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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

The post Chatbot consultancy vampires bleed Aussie taxpayers dry appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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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

The post Australian dollar crashes with global stocks appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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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

The post Weekend reading and MB media appearances appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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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…..  

The post Macro Afternoon: 10 October 2025 appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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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

The post Albo’s Ministry of Truth rejected by cross bench appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Renew Economy Friday, October 10, 2025 - 13:51 Source
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MacroBusiness Friday, October 10, 2025 - 13:30 Source

Why is everything to do with energy in Australia so stupid? Labor is awarding contracts under its flagship renewable energy scheme to developments years away from board approval, let alone construction, raising fears that projects in line for taxpayer support may never be built. One major Victorian wind farm proposed by AGL Energy, which will

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MacroBusiness Friday, October 10, 2025 - 13:00 Source

Recently, many Canadian commentators have noted that there was a growing gender imbalance in their nation’s younger demographics, well beyond what could be considered normal. As the chart below, from Canadian Macro and Property Analyst Ben Rabidoux, illustrates, the number of additional men versus women in the 20- to 29-year-old age demographic has grown dramatically since

The post Australia’s demographic sausage fest appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Renew Economy Friday, October 10, 2025 - 12:57 Source
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MacroBusiness Friday, October 10, 2025 - 12:30 Source

Charlie McElligott at Nomura nicely illustrates that air needs to come out of the bubble before it can inflate further. With the current stage set above, Nomura strategist Charlie McElligott notes that this trailing multi-month “Vol Crush” – certainly within Equities space – has been a function of bunches of things: 1. Prolific Equities “Vol Supply” (Structured Notes

The post The bubble in stupid appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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MacroBusiness Friday, October 10, 2025 - 12:00 Source

Santos is widely regarded as a major contributor to the East Coast Australian gas shortage. About a decade ago, Santos expanded its gas export facility at Curtis Island, signing long-term contracts with Asian buyers. However, the anticipated gas reserves weren’t sufficient, so Santos began buying up local gas and diverting gas meant for domestic use

The post Is Santos Australia’s most evil company? appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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MacroBusiness Friday, October 10, 2025 - 11:30 Source

The great cooktop distraction is back. Some of Australia’s most famous chefs including Poh Ling and Neil Perry are backing a move away from gas cooktops, championing induction as the future of cooking. A growing list of Aussie culinary stars have joined the Global Cooksafe Coalition, which advocates for all-electric kitchens in restaurants and homes.

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Renew Economy Friday, October 10, 2025 - 11:20 Source
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MacroBusiness Friday, October 10, 2025 - 11:00 Source

Developing nations worldwide are facing structural labour shortages and budget deficits amid ageing populations. Germany has proposed raising the retirement age to 73 to avert a pension crisis: Germany has proposed raising the retirement age to 73 in an effort to prevent the collapse of its pension system. This proposal comes from a new scientific

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xkcd.com Friday, October 10, 2025 - 11:00 Source

Despite a reputation for safety, the temperatures and surprisingly high pressures make them even more dangerous than the air kind, but the NTSB refuses to investigate accidents because they insist there is no 'transportation' involved.

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MacroBusiness Friday, October 10, 2025 - 10:30 Source

It was going so well, and then thump! Westpac mulls what happened. Consumers appear to have been rattled by recent updates on inflation. ‘Partial’ measures released over the last month suggest annual inflation has lifted back towards the top of the RBA’s 2–3% target range. This news, and signs of firmer consumer demand and a

The post What smashed consumer confidence back down? appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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