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MacroBusiness Monday, October 13, 2025 - 07:15 Source

The Trump Always Chickens Out (TACO) trade is on this morning after some mollifying words overnight. President Donald Trump’s administration signaled openness Sunday to a deal with China to quell fresh trade tensions while also warning that recent export controls announced by Beijing were a major barrier to talks. Vice President JD Vance called on

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Your Democracy Monday, October 13, 2025 - 06:55 Source

In March 2023, the Australian Academy of the Humanities sounded the alarm on the decline in our understanding and knowledge of China through a report on “ Australia’s China Knowledge Capability”.

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John Quiggin Monday, October 13, 2025 - 04:40 Source

Labor looks like becoming the “natural party of government”, but in doing so, it is abandoning its traditional role as the party of initiative. In this post, I’ll discuss the first of these points

Labor as the natural party of government

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John Quiggin Monday, October 13, 2025 - 04:37 Source

Another Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the sandpits, please.

I’m now using Substack as a blogging platform, and for my monthly email newsletter. For the moment, I’ll post both at this blog and on Substack. You can also follow me on Mastodon here.

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Your Democracy Monday, October 13, 2025 - 02:22 Source

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MacroBusiness Monday, October 13, 2025 - 00:05 Source

According to analysis from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), the federal budget could face a $58 billion revenue decline if average productivity growth remains at 0.5% over the next four years. This forecast is deemed credible by economists amid criticism of Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ higher estimate of 1.2%. Australia’s productivity growth has averaged only 0.1%

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Renew Economy Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 20:20 Source
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Your Democracy Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 18:39 Source

What a difference a few months makes. The last time Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump met at the White House in February, the two countries were riding high.

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Club Troppo Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 17:26 Source

No-one really knows the most cost-effective treatments for mental ill-health. But among the most promising candidates seems to be: take the dog for a walk. Illustration: A cost-effective mental resource takes a break from promoting healthy exercise and lifting spirits … Continue reading →

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MacroBusiness Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 14:48 Source

By Harry Ottley, Economist at CBA It was an exceptionally quiet week in Australia with a drop in consumer sentiment the only data of note. RBA Governor Bullock appeared before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee but kept communication very much in line with recent statements. Offshore, the US government shutdown continued, delaying key economic releases

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Your Democracy Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 09:21 Source

Weeds are destroying brickworks

Ants have more chance of survival 

Than humans trying to improve 

Unsatisfied with their unfinished nature

In times of enduring friendship

The dead come back to honour his passing

I was so tired I could not sleep 

My scooter’s battery was empty 

The machine would not start at the gate

On my way to give treasures and junk 

Night fell 

It was too late to ride 

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Your Democracy Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 06:25 Source

Unfair criticism has often been levelled at the UN. None has been so gratuitously nasty than President Trump’s 23 September 2025 General Assembly address.

Media coverage highlighted Trump’s more outrageous comments, but did not provide deep and comprehensive analysis of the policy implications of his speech.

 

Ronald C. Keith

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Your Democracy Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 05:44 Source

 

On the sidelines of the recent World Public Summit held in Moscow in September, New Eastern Outlook spoke with Sabena Johannes, the President and CEO of Afritrack Angola. The talk turned out to be quite emotional and highly relevant.

 

Sabena Yohannes: “We must become a single force”    BY Yuliya Novitskaya

 

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Your Democracy Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 05:24 Source

 

 

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Renew Economy Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 17:43 Source
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MacroBusiness Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 17:03 Source

The news of the week that Deloitte had somehow managed to get AI to invent references in a report, for which they harvested 400 thousand dollars, should be a warning for all of us. What it means—Field Exercise So, for this weekend, the Macrobusiness cognoscenti has a field exercise that everyone is to complete. For

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Your Democracy Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 13:57 Source

A new trailer has landed for “Australia: A History”, the upcoming three-part documentary series fronted by former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, set to air on Sky News Australia next week. The series promises to chart the nation’s journey from its ancient Indigenous beginnings to its status as a modern democracy—through the eyes of one of its most divisive former leaders.

The former PM's perspective

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THE BLOT REPORT Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 11:58 Source

In March 2018, David Roberts wrote a piece in Vox bemoaning the state of the op-ed page of the New York Times; the main thrust being that these pages do not have enough diversity of opinion, but particularly, he stated that while it carries some conservatives, these authors do not reflect the madness of US conservative politics; they are “alienated from the animating force of US conservatism, which is Trumpism”1. One of the paragraphs that struck a chord with me was the following: 

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MacroBusiness Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 09:29 Source

Well, that escalated quickly. DXY fell. But AUD crashed. Gold held, oil was murdered. AI metals were deleted. The big bear is back. EM ouch. Led by junk is bearish. Despite a weak DXY , the full bond curve was bid. This will be critical as tariffs return. The stock bubble just burst. It’s not

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Your Democracy Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 08:57 Source

Democrats have said they will not agree to end the US government shutdown unless Republicans meet their demands, with one senior aide telling CNN it would take an airline catastrophe for the party to back down.

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Renew Economy Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 07:43 Source
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Your Democracy Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 06:55 Source

 

Western surveillance and censorship is eroding digital freedom and is turning the internet into a “tool of control,”Telegram founder Pavel Durov has warned.

The Russian-born billionaire has long portrayed Telegram as an outpost for free speech and privacy, contrasting it with what he describes as authoritarian censorship efforts by Western governments.

 

West turning internet into ‘tool of control’ – Telegram founder

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Your Democracy Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 06:22 Source

France's political crisis shows no sign of abating. The resignation of Sebastien Lecornu as prime ministerthis week, after just 27 days in office, means the country is set to have an eighth prime minister in the space of five years.

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MacroBusiness Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 00:05 Source

International Reading: ‘We are on the precipice of an incredibly contracting workforce,’ says jobs expert – CNBC White House announces radical new plan to allocate tariff revenue without Congress – MSNBC Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster – Futurism Soybean farmer says $10B bailout is a ‘band-aid on an open wound’ – Yahoo

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Renew Economy Friday, October 10, 2025 - 20:00 Source
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MacroBusiness Friday, October 10, 2025 - 17:33 Source

    AUD/USD EUR/USD USD/JPY GBP/USD Gold WTI Brent Australia 200 US S&P 500 UK 100 Japan 225     Vids                 .…..they should be banned from government contracts for a year…..  

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Cheeseburger Gothic Friday, October 10, 2025 - 16:35 Source

Man, what a week! Monday was a public holiday. Tuesday, I caught up with old mates. On Thursday, I had to take the car to the shop again and get myself into the city for a skin check. (One minor BCC to come in December.)

Long story short, not a lot was written this week. But I did go back and do proper edits on some earlier chapters of 3.3, which will save me some time in about a month or so. In fact, it convinced me I should block out a couple of hours a week to edit as I go rather than letting it build into a 20-hour job after I finish the first draft.

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Renew Economy Friday, October 10, 2025 - 15:24 Source
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MacroBusiness Friday, October 10, 2025 - 14:00 Source

Recall that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivered a speech late last month to the UK Labour Party conference, whereby he vowed to “defend democracy itself” alongside “my mate”, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Albanese said he shared a “determination” with the UK leader and an “absolute resolve to stand together and defend democracy

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Renew Economy Friday, October 10, 2025 - 13:51 Source
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