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Last week I wrote an analysis piece about the different shape of ballot papers in different parts of New South Wales – the urban areas and some large rural councils have above-the-line voting, small rural councils have a single column of ungrouped candidates, and there are some councils in between with a transitional mode.

I wanted to understand a bit more about below-the-line voting, at least in the places where a “line” exists.

An unsettled risk complex overnight in the absence of economic events but looking through to tonight’s all-important US CPI print and probably just as volatile Presidential debate. Oil prices slumped to a three year low while Wall Street pressed forward with its rebound, albeit only led by tech stocks. European markets failed to follow through

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By Roger Chao In the land of Terra Firma, where the sun doth brightly shine, There arose a curious sect, with a doctrine most divine. No robes of white, nor beads of prayer, nor incense filled the air, But suits of grey and tongues of gold preached salvation without care. Their temple was a boardroom,…

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Peter Dutton has invoked the Tony Abbott-era campaign against the carbon tax to label Labor’s environmental and workplace laws the biggest assault on mining since Julia Gillard’s contentious emissions policy.

Australian policymakers, think tanks, the media, and the property lobby want to force Australians to live in high-rise apartments to squeeze an additional 13.5 million people into the country over the next 39 years. For example, projections from the Urban Taskforce have Sydney’s dwelling composition transforming from a majority of detached houses in 2016 to

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The famous Jewish banking family has been deeply involved in Ukraine's affairs since the 2014 coup d'etat, despite Ukraine embracing neo-Nazi collaborators as its national heroes.

Multinational asset firm Rothschild & Co was instrumental in the restructuring of Ukraine's $20+ billion debt in July 2024, according to Western press.

The US, UK and other backers of Ukraine told Kiev to reject the deal reached at the 2022 Istanbul peace talks with Russia, former US under secretary of state Victoria Nuland has said.

The Guardian reported last month on the widespread cheating at our universities, which was primarily due to the surge in international students: On Monday, Australia’s most international university, the University of Sydney, was embroiled in another cheating scandal involving hundreds of students: Hundreds of Sydney University students were accused of cheating before teachers received a

British renewables developer Harmony Energy secures consent to build two new solar farms on New Zealand’s North Island.

By Roger Chao A Nation of Apologies Australia, land of Altjira, of oceans wild and skies untamed, Where stories of the Jukurrpa are told in songlines proclaimed. Yet underneath this broad expanse, this dust that shrouds our past in gold, Lies history’s wound, still open wide, beneath our feet, still damp and cold. And now,…

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A quiet but generally positive day for Asian share markets which haven’t translated the overnight bounce from Wall Street into anything exciting locally with all eyes on tomorrow night’s US CPI print. European stock futures are in fact down heading into the London open so risk remains quiet uneasy. Currency markets are still seeing a

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House of Representatives Media Release The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education, and Training has today tabled its report, Study Buddy or Influencer, following its inquiry into the use of generative artificial intelligence in the Australian education system. Committee Chair, Ms Lisa Chesters MP, said ‘Generative AI (GenAI) presents exciting opportunities and yet high stakes risks for the Australian…

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Have you ever seen a parade of an army? Company by company, they file by. On a war footing, a company is 250 men. When a regiment of I4 companies has passed, you have seen 3,755 men; and that looks like many, many people. 

BY E T GUNDLACH — 1931

A Parade of 3,000,000 Men