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The Tally Room
Sunday, March 19, 2023 - 12:00
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New South Wales legislation sets a schedule for redistributions of Legislative Assembly electorates to be held once every two terms. We have had redistributions before the 1991, 1999, 2007, 2015 and 2023 elections. Yet there is a clause in the constitution that allows for one to be triggered sooner, if enough electorates deviate far enough away from the average for two straight months. And the current boundaries, which were finalised in 2021, are already showing signs of significant deviations that put lots of seats on track to fall out of the permitted range. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, March 19, 2023 - 10:19
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Japanese and German defense ministers, Yasukazu Hamada and Boris Pistorius, have agreed to cooperate in the military sphere and conduct joint drills, as well as start preparations for the realization of an acquisition and cross-servicing agreement (ACSA), media reported on Saturday. |
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Your Democracy
Sunday, March 19, 2023 - 08:23
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has claimed that the US-led invasion of Iraq was more justified than Russia’s ongoing military operation in Ukraine, despite all of his pre-war justifications since being proven false. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, March 19, 2023 - 02:46
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ONE COULD BE AT A LOSS TO UNDERSTAND... WE, OF THE LOUNGE-CHAIR PEACE BRIGADE, COULD BE DERANGED ENOUGH TO THINK THAT CAPTAIN RUSKY HAS LEFT A WINDOW OPENED SO THAT FLIES CAN BE ATTRACTED TO THE MEAT GRINDER SO THEY WILL DROWN IN THE VINEGAR. |
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The Australian Independent Media Network
Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 19:02
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Ok, I wrote this sometime last century and I was never sure what to do with it, so I’d like to know how it goes down with kids. It’s basically a short children’s book so you can download and tell me what they think. Cheers, Rossleigh. Sandy and Me 202 total views, 202 views today… The post For The Parents, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles With Younger Children. appeared first on The AIM Network. |
New Politics
Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 14:46
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The Tally Room
Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 11:00
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There’s a lot of talk about hung parliaments, but they’re not all the same. A potential hung parliament in New South Wales will play out quite differently depending on the relative balance of the major parties and who sits on that crossbench. In this post I’m going to consider a number of different scenarios based on particular outcomes in clusters of seats, and how that might affect who is in a position to have power. |
Your Democracy
Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 09:49
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Lest we forget the consequences, today we recall the great lie of ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’ in Iraq which led to the smashing of that country and the slaughter of hundreds of thousand of innocent men, women and children. Peace Rally – Address, 18 March 2023
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The Australian Independent Media Network
Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 08:20
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While the former Coalition Government was never one to consider the frail, elderly, unwell or jobless as full members of society, you would expect better from an ALP Government. Perhaps we are expecting too much. Various Ministers have crowed from the rooftops that social security payments have risen, which they have, but only because they… The post Bright and shiny things appeared first on The AIM Network. |
Your Democracy
Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 06:31
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An attack on a Russian aircraft in neutral space would be a declaration of war, said Anatoly Antonov, Russia's ambassador to Washington. « Intentionally attacking a Russian aircraft in neutral airspace is not only a crime under international law, but also an open declaration of war against the greatest nuclear power. “, he warned.
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Your Democracy
Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 05:37
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We are in room 20, on the 2nd floor of the Central Museum of the Armed Forces in Moscow. Pictured are the remains of the CIA's U2 spy plane, shot down on May 1, 1960 over Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinenburg) by S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missiles. Its pilot, Francis Gary Powers, far from swallowing the cyanide capsule that had been provided to him and not destroying the plane, preferred to parachute.
