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Recall the latest rental affordability report from PropTrack, which showed that rental affordability was the worst on record in Q4 2024, with lower-income earners hardest hit. This collapse in affordability has been driven by the 48% surge in asking rents since the beginning of the pandemic. ABC’s Q&A featured a question from a father, Morgan Cox,

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Asian share markets are somewhat mixed again as Diaper Don swings away again with tariff threats and retreats as this engineered recession and market correction gathers pace, this time hitting Australia with steel and aluminium tariffs – for no reason whatsoever. The USD is trying to fight back but is seeing continued weakness against Euro

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New research finds solar farms managed with biodiversity in mind contain a greater number of bird species, and more birds overall, than surrounding cropland.

CoreLogic’s February housing market report contained the following graphic on dwelling value growth across Australia’s major capital cities. As you can see, Brisbane dwelling values have soared by 69.7% over the past five years, whereas Melbourne’s have only risen by a comparatively modest 8.2%. As a result, Brisbane’s median dwelling value was $894,425 as of

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Deutsche with the note. Over in Europe, the main news came from Germany, after the Green Party said they wouldn’t support the proposal from the CDU/CSU and the SPD to amend the constitutional debt brake to unlock funds for defence and infrastructure spending. That’s significant, because a constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds majority, hence support

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Creating an electrical charge using water could be the secret to delivering safer fuels and boosting batteries following an Australian lab discovery.

Last month, SQM Research released data showing that the national vacancy rate fell to just 1.0% in January 2025, down 0.1% year-on-year. “The sharp decrease in rental vacancies strongly indicates Australia’s rental market crisis is not over and has potentially deteriorated at the start of 2025”, SQM Research noted. Rental prices also recorded a sharp rise

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It is probably fair to say that you get the energy prices you deserve. If you choose to loosen the bonds of national identity, dumb down the populace and castrate public debate then your not equipped to deal with complex problems. Maybe you’re not even equipped to deal with simple problems, such as the theft

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The NAB business survey this time. Goldman. Overall business conditions were broadly unchanged at +4 in February,remaining a bit below the longer-term average of +7. Forward orders also remained negative (-3), while capacity utilisation continued to edge lower (-10bps to 81.9%). Inflation pressures also eased, with growth in final selling prices (-38bps to+0.46%qoq) annualising below

The Market is giving us every reason to buy. Hammer time It is early in the session, but SPX has put in a hammer candle so far. Needless to say, we are at very oversold levels. Note previous hammer/inverted hammer candles led to the SPX bouncing. These types of candles post aggressive moves should be

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Wall Street continues to feel the heat coming out of the “Art of the Deal” from the White House as the trade spat with Canada continued overnight pulling European stocks down and keeping other risk assets at high volatility levels not seen for over a year. Asian stocks are likely to feel the correlated brunt

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Australia's ad hoc approach and low appetite for risk seen as barrier to shift to green industry.