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A record 129 media workers were killed worldwide in 2025, marking the second consecutive annual high for such deaths, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported. The New York-based organization found that Israel was responsible for two-thirds of these killings, making the conflict in Gaza the deadliest for members of the press since CPJ began data collection in 1992.

Australia’s universities say they are over-regulated—and the chief executive of Universities Australia (UA), Luke Sheehy, has just secured a promise from education minister Jason Clare to give his members a break. A “better regulation” working group composed of “regulators, university peak bodies, unions and student representatives” will lead the charge in reducing regulation and cutting

The so-called Board of Peace, established by US President Donald Trump, has now begun its work[1]. This body was originally intended only to coordinate and then manage the peace process in the Gaza Strip in the long term. This peace council was indeed authorized to do so by the United Nations.

On the Way to the New Feudalism

By Hermann Ploppa

Santos beat greenwashing claims in court, and while the ruling exposes the limits of climate law, the battle for climate justice and accountability is just ramping up.

The post Yes, Santos was cleared of greenwashing. But a climate law reckoning still looms appeared first on Renew Economy.

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, breaks down the rise of HALO companies — the resilient, pricing-power businesses proving largely “immune” to AI disruption — exploring why they continue to outperform, what protects their economics from technological shocks, and how investors can position around this defensive theme. Watch the episode

The tsunami of auction activity is beginning to weigh on home values in Melbourne and Sydney. On Thursday, Cotality released its final auction results for last weekend, which showed that the national clearance rate declined to 62.0%, down from 63.3% the prior week and 66.1% three weekends ago. The decline in the national clearance rate

The post Strong auction volumes weigh on house prices appeared first on MacroBusiness.

The worst treasurer since Jim Cairns, and the dumbest since Wayne Swan is certainly not the unluckiest. Having squandered incredible national income windfalls as record inflation outbreaks, slaughtering real incomes, Treasurer Jim “chicken” Chalmers is ready to ride another unlooked-for river of gold flowing into his backside. This time, it is literally a river of

About a third of practicing American Christians say the spiritual advice they get from artificial intelligence is just as good as that from a pastor, with practicing Christians more likely to agree with this notion than non-practicing Christians and non-Christians, according to new research from the Barna Group.

A third of Christians trust spiritual advice from AI as much as pastor: study

TME with the charts. NVDA blowout revenues were not good enough. Semiconductors are flirting with a top. Could the next AI victim be capex spend and hardware? Open AI cutting investment was a bad sign. If so, watch out for the red-hot semi-bourses in Asia. Sell semis and buy software? How big are those cojonies?

The post AI shock spreading to economic shock? appeared first on MacroBusiness.

As early works – and a legal challenge – get underway for Marinus Link, the cost to consumers of the existing interconnector, Basslink, has been determined.

The post AER sets cost to customers of Basslink, as troubled interconnector transitions to regulated asset appeared first on Renew Economy.

The Grattan Institute argues that NSW could make 1 million additional homes feasible to build by copying Victoria’s planning rules that allow terraces and three‑storey apartments “as of right” across most residential zones. This would remove councils’ ability to block low‑rise infill housing that already meets clear design standards. Victoria now allows terraces, townhouses, and

The ferrous complex closed the jaws again yesterday. However, the first major data dump post-LNY was bad. CISA mid-February output was up but far below last year. Worse, steel inventories skyrocketed 20%  and are far above 2025. Some of this will be CNY and Two Sessions distortion, but with a weak demand outlook in H1,

The post Iron ore begins the year badly appeared first on MacroBusiness.

9:00 – The draft redistribution of Tasmania’s five federal electorates is due to be published later today. I expect it to come out before midday.

Tasmania is guaranteed five federal electorates even though its population currently only justifies the entitlement to three electorates. For this reason, Tasmania will be unaffected by any parliamentary expansion.