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Renew Economy Friday, September 29, 2023 - 11:12 Source

Artist impression - La Trobe Renewable Zone urban solar farm

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MacroBusiness Friday, September 29, 2023 - 11:00 Source

The Market Ear on stretched markets. Too many bears The spread between AAII bulls-bears has collapsed lately. Similar “moves” in sentiment has resulted in brutal SPX bounces. Refinitiv Keep it simple NASDAQ bouncing on big support levels… Refinitiv Less “freaky” VIX The VIX inverted vs SPX gap is shrinking rapidly. Regular readers of TME are

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MacroBusiness Friday, September 29, 2023 - 10:30 Source

Last week, I had a terrific two-hour discussion on immigration policy with Martin North from Digital Finance Analytics (full video interview here). One of the topics discussed was why the Australian Treasury is such a rabid supporter of mass immigration when it is clear as day that it is detrimental to Australian living standards and

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Renew Economy Friday, September 29, 2023 - 10:16 Source

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The Tally Room Friday, September 29, 2023 - 10:00 Source

Over the next two weeks I’ll be writing a few blog posts based on the referendum results data in my data repository – looking at the history of referendums throughout the 20th century.

The Voice referendum will be the first constitutional referendum held since 1999 – that’s 24 years without a referendum.

Throughout the 20th century, referendums were held at least once every decade. The longest gap was between the 1951 referendum on banning the Communist Party and the 1967 referendums. The 2000s and 2010s were the first decades since Federation with no attempt to change the Constitution.

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MacroBusiness Friday, September 29, 2023 - 10:00 Source

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday released monthly CPI inflation data, which showed that overall rents across the combined capital cities rose 7.8% year-on-year in August: It was the strongest annual rate of rental growth since June 2008 when net overseas migration was also hitting an all-time high: The surge in rents has

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xkcd.com Friday, September 29, 2023 - 10:00 Source

So what do we do when we get to base 10? Do we use A, B, C, etc? No: Numbers larger than about 3.6 million are simply illegal.

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Renew Economy Friday, September 29, 2023 - 09:55 Source

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MacroBusiness Friday, September 29, 2023 - 09:30 Source

The latest charts are from BofA which seems unable to read its own chart. Property sales are down year on year, up for second hand: The land auction premiums says it all about L-shaped recovery: Instracuture bonds are down sharply year on year as well: Cement tells the tale: Actually, s does steel, but less

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MacroBusiness Friday, September 29, 2023 - 09:00 Source

DXY reversed hard: AUD too: It isn;t obvious that CNY is a semi-floating currency: Brent rolled: Dirt soared: EM stock not so much: But miners popped: Junk firmed: Yields eased slightly: Stocks bounced but did not recapture support: US GDP revisions offered the market reprieve as the consumer was marked down. Goldman has more. Real

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Renew Economy Friday, September 29, 2023 - 07:25 Source

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Your Democracy Friday, September 29, 2023 - 07:25 Source

This year, there seemed to be reason for optimism among advocates of war powers reform. When the Senate voted in March to repeal the 2002 authorization for war with Iraq, many assumed the House would quickly pass the measure, which had garnered broad bipartisan support in previous years.

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Your Democracy Friday, September 29, 2023 - 06:00 Source

In 1996 I was fortunate enough to be involved in the Centenary of the 1895 Bathurst Peoples Constitutional Convention.

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Your Democracy Friday, September 29, 2023 - 05:34 Source

‘CIA cutouts’, big money grants and biolabs: The depth of US interference in Armenia explained

Washington has sunk tens of millions of dollars into the Caucasian nation, which is a treaty ally of Russia

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Your Democracy Friday, September 29, 2023 - 05:05 Source

During a recent appearance on Face the Nation to plug his new Zelensky movie, actor Sean Penn decried the “cowardice” of the U.S. government in its caution around provoking a nuclear exchange with its proxy warfare in Ukraine.

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MacroBusiness Friday, September 29, 2023 - 00:10 Source

With Premier Dan Andrews deciding to call it quits, I thought it was a good excuse to examine Melbourne house prices to see how they are tracking. According to CoreLogic’s daily dwelling values index, Melbourne is the nation’s biggest house price loser, falling the most since the RBA began lifting interest rates in May 2022,

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MacroBusiness Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 22:01 Source

Local Reads: Greens want superannuation theft made a crime in Labor’s workplace bill – The Guardian Australian students shun education degrees as fears grow over ‘unprecedented’ teacher shortage – The Guardian Waiting for a crisis: Fears as NSW enters festival season without drug reform – The SMH Coalmine approvals in Australia this year could add

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Renew Economy Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 20:43 Source

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Renew Economy Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 18:47 Source

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Cheeseburger Gothic Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 18:23 Source

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MacroBusiness Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 16:58 Source

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Renew Economy Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 15:15 Source

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Renew Economy Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 14:35 Source

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Renew Economy Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 14:19 Source

The campaign against wind, solar, batteries and EVs is getting bizarre and intense.

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MacroBusiness Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 14:00 Source

New Zealand, like Australia and Canada, is currently experiencing unprecedented levels of net overseas migration: The record growth in the labour supply via immigration is beginning to have detrimental impacts on New Zealand’s labour market. The latest data from SEEK shows that the number of applicants per job has soared in New Zealand and has

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Renew Economy Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 13:52 Source

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MacroBusiness Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 13:30 Source

News pushed oil to new highs. West Texas Intermediate settled above $93 a barrel after inventories at Cushing, Oklahoma, dropped just below 22 million barrels, close to operational minimums. The premium for near-term barrels of US benchmark West Texas Intermediate is trading at more than $2, the highest since July 2022, as the futures market reflects the

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