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Donald Trump selects oil and gas CEO, a loud fracking advocate and climate denier, to head the US energy department, to the delight of the fossil fuel industry.

Harry Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, once quipped: ‘Polls are like sleeping pills – designed to lull the voters into sleeping on election day’. And the truth of Truman’s thesis has been confirmed once again by the recently concluded US presidential campaign – the outcome of which contradicted the pollsters.

Donald Trump is back.

6:00 – Polls have just closed in the South Australian state seat of Black for the by-election triggered by the resignation of former Liberal leader David Speirs. I will be tracking the results here tonight, but while we wait for results you can check out my by-election guide.

I meant to run this with yesterday’s Boob column but forgot.

The climate crisis is much more severe than most people and politicians realise. Most information, education and media reporting around climate change (global heating) focuses on reducing our annual emissions to a target based on a ‘trajectory of progressive reduction’, and eventually ‘net’ zero annual emissions by 2050 or some other date.

ANZ and Westpac are debating why the RBA has no idea what it is doing. The former says that the RBA is wrong on the neutral rate of inflation being around 4.5%. Wages growth has slowed across awards, enterprise bargaining agreements and individual arrangements, pointing to a broad-based slowdown. Indeed, if we consider lags between

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International Reads: Lindt admits its chocolate isn’t actually ‘expertly crafted with the finest ingredients’ in lawsuit over lead levels in dark chocolate – Fortune Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook families – AP News Elon Musk says he and Trump have ‘mandate to delete’ regulations. Ethics

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw a field trial of domestically produced kamikaze drones this week, state media reported on Friday.

It is hard to credit one of the least impressive Secretary of States, the United States has ever produced with any merit other than being a plasterwork that, from time to time, moved with caution on the world stage for fear of cracking. On the stage, Antony Blinken’s brittle performances have been nothing short of…

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By Denis Hay Description: Explore how foreign influence shapes Australian politics, and the path to political sovereignty, peace, and neutrality. How Foreign Influence Shapes Australian Politics and Sovereignty Foreign influence in Australian politics has become a pressing concern, shaping policies that often sideline the interests of Australians. The impacts of foreign agents, particularly those standing…

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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s aggressive monetary policy, which raised the official cash rate to a high of 5.50%, continues to deflate the nation’s housing bubble. Over the pandemic period, New Zealand experienced one of the largest increases in home prices in the world. However, the Reserve Bank’s aggressive monetary tightening, which began in

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Australia can access all the cheap wind turbines, solar panels, batteries and EVs we want from a willing seller. Let’s not waste the opportunity.