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Wall Street returned with a bang after its long weekend break with a 2% plus surge across the board in response to the 180 degree spinning top EU Trump tariffs, which should give Asian equities a bounce on the open this morning. Meanwhile the broader selloff in USD was also backed off as Euro pulled

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Last week, the federal government’s own advisory body, the National Housing Supply & Affordability Council (NHSAC) released its 2025 State of the Housing System report, which forecast that only 938,000 dwellings will be built nationwide by mid-2029, 262,000 dwellings short of Labor’s National Housing Accord target of 1.2 million new homes over five years. NHSAC

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Just wrapped a five-hour shift uploading books to the various online stores, and lemme tell you—I am feeling it. It’s been a while since I’ve done a big indie publishing run, and tomorrow’s release is shaping up to be the biggest one yet.

Part of the complication? I decided to release the books as individual titles on Amazon to meet their monopolistic Kindle Unlimited exclusivity requirements. This meant I then had to bundle those same books into a three-volume collection to sell everywhere else—because I’m still finishing the third volume, that bundle had to go up as a pre-order.

New Neoen owner wants to double the pace of its project development, and wants to sell off some assets to recycle capital - and pay itself dividends.

"We came bloody close to being in the situation that the US is in now, where everything gets cancelled." Grattan's Alison Reeves grim warning to renewables industry.

Most of the objections against Moonlight Range wind farm were not local, raising questions about the LNP's decision to axe it.

Except that it is very common! GPs in NSW will soon be able to diagnose and prescribe medication for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), under major changes that will slash appointment wait times and make it more affordable for children and adults to receive a diagnosis and treatment. The NSW Labor government will pay for GPs

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Arena commits $4.4 million to help mining company South32 electrify steam generation at its alumina refinery, and replace fossil fuels with renewables.

Victoria has become an economic leech on the nation. In 2024-25, Victoria received a massive $3.8 billion boost in its GST, whereas Queensland lost $384 million and NSW lost $188 million. Victoria also received $411 million in additional grants from the Commonwealth in 2024-25. For 2025–2026, Victoria’s GST allocation was increased again by $3.7 billion,

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According to Robert Gottliebsen, the architect of Australia’s compulsory superannuation system, former prime minister and treasurer Paul Keating, is said to be furious about current Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ plans to tax unrealised gains within superannuation for balances above $3 million. Back in the early 1990s, Keating and union leader Bill Kelty joined forces to implement

Chinese steel futures buckled yesterday, both long and flat. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to let this happened when you have already mooted the solution of passing the price weakness upstream to iron ore via steel output put cuts. Chinese growth prospects are hardly shotting the lights out, either. Morgan Stanley. Milder growth

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