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Australian policymakers have created an even worse way to grow the economy than through high immigration and housing speculation. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has become a literal financial ‘black hole’ that is driving the nation’s jobs and growth. As The AFR’s Michael Read noted on Monday, the NDIS “was originally forecast by the

New global research involving over 10,000 children and young people from 10 countries has found that gender profoundly influences how conflict is experienced. The study, by child rights and humanitarian INGO Plan International, offers in-depth insight into growing up in conflict, based on a survey and first-person accounts of 15- to 24-year-olds from countries including…

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Jean-François Millet is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers; he is one of the Realism art movement founders. Millet was an important source of inspiration for Vincent van Gogh, particularly during his early period. Millet's late landscapes would serve as influential points of reference to Claude Monet's paintings of the coast of Normandy.

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Fyodor Lukyanov: The Middle East is on the brink of a full-scale warAll the major players are poking each other but there is no desire to cross the Rubicon

US ‘helpless’ as Middle East burns – MoscowWashington’s policy is a “complete failure,” according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

The surge in violence in the Middle East signifies the “complete failure” of US policy in the region under President Joe Biden, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said, shortly after Iran launched a significant retaliatory missile barrage against Israel on Tuesday evening.

Australian solar innovator says first order for solar cladding shows the value the market is starting to place on energy efficient smart building solutions.

‘Beneath the peaks, Grampians’, Arthur Streeton 1921, AGNSW     AUD/USD     EUR/USD USD/JPY GBP/USD Gold WTI Brent Australia 200 US S&P 500 UK 100 Japan 225

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France is not ruling out deploying troops to Ukraine, the country's European Affairs Minister Benjamin Haddad has said, insisting that President Emmanuel Macron stands by his previous statements on the issue. The EU “has a duty to further support Ukraine” in its conflict with Russia, Haddad insisted.

An astonishing thing is happening at sea, but the government, backed by an entire “scientific” discipline, seems determined to stifle it.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th September 2024

A new report warns current investment policy towards China is blocking access to a "green capital tsunami" vital to Australia's plans for solar and battery manufacturing.

A wind and battery project is going straight into the EPBC process for federal approval.

  There are a lot of “potential” investors on my mailing list. Waiting for the right entry point into the market. Some have been there for almost a decade, watching, waiting and hoping that market valuations will revert to average. Stuck on the sidelines. The question is whether valuations should be structurally higher and interest

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CoreLogic’s daily dwelling values index shows that Melbourne and Sydney values are lagging well behind the other major capital cities: Over the past 28 days, Melbourne dwelling values declined by 0.1%, whereas Sydney’s rose by 0.2%. By comparison, values rose by 1.4% in Perth, 1.1% in Adelaide, and 0.6% in Brisbane over the same 28-day

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