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Your Democracy
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - 05:12
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Germany's top election officials at both federal and state levels were due to meet on Monday to discuss how to prepare for snap elections, which will be the likely outcome of an upcoming parliamentary vote of confidence on Chancellor Olaf Scholz's minority coalition. |
Renew Economy
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - 01:47
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MacroBusiness
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - 00:10
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The similarities between the Canadian and Australian governments concerning immigration and housing are astounding. In 2022, Canada’s then-immigration minister, Sean Fraser, saw immigration as a race for global talent, which he always intended to win. In 2022, Canada experienced record population growth of around 800,000. Still, Fraser announced that Canada would welcome 465,000 permanent residents |
The Australian Independent Media Network
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 23:57
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By Denis Bright In these times of unexpected election swings at home and abroad, the campaign strategies of the LNP in Queensland are worthy of careful consideration. Until Lia Finocchiaro’s landslide victory in the NT elections on 24 August 2024, Labor controlled every mainland state and territory administration. Times have changed in a few weeks… The post Political Futures: Queensland Election in Rear Vision appeared first on The AIM Network. |
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Renew Economy
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 21:40
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The Australian Independent Media Network
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 21:09
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UNSW Sydney Media Release With the newly elected Trump administration threatening to introduce higher tariffs on imports, the Australian government should act quickly to seek tariff exemptions, and businesses should prepare to adapt to a more challenging trade position, said Richard Holden, Professor of Economics at UNSW Business School. “It Trump goes ahead with across-the-board… |
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Your Democracy
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 20:55
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvYlk8XhF1Q It was the working class of America wat dun it!
If Trump puts American interests first he'll make America great again, if it ever was!. The Battle of Donald's Ear. Up the Rhine without a paddle. And lies about the Amsterdam 'pogrom'........
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Your Democracy
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 20:38
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron will again ask US President Joe Biden to allow Kiev strike targets deep inside Russia with Western weapons, The Telegraph reported on Sunday. |
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Renew Economy
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 19:40
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The Australian Independent Media Network
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 18:51
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Japan’s new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, is stirring the pot – notably on regional security matters. He has proposed something that has done more than raise a few eyebrows in the foreign and defence ministries of several countries. An Asian version of NATO, he has suggested, was an idea worth considering, notably given China’s ambitions… The post The Musings of Shigeru Ishiba: Visions of an Asian NATO appeared first on The AIM Network. |
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Your Democracy
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 17:05
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Every four years, politicians and lobbyists urge citizens of the United States to participate in the “most important elections” in the history of the country. Whereas 2024 is no different in that regard, there is in fact a now-or-never sense of urgency looming over the current race to the White House. |
The Australian Independent Media Network
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 16:15
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Monash University Media Alert In the latest Newspoll released today, primary support for the Coalition has lifted to 40 per cent for the first time since the 2022 election, and Peter Dutton’s net approval now surpasses Anthony Albanese’s. Dr Zareh Ghazarian, Politics Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences said that: “These results demonstrate that… The post Monash Expert: latest poll shows support for Labor in decline appeared first on The AIM Network. |
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Your Democracy
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 14:39
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President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly spoken to Vladimir Putin about Russia's war in Ukraine, urging the Kremlin not to escalate the conflict. The Washington Post is reporting Trump took the call from his home in Florida on Thursday local time and used the conversation to remind Mr Putin of America's significant military capability in Europe. |
Huge solar farm and big battery project targeted by Barnaby Joyce gets independent planning approval |
Huge solar farm farm and big battery project gets IPC approval in New England, despite food concerns |
Renew Economy
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 14:31
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MacroBusiness
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 14:00
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The Albanese government has badly overreached on two vital areas of regulation. First and foremost, Labor’s disinformation bill threatens to ban commentary that the government (via a faceless bureaucrat) doesn’t agree with, threatening a key pillar of democracy: free speech. Recall that the Albanese government sought to combat disinformation via a new reporting register. A page The post Labor threatens key pillar of democracy appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 13:52
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Hollywood and its waning political influence are both following the same trajectory. Every time there’s a US presidential election, much is made in the mainstream media of celebrity endorsements. Others promise to bail out of the country if their candidate doesn’t win. Because apparently the democracy they want is the one where the plebes do what they’re told at the voting booth by a handful of entertainers.
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MacroBusiness
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 13:30
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Goldman with the note. USD: Elections have consequences. Our US economists expect tariffs to feature prominently in the new Trump Administration, coupled with modest additional tax cuts, more federal spending, and a light touch on regulation. Our European economists downgraded their GDP forecasts across the region in anticipation of higher uncertainty and other spillovers. The |
MacroBusiness
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 13:00
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Australia’s troubled Ambassador to Washington, Kevin Rudd, has made an inauspicious start to his “charm offensive”: Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles have met Donald Trump’s former top diplomat to shore up ties with the former president ahead of a close and bitterly contested US election. The previously undisclosed meeting with Mike |
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Renew Economy
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 12:38
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MacroBusiness
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 12:30
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I have always said that water is the ‘elephant in the room’ of the immigration debate that policymakers and pro-Big Australia boosters never address. A procession of reports over recent years has warned that Australia faces chronic water shortages and rising costs as its population swells by millions on the back of permanently high levels The post Endless population expansion drives up water bills appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Renew Economy
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 12:30
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Monday, November 11, 2024 - 12:09
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MacroBusiness
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 12:00
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Australian voters have swung hard against Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, with the latest Newspoll survey of voting intentions showing that the Coalition is ahead of Labor leading into next year’s federal election. Primary support for the Coalition has lifted to 40% for the first time since the 2022 election, versus Labor’s 33%. More importantly, the The post Australians are sick of Anthony Albanese appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 11:52
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Some talking heads on radio talk to me I have no clue about what they bark about Either I’ve gone dumb, senile or darn silly They have increased their IQ beyond doubt Grabbing the grand old word democracy With little meaning peppered by senseless ideas In which Trump dot Trump does Trump dot piss In vain and derision of ugly win galore seems Cracking in my deaf ears around the seams As my comprehension is close to zero-nil |
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MacroBusiness
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 11:30
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Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that the public sector wages bill increased by 8% nationwide in 2023-24 to $232 billion. The federal government’s wage bill increased by 10% to $37.3 billion, while the number of federal public service employees increased by more than 4% to 365,400. Only the ACT recorded a The post Australian economy hamstrung by bureaucratic bloat appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 11:00
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The Market Ear with the MAGA boom. Making money on MAGA Hedge Funds are enjoying the “bump from Trump” – ride. Hedge funds gained 2.4% between 11/1 and 11/7, driven by beta of +2.0% and alpha of +0.4% (who needs alpha when it is a bull market…?). Net leverage increased by 4% to 59%. This The post Stocks MAGA boom appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Monday, November 11, 2024 - 11:00
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MacroBusiness
Monday, November 11, 2024 - 10:30
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The Chinese CPI is going nowhere but down. In October 2024 , the national consumer price index rose by 0.3% year-on – year . Among them, the urban price rose by 0.2% and the rural price rose by 0.3% ; food prices rose by 2.9% and non-food prices fell by 0.3% ; consumer goods prices rose by 0.2% and service prices rose by 0.4% . On average from January to October , the national The post Chinese deflation is forever now appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
