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The play Don’s Party premiered on August 11 1971 at Carlton’s Pram Factory, home to the radical theatre ensemble, the Australian Performing Arts Group. 

Established four years earlier in 1967, the group would nurture some of the most passionate Australian voices of a generation, including Max Gillies, John Romeril, Kerry Walker, Geoffrey Milne and Jenny Kemp. 

I noted on Thursday how Australia’s rate of dwelling construction has fallen way behind the Albanese government’s target of building 1.2 million homes over five years. Only 177,700 homes completed construction in the year ended Q3 2024, 62,300 below the required annual run rate of 240,000 homes. The slump in construction comes at the same

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Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) called his preemptive pardon from former President Biden, announced Monday for all past members of the now-defunct House. Jan. 6 committee in the final moments of his presidency, “unnecessary” and “unwise.”

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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a thinly-veiled ultimatum to Russia, urging it to bring the Ukraine conflict to an end and strike a “deal,” or face new sanctions and high import tariffs.

Trump issued the warning in a post on his Truth Social online platform, proclaiming his “love” for the Russian people and insisting he was “not looking to hurt Russia.”

This is penny-pinching balderdash. Victorian police say they are being strong-armed into accepting a lowball new pay deal or risk losing millions in collective backpay. Under a new proposal put to rank and file members on Wednesday, police would lock in a 4.5 per cent annual pay increase over the next four years — significantly lower than

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Australia's biggest coal state continues to reach new solar heights, but a different sort of generation record shows its ongoing dependence on aging, increasingly unreliable fossil plants.

Interest rates and house prices lower together? Wouldn’t that rock the foundations of Aussie entitlement? It’s not inconceivable. The current affordability is unprecedented after Albo’s economic demolition. Core Logic with more. Interest rates might be cut in early 2025 as inflation continues to drop, with annual core inflation falling to 3.2% in November (below the

The Market Ear on the upside force. Not yet… ….but the SPX is approaching ATHs quickly. The latest bounce has been violent. RSI is still not very overbought, but upside potential is diminishing, as we actually lack a new trend. Source: Refinitiv The tech squeeze NASDAQ bounced perfectly on the longer term trend line and

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released housing construction data for Q3 2024, again showing that the Albanese government’s target to build 1.2 million homes over five years is delusional. The number of dwellings commencing construction in Q3 2024 rose to 42,874 but remained well below the target’s required quarterly run rate of 60,000. Only

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Here it is. Over the past two years, the Biden administration struck a careful balance on artificial intelligence. The White House took steps to ensure the US stayed ahead of China in developing the technology while also trying to address some of AI’s many potential risks. In his first 24 hours back in Washington, Donald

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Trump's Message BACKFIRES As Russia And China Get Closer Xi