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Renew Economy Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 09:09 Source
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Dozens of Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in northern Gaza on Monday as Israel is intensifying its attacks on the area in an effort to forcibly displace hundreds of thousands of civilians as part of an ethnic cleansing plan.

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 09:00 Source

Another listless night on risk markets with a no significant economic data to impact events with both European stocks and Wall Street largely unchanged while the USD continued to strengthen. Euro broke below the 1.08 level, while the USDJPY pair jumped through the 151 handle while the Australian dollar is trying to firm at the

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Your Democracy Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 08:00 Source

The West should seriously consider placing “conventional deterrence”assets, which could include long-range missile sytems, on Ukrainian soil once the hot phase of the conflict is over, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu has said. 

In an interview with the broadcaster TF1/LCI on Monday, Lecornu weighed in on Vladimir Zelensky’s much-touted “victory plan,” which the Ukrainian leader presented to the national parliament last week. 

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 07:47 Source

Behold the DXY express elevator: And AUD lift to hell: North Asia is no help: Gold and DXY do not move like this together. Either the world is about to end or the gold bubble is: Metals are fighting the king: Miners not so much: Nor EM: The junk siren just went off for risk:

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The Australian Independent Media Network Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 07:19 Source

Joint Media Release: Public Health Association of Australia / Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) / Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) / Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) Leading Australian health experts have joined together today to call for the Government to urgently commit funds to establish a permanent Australian Centre for Disease Control (Australian…

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 07:00 Source

Six months before the 2022 federal election, Anthony Albanese waxed lyrical about how a Labor government would tackle housing affordability: Albanese said that “Australians who work-full time should be able to afford a house or cover the rent”. “20 years ago, the average home cost 4 times the average salary. Now it’s more than 7

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Your Democracy Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 06:47 Source

Famed singer Lizzo has told Democrats that if Kamala Harris wins next month’s US election, “the whole country will be like Detroit.” Former President Donald Trump has made the exact same claim, albeit disparagingly.

Speaking at a campaign rally in Detroit on Saturday, Lizzo told the crowd that she is “proud to be from this city.”

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Cheeseburger Gothic Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 06:27 Source

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Your Democracy Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 06:09 Source

I saw.

I saw the "world's most moral army" stage the death of its enemy like assassinating an avatar in a video game.

I have seen cohorts of voyeurs become accomplices through the eye of the killer drone.

I saw the embassy in France of "the only democracy in the Middle East" spreading the corpse trophy on social media.

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Your Democracy Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 05:58 Source

Both Charles and Camilla are having their gilt edged fault lines exposed on their Australian tour. We should be thankful for Lidia Thorpe’s courage and outspokenness.

Having failed to support the referendum to place an Indigenous Voice in the Constitution, Senator Lidia Thorpe has shown she has the courage to use her own voice on behalf of all Australians, and particularly First Nations peoples by telling the British Royals they are unwelcome here.

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Your Democracy Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 05:37 Source

 

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 00:10 Source

The housing industry and YIMBYs argue that Australia’s shortage of housing could be solved by rezoning our cities for greater densities, thereby allowing apartments to be built in the ‘missing middle’ of our cities. However, their simplistic claims ignore the fact that construction costs have soared by around 40% since the beginning of the pandemic:

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The Australian Independent Media Network Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 22:00 Source

Qantas Engineers’ Alliance Media Alert Around 300 Qantas engineers across Australia will walk off the job for 24 hours from Wednesday morning, following repeated industrial actions by workers across major airports this past month, after the airline refused to meet with workers to discuss the latest enterprise agreement. Engine components maintenance engineers in Melbourne will…

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Renew Economy Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 19:42 Source
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Your Democracy Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 19:23 Source

Far from lacking a political strategy, Israel is fighting to reinforce the supremacist project it has built for decades between the river and the sea.

October 20, 2024 Oren Yiftachel  972 Magazine

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Cheeseburger Gothic Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 18:17 Source

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Renew Economy Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 17:46 Source
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Renew Economy Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 17:46 Source
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Renew Economy Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 17:29 Source

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 17:00 Source

Asian stock markets are again very mixed with a poor lead from Wall Street overnight not helping, neither is the impact of the latest PBOC rate cut with very little for risk markets to go on. Futures are indicating a flat or lower start for European stocks which are likely to be muted again without

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 17:00 Source

Tonight I will be appearing on DFA Live with Martin North from 8.00pm AEST, where we will discuss everything to do with the housing market and economy. The YouTube feed is below. I hope to see you there.

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Renew Economy Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 15:27 Source

Matt kean smart energy conference

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Renew Economy Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 15:26 Source
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Renew Economy Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 15:01 Source
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MacroBusiness Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 14:00 Source

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s ultra-aggressive monetary tightening successfully disarmed the nation’s housing bubble, fully unwinding the explosive value gains recorded over the pandemic. As illustrated in the following charts from Justin Fabo at Antipodean Macro, New Zealand home values have fully retraced back to early 2020 levels in real inflation-adjusted terms after experiencing

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 13:30 Source

JPM notes that markets are pricing for Trump trades. 1. All in on Trump Themes? Hedge Fund flows have shown a strong preference for Republican themes with Rep Winners (JPREPWIN) bought over the past few weeks, putting positioning near ~2yr highs, while Dem Winners (JPDEMWIN) were sold throughout the year and positioning at multi-year low. The relative Rep

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 13:00 Source

Wherever the Grattan Institute appears, captured industry propaganda follows: It’s more than a year since Daniel Andrews, in one of his last acts as premier, set a target for Victoria to build 800,000 new homes by the end of the decade. Now the Allan government, with its plans to upzone for more housing around 50 train and

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 12:30 Source

You have got to love it. Via ANZ: Concerns are building that a rise in uncontracted LNG exports from Australia are creating shortages in the east coast gas market. LNG producers currently expect to have 15 PJ of uncontracted gas in the first quarter of 2025, the same amount that is needed to refill the

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Your Democracy Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 12:13 Source

When you take on the role of the world’s policeman, don’t be surprised when countries who cannot fight their own wars call “911.” That is exactly what is happening to the United States on two fronts and it is bankrupting our country, depleting the military that should serve our own national interest, and threatening to drag the US into World War III.

 

Why Should We Fight Wars for Ukraine and Israel?

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