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It would be unfair to describe SBS television as the Australian media outlet most addicted to violence. It would be unfair unless every other outlet were scanned for their saturation with violence. At first sight however, it would seem extraordinary should any other television channel share the SBS preoccupation.

SBS television and ‘distressing material’    By Tony Smith

In recent days, Australia’s ‘”deputy Sheriff” role has been on full display again in our foreign policy. The prime minister’s extraordinary gaff at the Pacific Islands Leaders Forum, when caught out joshing along with US Deputy Secretary of State, Kurt Campbell, would have been noted not just among Pacific Island leaders, who would be entitled to feel belittled by Australia, but also across the region.

We’ve lived through nearly a quarter century of intense polarization with no clear dominant political party. Unless last night’s presidential debate changes the race as dramatically as June 27’s did, we could see an election as close as 2000’s based on the current polling.

Tenders for long duration energy storage and a spot in the South West Renewable Energy Zone have left NSW spoiled for choice on the best projects to replace its aging coal plants.

The weird, uncanny consistencies of far right politics.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  6th September 2024

On Tuesday, the last US ambassador to the Soviet Union, Jack Matlock, said that the United States was engaged in an undeclared war with Russia and warned of the danger inherent in that. "It seems to me that it is extremely dangerous to attempt what is, in effect, an undeclared war against a nuclear armed power," Matlock warned.

Asian share markets didn’t reflect the somewhat positive mood on Wall Street overnight as bond market volatility overshadowed, as all eyes look to tonight’s US CPI print. The USD remains very strong against all the majors except Yen, which had another sharp appreciation this afternoon, hurting Japanese stocks while the  Australian dollar continues its inability

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European Energy Australia is buying up two solar projects from Swede OX2, as the ex-Shell assets continue to move through the market.

There’s something wrong with Herr Shikeltuber “Every instinct in this bloke’s body, every calculation, is about how he can divide the country. It shows this bloke’s not fit to run a bath, let alone Australia” (Jason Clare, Minister for Education). In a Trumpian world of normalised grotesqueries the Overton Window has skewed significantly rightward making…

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By Gareth Aird, head of Australian economics at CBA: Key Points: Real consumer spending contracted in Q2 24 to be just 0.5% higher through the year (comfortably below the RBA’s forecast of 1.1%/yr). Real consumer spending per capita has fallen over the past eighteen months, primarily driven by a decline in discretionary spending. Private surveys

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Labor is all about cronies all of the time: Mining giant BHP has entered the political war between the resources sector and the Albanese government, defending its role in the Australian economy and claiming the amount of tax it paid last financial year was equal to half the entire annual funding of the public hospital

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Last week, Vladimir Putin was speaking at the Russian-led Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok in Russia's Far East. He took part in a panel discussion with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng. During the panel, he also spoke about Europe’s irrational decision to decouple from Russian energy and that he’d be willing at any time to negotiate sending again gas through the one remaining Nord Stream pipeline that is still functional.

The hostility the Grattan Institute has shown VIC on energy policy bespeaks a deep hatred of the state. First, back in 2013, Grattan recommended that QLD be allowed to export all of its gas without domestic reservation. This was always going to be worst for VIC, given it is cold and needs heating, and we

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