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The face ripper is here as DXY falls and EUR rises. AUD to the moon! Lead boots are heavy. Base metals sold the fact. RIO’s copper is opening jaws to BHP. EM meh. Junk firmed. Bad new for all. Yields up as Germany’s Merz got his fiscal deal. Stocks to the moon! Three points of

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HAVING BEEN A FOLLOWER OF PETER SELLERS SINCE THE 1960s AND USING THE GOON SHOW REPEATS ON BBC (ONE?) TO SHARPEN MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ITS HUMOUR — I HAVE RECENTLY DISCOVERED A LITTLE GEM FROM THE MASTER OF BUMBLING ALONG. 

IN THE PICTURE ABOVE, THE RUSSIANS AND THE EUROPEANS ARE PLAYING THE GAME OF DIPLOMACY — WHICH IS A VERSION OF MONOPOLY, IN WHICH THE PLAYERS CAN BUY AND SELL OR DESTROY COUNTRIES…

We have reached a point where, with regard to Russia, the US is more reasonable and less bellicose than its currently semi-rebellious European vassals.

Washington is trying to end the senseless proxy war against Russia via Ukraine and also to facilitate a broader détente with Moscow. The NATO-EU European elites are desperate to keep the war going and to build their own countries’ whole futures on confronting Russia – forever.

Asian share markets have rebounded into the final session of the trading week with mostly positive sessions across the region as traders seemingly giving up trying to decipher where the battle lines are being drawn in the ongoing trade wars started by Orangus Maximus in the Oval Office. The USD is trying to fight back

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With most Dickson homes using solar but few affording batteries, Independent candidate Ellie Smith has called for rebates and loans to boost resilience and cut costs.

Over the last few years I have had the privilege of making submissions and then appearing before parliamentary inquiries reviewing the conduct of the most recent federal election and the most recent state elections in New South Wales and Victoria.

Each of these inquiries are a standard practice following every general election, and are conducted by a standing joint committee dedicated to electoral matters. In NSW and federally it is called the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM), and in Victoria it is called the Electoral Matters Committee.

Upsized plans to build wind farm to help power a massive zinc mine in the remote north-west of Queensland have been waived through the federal environmental queue.

New study showed that short-term exposure to wind turbine noise had no impact on cognitive functions, and 93 pct did not find turbine noise intrusive.

Statistics New Zealand released net migration data for January, showing that annual net permanent and long-term (PLT) migrant inflows declined to 32,471, continuing the declining annual trajectory. This is just above the post-2000 historical averages (30,000) but is well below the 135,500 October 2023 year peak. Annual arrivals have stabilised but annual departures hit record

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Former US climate envoy Jonathan Pershing discusses Donald Trump’s war on everything, including climate, energy, science and research, and Australia’s energy choices. Plus: Rio Tinto’s stunning choice of solar and batteries to save future of giant smelters.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its estimated count of Australia’s dwelling stock as of Q4 2024. According to the ABS, the number of dwellings in Australia increased by 168,000 in 2024, up from 157,300 in 2023. The Albanese government’s housing target commenced on 1 July 2024 and aims to build 240,000 homes annually

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I have long argued that RIO’s treasonous Simandou mine is the Pilbara and QLD killer via crashing iron roe and coking prices. Increasingly, it is also a plain and simple killer of human beings. 13 worker deaths reported at Simandou since June 2023, sources and documents say Some safety guidelines not implemented, according to sources

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