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MacroBusiness
Monday, January 5, 2026 - 07:30
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Last week’s Cotality’s daily dwelling values index, which tracks home values across Australia’s five major capital city markets, ended 2025 with momentum stalling. At the aggregate 5-city level, Cotality’s daily dwelling values index rose 0.5%, down significantly from the 1.0% growth recorded in November. Today, we get the release of PropTrak’s competing series, which shows |
MacroBusiness
Monday, January 5, 2026 - 07:00
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Risk markets will pivot this week on the volatility around the Trump regime’s invasion of Venezuela as 2026 accelerates the new global order of “take what you want around you”. Watch out Cuba, Columbia, Canada and Greenland! Wall Street remains somewhat in holiday mode but will wake up with a bang tonight with stock markets The post Macro Morning appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Monday, January 5, 2026 - 06:55
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As public concerns over the AUKUS alliance rise – with expanding US bases in Australia and Donald Trump’s belligerent conduct, FOI documents reveal the Government is secretly expanding its ‘US Department of War Protest’ Force. Rex Patrick reports. Most people won’t be aware that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has established a new command. |
John Quiggin
Monday, January 5, 2026 - 06:34
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TL;DR Not good. Taking account of economic failure, nothing Trump has done – rape, war crimes, corruption, insurrection, ICE or trashing the constitution – has cost him a single vote on balance. |
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John Quiggin
Monday, January 5, 2026 - 06:32
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This came out in The Conversation, a while ago, but I didn’t get around to posting it here. I’m posting my original version, which includes a discussion of vapes |
John Quiggin
Monday, January 5, 2026 - 06:30
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Another Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the sandpits, please. I’m now using Substack as a blogging platform, and for my monthly email newsletter. For the moment, I’ll post both at this blog and on Substack. You can also follow me on Mastodon here. |
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MacroBusiness
Monday, January 5, 2026 - 00:05
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On Saturday, the U.S. armed forces launched a series of attacks on Venezuela, which culminated in the capture of President Nicholas Maduro. As these events continue to make headlines around the globe, it’s worth exploring why this nation on the northern coast of South America matters in global affairs. Oil And It’s Geopolitical Impact First, The post Venezuela – A primer appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 16:24
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsPAPc3w5_E YES... WHAT HAPPENED...? OH... I SEE, TRUMP HAS GONE FROM F**KING WOMEN TO F**KING MEN WITH THICK MOUSTACHES, LIKE MADURO...
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MacroBusiness
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 09:37
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You can lead a politician to gas, but you cannot make him/her use it. After thirteen years of campaigning for a sensible gas regulation regime on Australia’s east coast, MB has again failed to secure anything of substance from Canberra. Indeed, Labour’s late-year gas reservation is barely even a joke of a policy. Why those The post A gas asteroid hurtles towards Australia appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 08:22
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China is deeply shocked by and strongly condemns the United States blatant use of force against a sovereign state and action against its president, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Saturday following US military strikes against Venezuela. "Such hegemonic acts of the US seriously violate international law and Venezuela's sovereignty, and threaten peace and security in Latin America and the Caribbean region. China firmly opposes it," the spokesperson said. |
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Your Democracy
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 06:55
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The chairman of the Jerusalem-based Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center has said it was the right decision to reject a request from Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky to deliver a speech at the institution. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 06:00
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How is it possible that a young man with a video camera has done more to expose exorbitant fraud and corruption in one American state than all the giant billion-dollar legacy media combined? |
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Your Democracy
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 05:44
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Antizionist Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro and historian Samuel Biagetti explain why Israel is to blame for the increase in antisemitic attacks. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 05:22
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The segment reports that U.S. forces allegedly carried out a large overnight military operation in Venezuela, using air power and special forces to capture—not kill—President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. The operation is described as a rapid “snatch and grab” that surprised Maduro before he could reach a fortified safe room, with President Trump praising its execution and claiming no American casualties. |
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Your Democracy
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - 21:44
