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Chinese property is at the centre of some dark economic galaxy. Primary sales are woeful. Secondary sales are buckling. Prices are in freefall. Rent lol. Starts are now down 82% from peak Yoy. To summarise. Land sales can’t stop falling, though the fiscal pump has lifted prices somehow. The crash ahead in construction volumes remains

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Equity markets have not yet gone full risk off but last week saw a lot of confidence fall out of Wall Street with a variety of causes to blame – the AI bubble, the slowing US economy due to the shutdown and tariff impacts, but also the looming release of the Epstein files. Tech stocks

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Over the weekend, the nation recorded its highest volume of auctions since March, with 3,258 capital city homes going under the hammer. Despite the strong volumes, the preliminary clearance rate was 70.0%. While this was down from 71.8% last week, the result suggested that buyer demand remained robust and is absorbing the higher volumes. Melbourne

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In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, former CIA director David Petraeus said Russia’s finances are in a far more dire state than many realise, arguing that there is now “a real opportunity” for the United States and other NATO countries to strengthen Ukraine’s defences and “crush the Russian war economy”. He also shared his views on Syria’s new leadership and the situation in Iraq.

One of the craziest things happening right now is how there’s been report after report confirming that Jeffrey Epstein really was an Israeli intelligence operative, based on publicly available documents, and yet it’s had no measurable impact on mainstream media or politics.

Caitlin Johnstone: Burying the Real Epstein Story

Claire Field, a former regulator of the vocational training sector, warned in 2022 that a large number of South Asian students were arriving in Australia in “response to the unlimited work rights now available to those on Australian student visas”, enrolling in “lower quality and cheaper vocational colleges” to live and work. The surge in

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By Lucinda Jerogin, Associate Economist at CBA The unemployment rate fell to 4.3% in October from 4.5% in September. New housing lending surged 9.6% in Q3 25. Tourism and student arrival numbers remain below pre-pandemic levels. Our CommBank HSI recorded its eighth consecutive month of gains, lifting by 0.6% in October to be 6.3% higher

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Share of wind and renewables hits spectacular new peak of 155.1 pct of local demand in state still hoping to host next year's UN climate talks.

It’s a Sunday and I can’t finish the lawn with a bit of moisture about.  Someone flips an article by Abul Rizvi into play, and foolishly I read it.  Doc Rizvi is slagging off the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) for a release about immigration.  I find myself reading both the IPA release and the

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Under the current 10-year deal, Israel gets at least $3.8 billion per year, and Israeli officials are looking to increase that number

by Dave DeCamp | November 13, 2025 at 1:13 pm ET | Israel, Palestine

Some 45% of residents of Western nations believe that democracy in their countries is “broken,” Politico has reported, citing a poll by Ipsos.

The study which was shared with the outlet was carried out in September and involved 9,800 voters from the US, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Croatia, the Netherlands and Poland.

The US Navy and Australia need new diesel-electric submarines. Just don’t try to tell the conflicted American admirals who have been guiding our AUKUS disaster, reports Michael Pascoe.

Merchant.adventurers.of.london · DeepT Nov 25 Australian Inflation Interest Rates and the Need for Economic Policy reform As the Australian economy staggers towards Christmas 2025 with cost of living and energy pressures still hammering the electorate, Deep T and Gunnamatta discuss the dynamics surrounding current scope for the RBA to cut interest rates. Over about 45