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The evidence in observed data and modelled projections shows that delaying renewables does not save money: It prolongs high prices and entrenches fossil fuels.

It is critical to understand Australia’s immigration policy in a historical context. During the first 60 years following World War II, Australia’s net overseas migration (NOM) averaged 90,000 per year, with only two years exceeding 150,000. In the 15 years of ‘Big Australia’ immigration preceding the pandemic, NOM averaged 220,000 per year, a 145% increase

Stats NZ released migration data, revealing that only 10,600 net overseas migrants arrived in New Zealand in the year to August. This net migration gain was far below the decade average of 49,000 and around 125,000 fewer than the late 2023 peak. The fall in net overseas migration has been fueled by the exodus of

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Colonel Jacques Baud criticizes Ukraine’s battlefield and political strategy, arguing that Kyiv continues to sacrifice troops through rigid positional warfare rather than adapting to Russian maneuver tactics. He explains that Russia focuses on destroying enemy forces, not capturing territory, often withdrawing strategically to lure Ukrainian troops into artillery traps — a pattern consistent since late 2022.

Bureaucracy and waste are drowning the state of Victoria. Victoria’s wage bill was $19.5 billion in 2014-15. The most recent state budget projects that wage costs will reach roughly $44 billion by 2028-29. The massive blowout in bureaucratic headcount is behind Victoria’s gargantuan wage bill. Labor costs are the state’s biggest expense and a key

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Wall Street was able to rebound from the Friday night slump with all markets expected another TACO trade setup in the latest bruhaha with the Chinese over rare earth exports. Meanwhile the USD was able to rebound against some of the majors with gold soaring another 2% to above the $4100USD per ounce level while

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Yesterday the Government made some key changes to its superannuation tax scheme, after struggling to get the plan through the Senate. Paul Keating says the changes restore confidence in the retirement savings system.

Paul Keating

Keating welcomes changes to taxation of super

It wasn’t expected, but the advocates of generalized war, the Straussians, expelled from the governing bodies of the United States, have regrouped in intergovernmental organizations. To everyone’s surprise, they are present in the European Union, but especially at the United Nations and in the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine. Institutions dedicated to peace have been hijacked by the warmongers.

Hey. It’s me, JB, apologising for clogging up your inbox if this means nothing to you, but… if you’ve been waiting until World War 3.2 appeared on Kindle Unlimited so you can read it for ‘free’ (whereby ‘free’ I mean you agree to give Jeff Bezos your credit card number and possibly some of your DNA every month)… your time is here.

WW 3.2 is now on Kindle Unlimited.

You can get it here.

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"Change is happening fast now, tragically, in parts of the climate, the biosphere," says lead author of new climate tipping points report.

The Albanese government has responded to widespread concerns and dumped its proposal to tax unrealised gains on superannuation balances of above $3 million without indexation. Instead, Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the following significant changes to the Division 296 extra tax on superannuation balances: The tax will no longer apply to unrealised gains. This was poorly designed

Everyone knows that politicians and their supporters lie. Not long after I began this blog in early 2017, I wrote a piece about how politicians lie and I gave some examples of the different types of lying. They include such types as barefaced lies, butler lies, coverups, lying by omission, false advertising and several others1.