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Washington’s unprovoked aggression against Venezuela, and the likely coming ground attack, are an attempt at reimposing “proud, stable democracy” in the country, in the words of the US front surrogate, Maria Corina Machado. |
Your Democracy
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - 19:19
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Swim between the flags, the sign says… Amazingly, the flags that have been working for 100 years are now confusing if you believe the Aussie media…
Unfortunate satire by Gus Leonisky
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MacroBusiness
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - 15:42
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2025 turned out to be a banner year in the great steel crash. As of the November data, Chinese output was down 4% year-to-date. With a generous extrapolation for December, Chinese steel output will have shrunk well below one billion tonnes in 2025, approaching 2018 levels. Leading CISA data confirms no late-year rebound for China. The post No end in sight to the great steel crash appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - 10:22
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MacroBusiness
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - 09:58
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On Friday 2 January 2026 every major media outlet in the country was running the news that 120 Australian Business leaders were calling for the Federal Government to call a Commonwealth Royal Commission into the Bondi Shootings and Anti-Semitism in Australia. Australia’s biggest industry groups demand an antisemitism royal commission – The Age Australia’s biggest |
Your Democracy
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - 08:14
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US President Donald Trump has warned Iran's authorities against killing peaceful protesters, saying Washington "will come to their rescue". In a brief post on social media, he wrote: "We are locked and loaded and ready to go," but gave no further details. |
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Your Democracy
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - 06:08
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Hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on December 26 that Israel recognizes Somaliland as an independent state, US President Donald Trump was asked whether the United States would follow suit, especially given the talk of a plan to relocate Gazans to the newly formed state. Trump replied, “That’s an important question.”
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Your Democracy
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - 05:00
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump said on Friday that White House doctors had informed him that he was in "perfect health" and that he had "aced" cognitive test for the third consecutive time. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 21:30
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Yellow Robin with katydid in Broulee Courtesy Geoff McVeigh Global Macro Five charts that explain the global economic outlook for 2026 – Guardian Oil prices record steepest annual fall since Covid pandemic – Guardian The 2025 energy transition in eight charts: clean wins, dirty setbacks – Reuters Commodities buffeted by Trump whirlwind seek relief The post Weekend Links and Videos: 3-4 January 2026 appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 20:53
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Today the NY Times published a long piece on the relations between the Trump administration and the government of Ukraine. The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (archived) – NY Times, Dec 30 2025 |
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Your Democracy
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 14:33
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On 5 December, tens of thousands of high school students demonstrated against conscription and war in around 90 German cities. On the same day, the German Bundestag passed a law on military service that moves towards conscription and ignores the concerns of schoolchildren.
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Renew Economy
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 13:14
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THE BLOT REPORT
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 11:55
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I saw a short video where a UK policeman was arresting someone for supporting Palestine Action, an organisation which is all about trying to prevent the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. The person being arrested asked if it was because she supported Palestinians, and the copper said that it was. She also asked if she would be arrested if she supported Israel and the copper replied that she wouldn’t. |
xkcd.com
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 11:00
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Your Democracy
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 09:07
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“Heaven is high and the emperor is far away.” So did Chinese peasants celebrate their distance from the Forbidden City over many centuries now past. I imagine a similar sentiment may prevail in the hyper-centralized People’s Republic. When power is to one or another degree autocratic, power is best when power is distant. So it was for me, if briefly, as 2025 drew to a close.
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Your Democracy
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 07:55
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THANK YOU CATHY... THANK YOU THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD FOR REMINDING US THAT PUTIN IS THE BAD GUY IN UKRAINE... I NEVER KNEW.... AND I STAND CORRECTED. I NOW REALISE THAT HISTORY STARTED IN FEBRUARY 2022... Seriously though, cartoons such as the one by Cathy Wilcox should be thrown in the trash NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.... NUF' said.... =================
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