Casting a formal vote in a Tasmanian lower house election isn’t the easiest vote to cast, but in some ways it’s easier than it would be in other places.
Voters are required to number at least as many boxes as there are vacancies – that means that the required number of preferences increased from 5 in 2021 to 7 in 2024 – despite an attempt by Kevin Bonham to allow for savings provisions that would minimise informal rates.
China (31.5% share in 2023) and India (8.1% share in 2023) have driven the increase in global carbon emissions this century. As illustrated below by US energy expert Robert Bryce, China and India’s combined share of the world’s carbon emissions rose from 18% in 2000 to 40% in 2023. While the developed world has decarbonised,
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Another poor US domestic economic print – this time the latest ISM services survey – sent Wall Street lower amid reaction to a rambling interview by Trump overnight espousing new off the cuff tariffs for pharmaceuticals and others. Neither side of the Atlantic liked the newsflow although European stocks eked out a small gain while
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The latest data from the Departments of Home Affairs and Education indicates that the Albanese government’s “crackdown” on the international education sector has had minimal impact. The Department of Home Affairs’ temporary visa data for Q2 2025 shows that there were 821,251 people residing in Australia on either a student or a graduate visa. This
DXY is holding for now. AUD is licking its wounds. Lead boots bounced. Gold is firm, oil not. Metals are lacklustre. Mining bear intact. EM bounced. Junk toppy. Yields held the losses. Stocks fell anyway. I expect more AUD chaos for now. The market remains very short DXY, and such consensus trades often need long
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Ukraine does not have enough strength to retake its former territories in the near term without devastating losses and must therefore prioritize its own survival as a state, Czech President Petr Pavel has said.
Since the turn of the century, Australian policymakers have attempted to pump housing demand via stimulatory demand-side policies. These policies have ultimately driven mortgage debt and house prices higher, resulting in structurally worse housing affordability. The latest federal election was another prime example of this policy folly, with both Labor and the Coalition promising further
There are a fair number of curious idiosyncrasies within the systems of royalty and aristocracy, but perhaps one of the most popular queries relates to the well-known phrase ‘a person of blue-blood’.
But what does this curious phrase actually mean?
What Does Blue Blood Mean?by Chancellor von Moritz