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US facing worst risks since WWII – JPMorgan bossGeopolitical tensions and political polarization at home threaten “America’s global leadership role,” Jamie Dimon has warned...

The US is facing grave risks in the wake of rising global geopolitical tensions and the nation’s domestic political polarization, Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase chief executive, has warned.

Following the biggest immigration surge in Australia’s history, which saw a record 549,000 net overseas migrants land in the year to September 2023, The Australian Population Research Institute (Tapri) has released a comprehensive survey showing that Australians comprehensively reject high immigration and a Big Australia. Tapri’s December 2023 national survey of 3000 voters (published April

Vast and 14D are seeking to plug their planned big battery, solar thermal and solar heat projects into a transmission line currently serving two large BHP m

MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE A $1 BILLION HIT TO AUSTRALIA’S ECONOMY A groundbreaking new study has revealed for the first time the true cost of mitochondrial disease (mito), stripping more than $1 billion from Australia’s economy each year.   Commissioned by the Mito Foundation, the first of its kind Preventable burden of mitochondrial disease report by the…

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Fortescue announces "landmark" joint venture to create

"The lingering cry of a crane is heard over the swamp.

I am listening, having gotten rid of unnecessary rhymes.

Sleep, torn and bloody land,

Shuddering from explosions, disrupting the heart's rhythm.”*

Lack of American funding is the reason Ukraine is failing on the battlefield, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday. He demanded the House Republicans pass the $61 billion aid bill as soon as possible.

Construction starts on one of the biggest solar farms in Australia, that will help power a green hydrogen project being developed by Queensland utility Stanwell.

The notion that Australia’s housing market is experiencing an investor “exodus” was blown apart by the latest mortgage finance data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released on Monday. The value of investor mortgage commitments jumped by 21.5% in the year to February, easily eclipsing the 9.1% growth recorded by owner-occupiers: Investor mortgage demand

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This makes more sense to me than any other explanation I’ve seen for the atypical rip in the gold price away from traditional drivers of DXY and real interest rates: “Gold is trading at an all time high and gold ETF demand has surged in the past week with almost $600 million of net inflows

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Go Albo! Bunnings has slammed a push by Woolworths for the code governing supplier relationships to be expanded to cover rivals Amazon, Costco and Chemist Warehouse, saying it would do little to lower prices and imposed a one-size-fits-all approach on unrelated business operations. Coles and Woolworths signed on to plans to make the supermarket code

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Is it any wonder? Hopeless government. Mad immigration-led economic model that systematically impoverishes. No conversation about anything that matters. Westpac with the note.  Westpac Consumer Sentiment Index down 2.4% to 82.4. The pessimism that has dominated the consumer mood for nearly two years now is still showing few signs of lifting. The latest Index read

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International students have been the driving force behind Australia’s record net overseas migration boom: The latest temporary visa data from the Department of Home Affairs shows that there were a record 713,144 international students in Australia at the end of February 2024: This record surge in net overseas migration has more than halved Australia’s rental

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Ukraine spares clowns from military draft – RIACircus performers have been declared a category of special strategic importance not subject to conscription

The government in Kiev has designated several circus troupes as enterprises of critical importance, whose employees will be exempt from mobilization, two lawmakers confirmed on Monday.