President Donald Trump is making it clear that he won't be constrained by the law as he continues teasing a takeover of the Western Hemisphere.
After Bondi, New South Wales politicians want to ban words and slogans. But rushed laws could punish political speech, not protect the public.
The international situation has been “increasingly deteriorating,” Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned, citing old conflicts reigniting and new emerging flashpoints.
When the government of Prime Minister Robert Menzies was elected in 1949, it came with a pledge to focus on raising home ownership rates and giving Australians a stake in society. Seven years earlier, in 1942, Menzies delivered a wartime radio address to the Australian people, arguing that home ownership was vital to a stable
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Fortescue buys US battery controls company as it ramps up efforts to reach real zero in its massive mining operations and batteries play key role on grid and transport.
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President Donald Trump has called for protesters in Iran to seize control of state institutions, issuing a cryptic promise of US assistance and threatening severe consequences for Iranian officials.
Iranian authorities have repeatedly alleged that the US and Israel have had a “big hand” in the ongoing unrest, framing it as a foreign-backed “terrorist war.”
America’s national debt has crossed $38 trillion — and this time, the danger isn’t the headline number.
The real threat is what’s happening quietly behind the scenes.
For the first time in more than 75 years, global institutions, foreign central banks, and large asset managers are systematically reducing exposure to dollar-denominated assets. Not publicly. Not dramatically. But deliberately.
Silver took a nose dive as the Trump regime enacted a critical minerals directive plus tariffs on semiconductors amid more national security beat-ups while still promising an attack on Iran keeping other risk markets in check. The USD remains somewhat firm due to safe haven bids while the oil price has been beaten back slightly.
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Perhaps we can be grateful that Australia’s capital city and its national interest policy process are so far gone from sense that no legislation is any longer possible. Thus, the response to the horror of the Bondi massacre appears to be melting down faster even than it was ill-conceived. Having allowed himself to be bullied
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Rooftop PV enjoys record month of installations at the end of 2025, as the home battery boom continues.
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Back in 2017, I wrote a piece about the likely fragmentation of the conservatives in Australia1. Here, most of the conservatives largely belong to what is ironically named the Liberal Party, with a few other small fringe groups soaking up the racist and religious extremists. That article was precipitated by one of the religious nutters in the Liberal Party, spitting the dummy, leaving that party and attempting unsuccessfully to start his own2.
Charts thanks to TME. SPX range high reversion. Three black crows for tech. Vol of vol on the move. Rotation to the mini-me. Vix is very short. And will soon get the accelerant. Some vol moving ahead. Anarcho-imperialsim is here as a market factor. It takes a pretty sizable geopolitical shock to make a
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Roy Morgan reports that mortgage stress has fallen to its lowest level since January 2023, following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) three 25 bp rate cuts. Roy Morgan classified 24.7% of mortgage holders as ‘At Risk’ of’ mortgage stress’ in the three months ending November 2025, a 3.2% decrease from August 2025 and significantly
High-level talks in Washington have concluded without bridging the divide between the United States and Denmark over the future of Greenland, with Danish officials stating a “fundamental disagreement” persists after President Donald Trump reaffirmed his intent to acquire the Arctic territory.