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Arguably, if this is true, The Greens are even worse given their high moral attitude: Bandt has ducked questions, including cutting short a press conference, over complaints about Senator Dorinda Cox’s behaviour and 20 staff quitting her office and several making complaints, underlining the sensitivity for a party that has led the charge calling for an MP behaviour watchdog.

I have been on board with the gold rally given Fed rate cuts and geopolitical tensions but it’s gotten well overheated. Now, macro factors are swinging against it as well. BCA with more: On the face of it, a Fed that is behind the curve to stabilise prices should be good for the inflation hedge,

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Howard Stern is Very Mad at SNL For Gently Making Fun of Kamala Harris, with Batya Ungar-Sargon

KAMALA IS KACUOUS... MEANING VACUOUS AN CAKLING LIKE A CHOOK ABOUT TO GET HER HEAD CHOPPEDN OFF IN AN ABBATOIR...

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has accused journalists from major media outlets of being “possessed by the devil” and threatened to establish a national media watchdog, along with introducing professional qualification exams to rein in the “hate” they spread through their articles.

The DXY rally paused: Freeing AUD to bounce: North Asia too: Plus commods: And miners: EM yawn: Junk if still OK: Despite rising yields: Stocks eased: The US inflation report was above expectations but not worrying. Core CPI was 0.3% versus 0.2% expected, largely on a pop in food inflation. However, the OER disinflation continues

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Deutsche Bank chief economist Phil Odonoghoe warned in September that Australia’s unemployment rate would be much higher if employers were not hoarding labour. “Australia’s unemployment rate is lower than it should be because most of the adjustment to lower labour demand has occurred through hours worked, rather than through employment”, he said. “We estimate that

New data highlights the two-tier nature of Australia’s construction sector at present, with the number of cranes deployed on residential building sites falling to a two-year low of 493 in the September quarter, compared with 535 six months earlier. In contrast, the data from quantity surveying firm RLB shows that the number of cranes on

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The Australian Electoral Commission today published the maps and data for the final boundaries for New South Wales for next year’s federal election, which makes it possible to calculate final margins and show maps of the new boundaries.

After the fold, the map shows the changes between the old boundaries, draft boundaries, and final boundaries.

Most stock markets were up today here in Asia today in response to the record high on Wall Street helped by a new slush fund created by the PBOC to keep Chinese equities elevated. The USD remains firm going into tonight’s US CPI print with the  Australian dollar steady just above the 67 cent level.

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New report says renewable deployments have accelerated but still not at the pace to meet emissions goals. Australia, however, is hailed a "global pioneer" on wind and solar.

Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA) Media Release Independent skills training and higher education providers delivering quality outcomes to international students express deep concern over the lack of clear direction in the Senate’s review of the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024. The Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA) says…

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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has slashed the official cash rate by 0.5% to 4.75%. In arriving at its decision, the Reserve Bank noted that “business investment and consumer spending have been weak, and employment conditions continue to soften. Low productivity growth is also constraining activity”. “High-frequency indicators point to continued subdued growth in

Honestly, Australians are the most media gaslit people on earth. Yes, even worse than the US. This is because, unlike the US, our mainstream press is a desperate vested interest attached to a dying housing bubble economic model that it will never let go. To wit, we get propaganda like this: Australians are open to

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