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Mega City One, otherwise know as Hellbourne, is Australia number one example of what a bad economy model does to living standards. Since when did Aussie cities deal with this? The Victorian Labor government will introduce an interim ban on machete sales across the state following a violent brawl involving 10 people at Melbourne’s Northland

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Australia’s superannuation system is too costly and inequitable. The Australian Treasury estimated total superannuation tax expenditures at around $60 billion in 2024–25, with contribution concessions being the most expensive at $37 billion, growing to $36,750 billion by 2027–28. Most of these concessions go to high-income earners, as illustrated below. In 2021-22, 91% of the benefit

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Property market softened in April: The latest batch of property market data show some weakening in both price and activity. The official NBS 70-city average new home prices declined by about 2% mom annualized in April, with prices in lower-tier cities falling more. The Centaline existing home price indices for top-tier cities posted renewed declines

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Steel in pancaked an iron ore hoping. Channel checks are showing that damage is creeping up the supply chain but it’s not disastrous. Goldman. Feedback from producers as of mid-May suggests end-user orderbooks were flat MoM, softer than past seasonality. Infrastructure recovery paused, reflected in lack of funding for new project starts and weak cement

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Deutsche on stablecoin regulation in the US. 1. Stablecoin legislation cements USD supremacy  The GENIUS Act mandates that all stablecoins be backed 1:1 by high-quality, lowrisk liquid assets – specifically, US Treasury bills with maturities under 93 days, insured bank deposits, or physical US coins and currency (including Federal Reserve notes). Issuers must disclose their

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My reading of Victoria's new transmission document is that it doesn’t really want to do much more onshore development and prefers to have higher cost offshore wind.

Recall leading apartment developer Tim Gurner’s warning that Australia’s rental crisis could last another 15 years due to a lack of supply relative to the nation’s strong population growth. “If you look at the vacancy rates, it’s pretty simple, right? We have vacancy around 1% in every single state, construction supply is the lowest it’s

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Another late night tariff threat dump by a senile Trump on Friday upset risk markets across both sides of the Atlantic which will result in increased volatility on the open here in Asia. Following the passage of the Trump regime’s new “Tax” Deal (aka blowing out the deficit forever) this will also embolden volatility on

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DXy is breaking down again. AUD looks ready to breakout. Lead boots plod higher. Gold loving DXY, oil nowhere. Metals also loving the DXY. Miners not worse. Junk nothing burger. Yields fell on the night but the trend is not your friend. Stocks are not enjoying the regime of the American lira. Yet the AUD

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Liberal and National MPs insist their nuclear power plan didn’t cost them votes in the federal election. But evidence suggests it may have cost them 11 seats.

Home buyer demand increased recently following the federal election and expectations of an imminent interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). As illustrated below, final auction clearance rates (current to 18 May) showed a marked rebound across Sydney, Melbourne, and the combined capital city markets. This weekend’s preliminary auction results from Cotality

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Universal Basic Income (UBI) is an income support policy under which all individuals receive a regular unconditional cash payment from the government, regardless of employment status or income level. In other words, every adult citizen (and sometimes children, at a lesser amount) is granted a basic stipend periodically, with no means test or work requirement attached. The primary goals of a UBI are to ensure a minimum standard of living, reduce poverty, and simplify the social safety net by replacing or complementing targeted and more complex welfare programs1.