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From the Market Ear: Big in small Russell extending the break out move. This looks like an inverse head and shoulders formation. Plenty of room to run before we reach trend channel highs. The Russell fear fade Russell volatility, RVX, just closed at the lowest levels since March. Tech volatility, VXN, not so much… Wow

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Australia’s elite universities are accelerating their global expansion plans in response to the federal government’s decision to cap foreign student numbers. Concerned about losing revenue from international enrolments, institutions such as the University of Sydney, UNSW, and the University of Melbourne are exploring offshore campuses in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, partnerships, and joint

When Labor was in opposition, then Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers was a strong proponent of a wide variety of metrics that are championed by economists as more accurate indicators of economic performance. This earned him respect, even from his rivals, though only behind closed doors. But since coming to power, his focus has often turned

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While most people are guilty of some level of hypocrisy, the hypocrisy afoot in today’s world takes some beating. Unfortunately, the worst hypocrites are in power in numerous countries and many, like me, seem relatively impotent in trying to at least highlight this hypocrisy, let alone remedy it.

Australians experienced one of the world’s largest declines in real per capita household disposable income after the pandemic, reflecting soft nominal wage growth amid high inflation, tax increases, and rising interest payments. Australia’s growth in real per capita household disposable income has also been among the softest in the world over the past decade, according

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A wobbly night on Wall Street due to Oracles earnings but also a “normalised” US initial jobless claims print proving the labour market is soft as the Fed claimed in its rate cut the previous session. While tech stocks pulled back, European shares lifted with futures indicating a boost for Asian markets here on the

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I reported last week how Chief Executive and Principal Registrar at the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART), Michael Hawkins, informed Senate Estimates that the ART was being overwhelmed by an “explosion” of international students appealing their visa rejections. Senate Estimates was told that the ART is struggling to process a whopping 46,590 student visa decisions as

The death spiral for gas networks is inevitable. Chaos is optional. 

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PRESENTLY THERE IS A LOT OF NOISE ABOUT THE DEATH OF NATO. THE US IS THREATENING TO GET OUT OF THE ALLIANCE, THE EUROPEANS ARE DIVIDED AND UKRAINE (NATO's PROXY) IS LOSING THE WAR.

THOUGH THE DEMISE OF THE USSR WAS SWIFT AND PAINFUL TO RUSSIA, THE DEMISE OF NATO, THE WESTERN COUNTERPART, IS ONLY A MIRAGE.

The cost of Sydney housing is insane. According to Domain, the median house price in Sydney was $1,751,700 in the September quarter of 2025, up more than $700,000 from a decade earlier. According to Cotality’s latest housing affordability report, the cost of the median dwelling in Sydney was valued at 10.0 times the median household

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Its not been all roses and sunshine following last night’s rate cut by the Fed with Asian share markets mixed at best while commodity and currency markets are moving into risk off mode on the escalation in the Caribbean by the Trump regime’s seizure of an oil tanker and some questioning around AI spending via

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Pacific Blue has funded two research projects to see if Australia-made tech can reuse fibreglass extracted from old turbine blades in high-value sectors.

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