The composition of Australia’s international student enrolments has changed drastically over the past 20 years. In December 2005, 288,579 overseas students were studying in Australia. China (63,695) dominated enrolments, with India (24,644) in a distant second position. The Department of Education didn’t even list Nepal. Nine years later, in December 2014, 452,965 overseas students enrolled in
DXY struggles on. AUD is holding support. Lead boots plod on. Oil is pointing the way for growth. Metals meh. Mining meh. EM meh. Junk has entered autobid as equities rise. And yields fall. VIX down means stocks up with robots. Deutsche says DXY is stuffed. DB tracks two near real-time measures of US capital
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People are being asked to vote for the Coalition on the grounds that it is better at managing the economy. But the current evidence does not back up that claim.
For generations, the Liberal Party has asserted that it is better than Labor at managing the economy. This election, Peter Dutton has repeated this message more than ever.
A better night on Wall Street due to better earnings reports and by absorbing the Canadian general election outcome. The USD was able to push back slightly against most of the majors although Pound Sterling remains at a new three year high amid the growing UK/EU detente on trade. The Canadian Loonie firmed slightly on
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Of all the people I meet on my short swing through America’s midwest, the gruff man who lived at a roadside ranch called Hog’s Haven near the Minnesota-Iowa border might have said it best.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius voiced skepticism about Russian President Vladimir Putin's unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukraine said a Russian drone strike killed a young girl. DW has the latest.
CoreLogic’s daily dwelling values index, which tracks value growth across the five major capital cities, recorded stalling momentum in April. Across the five major capitals, values rose by only 0.2% over the month, down from 0.4% growth in March. As illustrated below, the slowing in growth was broad-based, led by Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, whereas
Ben is joined by Peter Brent and the ABC’s Tom Crowley for the final pre-election episode of the 2025 federal election campaign. We discuss how a hung parliament might play out and the experience of riding Peter Dutton’s campaign bus. For our seat of the week we discuss the NSW seat of Werriwa.
CoreLogic has released the following snapshot of housing affordability across Australia, broken down by four metrics. As illustrated above, affordability to purchase or rent nationally was tracking at its worst level in history at the end of 2024. Specifically: The national dwelling value-to-income ratio was an equal record high of 8.0 as of 31 December
How I’ll be voting this election and why.
It’s not often that we get the chance to directly influence the manner in which the Australian Government deals with a continuing genocide.
With that, I thought I’d give you a rundown on what will guide my vote, and how I’ll be voting in the Senate.
All of Kellogg’s underlying assumptions lacked any basis in reality. Yet Trump seemingly took them on trust.