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MacroBusiness
Monday, March 9, 2026 - 10:00
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Proponents of high levels of immigration typically argue that it lifts productivity and living standards because migrants tend to be better educated and more highly skilled than the average Australian. They generally cite spurious modelling to support their claims, ignoring the actual empirical evidence showing that Australia’s labour productivity and per capita GDP growth slowed |
MacroBusiness
Monday, March 9, 2026 - 09:00
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A single cracked tile in your kitchen or bathroom might seem like a small cosmetic issue. Many homeowners look at a hairline fracture or a chipped corner and think it can wait until the next big renovation. Ignoring these small signs of wear can lead to much bigger headaches down the track. Understanding the risks The post Why you shouldn’t ignore a damaged floor tile appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Monday, March 9, 2026 - 09:00
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The world is falling apart, but the jaws are back. According to scuttlebutt, the proximate causes are: China’s state-run iron ore buyer told several traders this week to buy fewer seaborne cargoes of BHP’s flagship products, including Mac fines and Newman fines, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as a months-long contract dispute The post Iron ore roars as fundamentals collapse appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, March 9, 2026 - 08:30
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Goldman reckons oil is going higher. The analysis highlights rapidly rising upside risks to oil prices from a severe disruption to oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz. The base case forecast previously assumed Brent crude in the low $80s in March and the high $70s in the second quarter, based on the expectation that The post Brace for $10 petrol prices appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Monday, March 9, 2026 - 08:00
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The global gas shock is building and is going much higher this week unless the TACO comes. If the TACO doesn’t arrive, the gas price will skyrocket by the following week. But so far, the reaction at home has been completely different from the reaction to the Ukraine War. The local gas spot price is The post Grattan Institute saves Aussies from Iran gas shock appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Monday, March 9, 2026 - 07:33
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In spite of a last minute venue cancellation by Adelaide University, a sold-out Adelaide crowd heard from Chris Sidoti, Francesca Albanese, Henry Reynolds and Lana Tatour on lessons and links for Australia on settler colonialism and the Israel/Palestine conflict. |
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Your Democracy
Monday, March 9, 2026 - 06:55
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It’s not okay for grown adults to believe the United States wages wars to promote humanitarian interests and bring freedom and democracy to oppressed populations. It’s not okay for grown adults to believe that US soldiers fight and die to protect their country and its citizens. |
Your Democracy
Monday, March 9, 2026 - 06:33
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The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) claims that a Pentagon source says military officials are preparing a public defense for military commanders telling troops that the Iran war is a holy war, fulfilling evangelical Protestant prophecy.
Report: Pentagon Eyes Defending “Armageddon” Briefings Religious-freedom group claims a Pentagon source reports some are defending the briefings as personal speech |
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Your Democracy
Monday, March 9, 2026 - 06:22
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Iranian media have shared a Lego-style video touting Tehran’s purported retaliation against the US and Israel, depicting the American and Israeli leadership in a panic. The animation, dubbed ‘Narrative of Victory,’ was widely circulated online on Sunday. It opens with a cartoonish figure of US President Donald Trump – accompanied by the Devil – reading the Jeffrey Epstein files. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, March 9, 2026 - 00:01
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Since the latest round of conflict in the Middle East kicked off on the 28th of February, the cost of a barrel of oil (WTI) has risen by $23.98 compared with the final close of markets prior to the war, representing a rise in oil prices of 35.6%. Taking a longer view, the current level The post The worst is yet to come appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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George Monbiot
Sunday, March 8, 2026 - 23:04
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Today’s cruel treatment of Muslims and immigrants was originally crafted as an attack on Jews. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th March 2026 Our political memory fails us. We treat government policies as if we’re seeing them for the very first time. But much of what appears to be novel has deep historical roots. If we fail to understand those roots and the soil in which they grow, we will fail to resist the assaults on our humanity. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, March 8, 2026 - 18:39
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Right now, in the first week of March 2026, Europe is facing an energy crisis that doesn't have a name yet. Not because it isn't big enough, but because it happened too fast. In the last 48 hours, two things went down simultaneously. First, Iran struck the heart of Qatar's gas infrastructure—the largest LNG export facility on the planet. Production stopped. |
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Your Democracy
Sunday, March 8, 2026 - 16:10
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Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) told Sean Hannity on Tuesday that the U.S. had “already won” the military operation in Iran. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, March 8, 2026 - 15:54
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The Australian Labor Party has drifted from its historic purpose. This is the first in a six part series by Andrew Brown on Labor’s retreat from reform and what it means for Australia. Power unused in the face of injustice is not restraint. It is a choice. |
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John Quiggin
Sunday, March 8, 2026 - 15:46
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It’s a truism that every child should be wanted. While there are plenty of exceptions, the birth of an unwanted child often turns out badly for both mother and child (and father, if they are present). Sometimes, once a child is born, the fact that they were initially unwanted fades into irrelevance, and the bond between parents and child is as strong as with a planned birth. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, March 8, 2026 - 14:47
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President Donald Trump has denied US responsibility for the strike on an Iranian school that killed 175 people, most of them children, suggesting instead that a faulty Iranian missile was to blame. |
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Renew Economy
Sunday, March 8, 2026 - 12:34
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The post Snail trails and uncertainty: Australia’s emissions are not falling fast enough appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Sunday, March 8, 2026 - 12:33
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MacroBusiness
Sunday, March 8, 2026 - 11:21
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President Donald J. Trump oversees Operation Epic Fury at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, FL, Feb. 28, 2026. (White House photo by Daniel Torok) We have become spectators in the demolition of an era. We are now, more than ever, bit players in what is unfolding, so we are detached. We can’t take our eyes off the The post The bonfire of the rules based international order appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, March 8, 2026 - 09:54
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVhRvC2_XvM Iran Will Not SURRENDER w/Mohammad Marandi
YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT — SINCE 2005.
