Asian share markets are starting to lift together – except local stocks – with Japanese markets playing catchup to the post NY rally in Chinese stocks while futures are looking promising for overnight markets. The USD is still pulling back against most of the major currency pairs, while the Australian dollar is pushing higher above
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The Nazis burnt books by Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Mann, Erich Maria Remarque among many other well-known intellectuals, scientists and cultural figures, many of whom were Jewish1.
The 1929 Nobel Prize-winning German author Thomas Mann, supported the Weimar Republic and his critique of fascism raised Nazi ire. Erich Maria Remarque was vilified by Nazi ideologues for his unflinching description of the First World War in All Quiet on the Western Front. The Nazis characterised it as “a literary betrayal of the soldiers of the World War”1.
On February 20, it was clear that things were not going to be made easy for Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who infuriated the US imperium, the national security establishment, and a stable of journalists upset that he had cut their ill-tended lawns. He was too ill to attend what may well be the final…
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CoreLogic released its final auction results for last weekend, with a clearance rate of 68.8% across the combined capital cities, down -1.5 percentage points from the previous week (70.3%). This came off a big lift in auction volumes. Last weekend saw 2,091 homes taken to auction across the combined capital cities, up from 1,642 over
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Public Health Association of Australia Media Release Public health experts are calling for the Federal Government to urgently implement and properly resource the proposed Australian Centre for Disease Control (ACDC) to ensure COVID-19 advice is consistent across Australia. The call from the Public Health Association of Australia comes as public health experts await further details…
Westpac with the note. While wages may have risen as expect, they were supported by stonger wage outcomes from public sector wages, via enterprise bargaining, while wages more closely tied to economic activity, individual agreements, moderated. The Wage Price Index (WPI) increased 0.9% over the December quarter to be 4.2% higher in annual terms –
It’s terrible! An average first-home buyer couple can no longer comfortably afford the loan repayments on an entry-level house in the nation’s biggest cities, and even units are slipping out of reach in some regions. Young couples would need to put upwards of 40% of their income towards mortgage repayments if they purchased an entry-level
Deconstructing today’s political leaders is like shooting fish in a barrel with a howitzer. They are so stupid or corrupt that you can’t miss them. All it takes is the slightest historical context; they are exposed as frauds. Take Albo’s latest buffoonery about supermarket profit gouging: Anthony Albanese has dismissed calls for forced divestiture powers