Asian markets are generally steady following the weekend gap with traders absorbing the outcome of the Trump-Xi summit last week amid some other economy releases, not withstanding last week’s Fed meeting which saw a “cut and wait” approach as too much inflation and not enough job growth plagues the Trump regime. This has seen the
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Slow day on the keyboard today because the house is full of tradies doing roof repairs. It’s an insurance claim, thank god, because it looks like a very, very spendy job. There’s at least a dozen guys, a crane, a shit ton of scaffolding and new roofing iron, new insulation, a new solar hot water system and… now… a new ceiling for my library after one of the roofers stepped through it.
Like many inquisitive kids, I was fascinated with dinosaurs and knew the names of lots of them. When I was employed, I’d commonly see kids as young as 5, who could tell their parents (and me) the names of dozens of dinosaur genera. When I was about the same age as them, I was given a book on dinosaurs from the How and Why Wonder Book series. This series was turned out in large numbers on many topics, of which I had a few, but the dinosaur volume was my favourite1.
Under a series of agreements reached between the Australian and New Zealand governments, Kiwis can relocate to Australia and reside there indefinitely using the Special Category Visa (SCV). The SCV is automatically granted to New Zealanders upon admission, provided they meet character and health criteria. The SCV allows Kiwis to live, work, and study indefinitely
The managed decline of the Chinese economy continues as the property sector is hollowed out. Last year’s yawnulus didn’t touch the sides of the bottomless black hole. Coal consumption growth has completely stalled. Trade appears to be booming. But only if China is shipping more smaller and lighter items. The economy has been pancaked for
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Yes, it’s very early, but I’ve launched my partial guide to the next Australian federal election, due in 2028.
This guide covers the 102 House seats in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. These jurisdictions won’t have a redistribution (barring an expansion of parliament). The guide also features guides to the eight Senate contests.
If there is no parliamentary expansion, this redistribution cycle is one of the least significant we’ve had. This makes it easier and quicker to get the guide ready.
The Boyer Lectures are a series of talks by prominent Australians, presenting ideas on major social, scientific or cultural issues, and broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) Radio National. The lectures began in 1959 and a couple of years later were named after Richard Boyer, the ABC board chairman who suggested them. The lectures are delivered between September and December by prominent Australians selected by the ABC board and are intended to stimulate discussion and debate on a wide range of topics1.
