia’s political landscape has long been dominated by a two-party system that often does not stand for the diverse interests of its citizens. Many Australians feel disconnected from a government that seems increasingly influenced…

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Elon Musk could make the US government operate like Silicon Valley, Dominic Cummings has claimed.

Speaking at New College Oxford about advances in AI, Boris Johnson’s former adviser said that a subset of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs could no longer ignore Washington’s overreach and may look to rebuild parts of the state that don’t function properly.

New data shows unemployed people are also turning to rooftop solar to have certainty about electricity bills. PV is not just for rich people, says Kaveh Khalilpou from UTS.

Tax office whistleblower Richard Boyle has once again been denied justice, or rather, the High Court found the whistleblower legislation lacking, given the judges no option but to deny his appeal and uphold the judgment against him.

Kevin07 is back. Kevin Rudd has declared Australia ‘is ready’ to work closely with Donald Trump and his new administration to bolster an alliance which has never been more important or relevant. Australia’s ambassador in Washington said that in a world of ‘many challenges’ Australia welcomed an active and engaged United States in the Indo

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The latest consumer price index (CPI) data for New Zealand showed that headline inflation had fallen to only 2.2% in the year ended Q3 2024, tracking within the Reserve Bank’s inflation target of 1% to 3%. This would suggest that the Reserve Bank has slayed the inflation dragon. However, the latest Reserve Bank survey suggests

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Spanish energy giant says it received "strong interest" in green bonds issued to help underwrite the expansion of its renewables portfolio in Australia.

The AEMO and other energy regulators are worried that Australia will suffer from severe gas shortages in the coming winter and every winter after that. They are behind the times. The East Coast gas cartel has delivered a permanent winter to Aussie energy prices. Whenever there is a price shock anywhere, including during northern hemisphere

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The latest ANZ/CoreLogic housing affordability report has revealed the “impossible” barriers facing Australian first-home buyers. The national dwelling value-to-rent ratio hit an equal record high of eight in the September quarter of 2024. At the same time, Australian mortgage rates have roughly doubled from the pandemic low. The combination of higher prices and mortgage rates

Every time a fascist-flirting regime is defeated in an election, more column inches and podcast minutes are devoted to the sense that the moral arc of the universe bends towards justice. When Trump, Bolsonaro, Sunak’s Tories or the Law and Justice Party in Poland lose elections, the centrist commentariat breathes a sigh of relief, believing…

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