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George Monbiot Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 22:50 Source

To Bill Gates, overthrowing the power of the ultra-wealthy seems to be – literally – unthinkable.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th November 2025

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Prosper Australia Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 16:51 Source

Prosper Australia today welcomed the inclusion of a stamp duty to land tax transition in Infrastructure Victoria’s new strategy but criticised the absence of value capture as a sustainable and equitable funding mechanism. “We applaud Infrastructure Victoria’s endorsement of a broad-based annual land tax. This reform recognises that shifting the tax base from transactions to […]

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 16:00 Source

Not quite a green a day as expected here in Asia with only some markets moving higher in the wake of the news that the Republican shutdown of the US government may finally be coming to an end. While gold continued to push higher, other undollars like the Kiwi and Australian dollar have steadied with

The post Macro Afternoon appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Your Democracy Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 14:59 Source

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 14:00 Source

Westpac says boom.. Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index surges 12.8% to 103.8. First positive read since early 2022 and a seven-year high (excl. COVID period). Expectations improve as domestic recovery firms, trade risks subside. Strong gain is despite a less confident outlook for interest rates and jobs. ‘Mortgage belt’ is a notable exception, sentiment dipping

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MacroBusiness Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 13:30 Source

Stats New Zealand’s most recent migration figures revealed that only 10,628 net migrants arrived in the country in the year ending August 2025, substantially below the decade average of 49,000 and around 120,000 fewer than the late 2023 peak. Part of the decline in New Zealand’s net migration is attributable to large numbers of Kiwis

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