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MacroBusiness
Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 00:10
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The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) February Monetary Policy Statement showed that Aussie mortgage holders have been hit especially hard by the global rise in interest rates. As illustrated in the next chart, Australian mortgage holders on average have experienced around a 200 basis point increase in mortgage repayments over this tightening cycle: This far |
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MacroBusiness
Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 00:05
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Global Macro / Markets / Investing: Burnout is on the rise worldwide—and Gen Z, young millennials and women are the most stressed – CNBC Moody’s Downgrades the US Banking System – The Macrolist Financial Crisis: It’s A Game & We’re All Being Played – Citi Billionaire Carl Icahn says something no other billionaire wants to The post Weekend Reading: 18-19 March 2023 appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
The Australian Independent Media Network
Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 00:05
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We must put more creativity and life experience into the material written about politics and life today with more knowledge, truth and emotion so that the reader understands our sincerity. Today’s writers often display an ability to use words that carry facts with a bite of actuality, but the urgency and drama they demand must… The post Who is this bloke Rick Morton and what makes him tick? appeared first on The AIM Network. |
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THE BLOT REPORT
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 21:37
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George Monbiot
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 21:06
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Claims that cattle ranching sequesters carbon and restores ecosystems have been used in highly effective marketing campaigns by the livestock industry. Just one problem: they’re greenwash. By George Monbiot. This is an extract from my book Regenesis: feeding the world without devouring the planet. I’ve been prompted to publish it here by a new phase in the cattle lobby’s campaign to persuade us that its products are green. |
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The Australian Independent Media Network
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 18:02
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Despite her early childhood in England skipping through a host of golden daffodils (true) guest columnist Tess Lawrence is an impatient and noisy Republican, ditto the Treaty and The Voice, an unholy trinity that exposes the weeping canker left upon the flesh of this Great Southern Land by the brain dead British Empire, kept on… The post Hocking tells Charles, “apologise!” appeared first on The AIM Network. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 16:00
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Asian stock markets are in the main enjoying a solid finish to a volatile trading week, following the strong leads from overnight markets but not at similar relative levels as it looks like the worst of the recent financial contagions in poorly regulated US banks is behind us – for now. The Australian dollar has The post Macro Afternoon appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Renew Economy
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 15:48
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Renew Economy
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 15:45
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The Australian Independent Media Network
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 15:05
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Forty years ago, while living in a share-house in Port Stephens (north of Newcastle, NSW), I arrived home from work one evening to a house that was suddenly and inexplicably littered with drug paraphernalia. Of course, I immediately gathered most of it onto the coffee table in the loungeroom and puzzled over it. Then, after… The post Forty years after my first and only arrest for cannabis – not much has changed appeared first on The AIM Network. |
Cheeseburger Gothic
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 15:04
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Yeah, there is. Thomas wanted one for his 21st birthday so we broke the seal on the Mac-only redoubt. We got the box from Aftershocks and it looks like the disco from the original terminator movie. He seems to like it, though. |
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Renew Economy
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 14:54
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Renew Economy
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 14:48
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Renew Economy
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 14:14
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MacroBusiness
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 14:00
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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s latest Monetary Policy Statement, released late last month, explicitly forecast that the economy would go into recession, registering a “peak-to-trough decline in the level of GDP over 2023… [of] about 1 percent”: However, the Reserve Bank noted “there is considerable uncertainty about the timing”. The Reserve Bank based its The post Reserve Bank gets its recession appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 13:30
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The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) latest Bulletin includes an analysis of Australia’s rental market, and forecasts “strong growth in rents expected over coming years”. The RBA notes that “CPI rent inflation has picked up and leading indicators point to further increases”. “Advertised rents measure the prices of dwellings that are available for new tenants |
MacroBusiness
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 13:00
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Below is Dr Cameron Murray’s opening statement and submission to the Senate hearing on the Albanese Government’s $10 billion Housing Future Fund. Considering how obsessed this country is with property investment, it really puzzles me that the housing policy we have come up with to help households being squeezed in rental markets is to not invest in |
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The Australian Independent Media Network
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 12:40
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After years of confusion we’ve finally worked out our order. And no, we haven’t decided to go with the 12 inch sub because it’s better value than the six inch one. I’m talking about the AUKUS deal where we’re buying enough submarines to frighten a certain unnamed country from taking starting a war. And when… The post Subs, Defamation And Perrottet’s Conflict Of Interest… appeared first on The AIM Network. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 12:30
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IFM Investors chief economist, Alex Joiner, has posted some interesting charts on Twitter showing how a record 53,200 number of Australians died in Q3 2022: Per capita deaths had been trending lower for decades, However, this trend clearly broke in 2022 with deaths per 1,000 people soaring to 7.2 – its highest level since the The post Record number of Australians died in 2022 appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
