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The Tally Room Saturday, March 15, 2025 - 18:00 Source

6:00 – Polls have just closed for the by-election for the New South Wales state seat of Port Macquarie, covering one of the larger regional cities on the mid north coast.

I’m out tonight so probably won’t be live-blogging much, but you can discuss the results here and I might drop in a little bit.

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MacroBusiness Saturday, March 15, 2025 - 14:45 Source

  Gunnamatta.Molva · 2025 March 14 Ben Aris and Gunnamatta Russia Ukraine and Europe   Ben Aris is the Editor in Chief of BNE Intellinews, (bneeditor at Twitter), and he has been reporting on Russia and the former Soviet Union, with a focus on  business, finance and economics since the 1990s.  In that time he

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MacroBusiness Saturday, March 15, 2025 - 09:41 Source

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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New Politics Saturday, March 15, 2025 - 08:00 Source

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Your Democracy Saturday, March 15, 2025 - 06:43 Source

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…

 

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Your Democracy Saturday, March 15, 2025 - 06:37 Source

Europe and the United States should gradually normalize relations with Russia once the Ukraine conflict is over, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said.

The statement comes a day after the head of the US-led military bloc met President Donald Trump at the White House and amid ongoing efforts by Washington to establish a ceasefire between Moscow and Kiev.

 

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Your Democracy Saturday, March 15, 2025 - 06:12 Source

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.

 

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MacroBusiness Saturday, March 15, 2025 - 00:05 Source

International Reading: Costco workers now officially make $31 an hour—and can expect raises for the next two years – Fortune If you think the current outlook is bad, just wait until the White House can’t find anyone to buy its debt, warns Ray Dalio – Fortune US judge orders Trump administration to reinstate thousands of

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MacroBusiness Friday, March 14, 2025 - 17:00 Source

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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Renew Economy Friday, March 14, 2025 - 16:31 Source
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The Tally Room Friday, March 14, 2025 - 14:39 Source

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.

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Renew Economy Friday, March 14, 2025 - 14:39 Source
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Your Democracy Friday, March 14, 2025 - 13:05 Source

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqM9s7y6Ey

The End Of Ukraine's KURSK Adventure Causes Hysteria In The West

 

MEANWHILE:

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MacroBusiness Friday, March 14, 2025 - 13:00 Source

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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MacroBusiness Friday, March 14, 2025 - 12:30 Source

It is one of those marvels of the globe economy. Every so often a great and powerful friend does to us what we should have done ourselves long ago. AFR. Australia’s biggest universities have accused the Trump administration of foreign influence and asked the Albanese government to intervene after local researchers who receive US funding

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Renew Economy Friday, March 14, 2025 - 12:09 Source
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MacroBusiness Friday, March 14, 2025 - 12:00 Source

CoreLogic’s latest monthly house price report shows that Melbourne is now the cheapest major capital city housing market with a median price of $772,561 as of 28 February 2025. Melbourne’s relative affordability follows a value gain of only 8.2% over the past five years, versus a 38.9% increase nationally. Melbourne-based real estate agent Adam Welling

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MacroBusiness Friday, March 14, 2025 - 11:30 Source

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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MacroBusiness Friday, March 14, 2025 - 11:00 Source

The Q4 2024 national accounts from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) suggested that households remained in recession. Real per capita household consumption declined for a record eighth consecutive quarter. This followed a record 8% decline in real per capita household disposable income. On Thursday, CBA released its Household Spending Insights (HSI) for February, which

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xkcd.com Friday, March 14, 2025 - 11:00 Source

Under the 'has cleared its orbital neighborhood' and 'fuses hydrogen into helium' definitions, thanks to human activities Earth technically no longer qualifies as a planet but DOES count as a star.

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MacroBusiness Friday, March 14, 2025 - 10:30 Source

I posted two charts on Thursday showing the monumental task of transitioning Australia off fossil fuels. According to the federal government’s 2024 Australian Energy Update, only 9.4% of Australia’s energy consumption in FY2023 was from renewable sources. The breakdown of energy consumption by fuel source was as follows as of FY2023: Coal: 25.9% Oil: 38.9%

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MacroBusiness Friday, March 14, 2025 - 10:00 Source

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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MacroBusiness Friday, March 14, 2025 - 09:45 Source

This isn’t a debate, it is monkey’s throwing poop at each other from pre-determined political positions. News. Hundreds of thousands of householders facing power bill price hikes of up to $200 a year are set to secure more cost-of-living relief in the March budget. But the energy rebate move, which is expected to be unveiled

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MacroBusiness Friday, March 14, 2025 - 09:30 Source

The Market Ear technicals still say buy! Inverse fear correction VIX is getting “sick” of the SPX move lower. Source: Refinitiv VVIX definitely not buying it VIX is muted, but VVIX is even more muted. Volatility markets showing green shoots of hope? Source: Refinitiv 12th of March = low point & turning point That’s it

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Your Democracy Friday, March 14, 2025 - 09:27 Source

The Two Sessions, part of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, held last week at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, were a pretty serious deal.

Not only because the sessions set the framework for Beijing to confront serious economic challenges ahead.

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