Gus Leonisky POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951. |
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Your Democracy
Sunday, March 8, 2026 - 08:22
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Your Democracy
Sunday, March 8, 2026 - 06:55
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” wrote George Santayana in 1905, subsequently generally misquoted as “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it”. Whichever version, Michael Pascoe writes, Trump’s air war on Iran fits the bill. |
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Your Democracy
Saturday, March 7, 2026 - 21:05
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US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the United States Navy will begin escorting commercial tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, a dramatic escalation that would place American warships directly off the coast of Iran as the illegal and murderous US-Israeli bombing campaign enters its fourth day. |
The Tally Room
Saturday, March 7, 2026 - 19:30
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6:32 – I’m on deck now, but we have no results yet. The NTEC has reported on the number of votes recorded, which gives us a sense of scale for tonight. There are about 4,000 votes. 907 eligible voters in the Division of Nightcliff cast their vote today at the election day voting centre located at Nightcliff High School. During the early voting period 2,657 votes have been cast at the early voting centre or mobile voting service. 441 postal votes have been issued. |
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Your Democracy
Saturday, March 7, 2026 - 15:12
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WE LOVE OUR ABC... BUT WHY DO "THEY" HAVE TO EMPLOY SARCASTIC JOURNALISTS?... LONG GONE ARE THE DAYS OF RESPECTFUL AND TRUTHFUL REPORTS, THAT WERE NOT WRITTEN BY KIDS.... ANYWAY... SHOULD THE NAME OF THE JOURNO TELL US WHERE THE SLANT COMES FROM? AH, BUGGER, I COULD BE ACCUSED OF ANTISEMITISM... AND THE HEADLINE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY THIS LUCIA PERSON, BUT BY A JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT, MASCARADING AS AN "EDITOR" OF ONLINE ABC....
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Your Democracy
Saturday, March 7, 2026 - 07:52
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Albert Camus wrote in the shadow of fascism, war and ideological violence. His defence of truth, democratic dialogue and human limits remains strikingly relevant in today’s era of authoritarian politics and “post-truth” public debate.
Why Albert Camus still matters in an age of authoritarianism
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Your Democracy
Saturday, March 7, 2026 - 05:33
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A US submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sri Lanka, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday. "Yesterday, in the Indian Ocean...an American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters. Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo," Hegseth said at a Pentagon briefing. It is "the first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II," he added. |
Your Democracy
Saturday, March 7, 2026 - 03:00
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We are war criminals Of the worst kind ever As we clog up the urinals In a pissoir fever
Nuremberg is not for us We own the corrupt courts Blaming the dumb nuts With larcenies of ours
We are war criminals Proud to be ruthless Grand turd materials Screwing you hopeless
And we do care That you die in pain Or die in vain Blown up in the air
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Your Democracy
Saturday, March 7, 2026 - 02:00
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday boasted of the “death and destruction” the U.S. military can rain down on Iran, as reports say that U.S. and Israeli airstrikes have killed over 1,000 Iranian civilians in just four days. |
MacroBusiness
Saturday, March 7, 2026 - 00:01
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International Reading: Susie Wiles at center of ‘screaming’ panic inside Trump’s White House as Iran war sends gas soaring – Daily Mail Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate – Pro Publica Democrats Are Very Skeptical About Funding For Trump’s Iran War – Huff Post A The post Weekend reading & MB media appearances appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
The latest quarterly update on emissions is great opportunity to check in on Australia's climate progress – and a great reminder of the scale of the challenges ahead.
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