This is a very quick blog post as I am catching up on stuff that has been happening while moving house. On the very day that I moved house, nominations were announced for the ACT election.
I won’t be doing a lot on this specific candidate announcement, but the final lists of candidates have now been published on my election guide.
Last night saw a general absence of tier one economic prints but some key speeches from Fed members including Chair Powell which netted a gain for USD and a selloff in Treasuries as he indicated two more rate cuts are likely on the way. Wall Street followed the very soft mood in Europe but a
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New neighbours moved in next door and I fear they are a share house. Yes, yes, I am aware of the hypocrisy. But I'm also aware of what having a share house next door to you means.
For one thing, it means I had to get a sleep mask. The last owners installed a security lighting system as part of their very dodgy effort to add a bit of value to the property, and this thing goes off all night long. Possums, cats, birds, the wind in the willows, any kind of movement at all and we get prisoner-of-war camp searchlights beaming directly in through the bedroom window.
CoreLogic’s September housing market report shows that the national rental index increased by only 0.1% over the September quarter, the smallest change over a rolling three-month period in four years. Rents fell in Sydney (-0.5%), Brisbane (-0.2%), and Canberra (-0.8%) during the quarter, and rental growth slowed in most other capitals. Rents in Melbourne and
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Quit Nukes / The Australia Institute Media Release A new report has found that despite claiming not to invest in ‘controversial weapons’ 13 of the top 14 Australian super funds are still investing in nuclear weapons companies, in some cases even in an option described as ‘responsible’. One of the 14, Hostplus, has excluded nuclear…
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Stephen Wu, senior economist at CBA, has published research showing how Australians are overwhelmingly using the extra disposable income from the Stage 3 tax cuts to pay down debts. Wu notes that the growth in total salaries and wages paid into CBA bank accounts has picked up since the tax cuts took effect in July.
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For years now, Fox News and other right-wing media have warned about an invasion of “illegal aliens” into the United States that supposedly threatens national security.
The following speakers shared their insights on Saturday afternoon in Kingston, New York on how to restore the peace and freedom that has been robbed from us by politicians…
Britain goes full Orwell accusing Putin of imperialismForeign Secretary David Lammy launched into a weird rant against Russia, accusing it of the crimes Britain has committed...
The National Bank of Canada has released stunning data showing the extent to which government spending is holding up Canada’s economy while still shrinking at an alarming rate per capita. According to the National Bank of Canada, per capita “GDP has seen a cumulative decline of 3.9% since its peak in 2022, the first time
The freedom for individuals to choose their sources of information makes it difficult to govern effectively, former US Secretary of State John Kerry has said.
Speaking at a World Economic Forum (WEF) panel on Green Energy last week, Kerry criticized the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which protects freedom of speech and the press.
