Recently, a social media follower shared the chart below showing housing starts versus population in the United States and asked what it would look like for Australia. To provide an easily accessible comparison, the numbers were converted into housing starts (i.e., housing commencements in Australia) per 100,000 people over the last 40 years. The analysis
Australia’s rental market is in crisis, with record-low vacancy rates and strong rental growth. As a result, the share of household income required to meet repayments on the median advertised rent was a record high in the September quarter: While the primary driver of Australia’s recent extreme rental inflation has been historically high net overseas
Following the tragic shootings at Bondi Beach, which at the time of this article have claimed the lives of 15 victims and injured a further 40, the Albanese government and various state leaders tabled a proposal to tighten Australia’s already extremely tight gun control legislation. However, are gun homicides with registered firearms a major problem?
Fertility rates have dropped sharply across advanced economies and increasingly in developing nations. As illustrated below by Joseph Chamie, a consulting demographer and former director of the United Nations Population Division, most OECD countries are well below the benchmark for population stability of 2.1 children per woman, with some (like South Korea) at 0.7–0.8. Drivers
Wall Street was almost unphased overnight by the dual NFP release as US unemployment jumped to a four year high, triggering a rally in US bonds, while the latest UK unemployment figures weren’t rosy either with speculation the BOE may move to easing its rates this week. The USD remains under duress against most of
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The UK is reportedly trying to convince the European Union to take control of frozen Russian assets, aiming to undermine US President Donald Trump’s efforts to advance peace initiatives that could end the Ukraine conflict, according to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
Nothing seems able to temper Australians’ love affair with property. Despite home values being the most expensive on record relative to incomes and with no further rate cuts expected, Australians remain hyper-bullish on house prices. The latest Westpac consumer sentiment survey, released on Tuesday, showed that the “Time to buy a dwelling” sub-index fell sharply
People who still wonder why Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks relating to Taiwan on Nov 7 enraged so many Chinese should just visit the Memorial for the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Western Yunnan. I did that on Wednesday during a trip across the province.
By the Market Ear: AI changes DB’s chart of the day tracks 23 AI-related stocks, comparing year-to-date performance up to 29 October with returns over the roughly six weeks since. Before 29 October, just one stock was down on the year and the group had posted an average unweighted gain of +70%; since then, the
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How did we reach a point where quoting Western sources gets you branded a foreign propagandist? Is the EU's executive branch now completely out of its mind, punishing dissenters without trial under the guise of fighting "propaganda"?
As climate breakdown, war and institutional failure converge, the comforts of forgetting no longer shield us from the consequences of our own history.
It feels like the end of an era, or perhaps the start of something new…and terrifying.
Employers now find it much easier to find workers, particularly those with lower skill levels, according to the most recent recruitment data from Jobs & Skills Australia. As illustrated below by Justin Fabo of Antipodean Macro, the percentage of workers reporting difficulty obtaining employment has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Lower-skilled workers are plentiful, whereas higher-skilled
New GenCost report produces new modelling to deliver the same message: firmed renewables are lowest cost as coal and gas get more expensive and harder to build.
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How a new film stitched me up like a kipper.
By George Monbiot, adapted from a BlueSky thread, 16th December 2025
This is a note about what I see as a serious breach of journalistic ethics, in the making of Sofia Pineda Ochoa’s online documentary Greenwashed. She interviewed me for the film, but neither before, during or after was I given any idea I would be its target.
Far from it. Here’s the email she sent inviting me to take part:
Hi Mr. Monbiot,