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Ben was joined by Shaun Ratcliff from Accent Research to discuss the state of play as the federal election year kicks off. They discuss the state of polling, including the MRP polls conducted by Shaun in conjunction with Redbridge throughout 2024.

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Property analysts believe the ‘Fear of Missing out’ (FOMO) will engulf Australia’s housing market once the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cuts interest rates. Financial markets believe the RBA will cut the official cash rate by 0.25% next week, followed by three additional cuts throughout the year. PropTrack has modelled the average savings homeowners would

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Two of the five Australian banks remaining in the Net Zero Bank Alliance are sending mixed signals about their future involvement after Macquarie pulled out.

Asian share markets are much more positive in today’s session with shares continuing to rebound in Hong Kong rebounding while local markets are dead flat. Last night’s US CPI print is seeing currency markets move every which way as they also navigate more tariff volatility with Yen firming while the Australian dollar is holding strong

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NSW agrees deal for crown land to be used for massive wind and battery storage project in south-west of state.

A move by the Northern Territory government to strip two environmental groups of funding and push through sweeping reforms to expand fossil fuel extraction is a sign of what’s to come under any future Dutton government, those g

At the 2010 Australian federal election, the Julia Gillard-led Labor Party won a second term after Labor formed a minority government with the support of three independent MPs and one Australian Greens MP. Labor and the Coalition each won 72 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives, four short of the requirement for a majority

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The parliament of the energy superidiot is trying to proof itself against Peter Dutton. So it should. Dutton appears so captured by the East Coast gas cartel that, right now, he is a greater national security risk than China. Today’s news is typical. A deal between the government and the Greens to try and stop

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Australians are drowning in mortgage debt. We have among the most indebted households in the world. Mortgage payments also take up a record share of Australian household disposable income. On Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released housing finance data for Q4 2024. It revealed that the average Australian home loan has jumped to

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Origin focused on new big battery projects and some renewables, but is also looking to gas as it negotiates its way through the accelerating transition to green energy.

You probably can centrally plan sex, but China sure doesn’t know how to do it. China’s population shrank for the third straight year in 2024, even though births rose slightly, underscoring a persistent long-term risk for the economy. The total number of people in China fell by over 1.39 million to 1.408 billion last year,

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We know it is happening. Several lives have been lost and many more are being put at risk due to a toxic culture of harassment, poor management, burnout and a resourcing crisis in Ambulance Victoria, a parliamentary ­inquiry has heard. Submissions filed by paramedics, patients and their families to the Victorian parliament’s inquiry into the

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