When the sun set on 2023, Canada had one of the highest migration rates in the world, welcoming over 1.24 million new migrants over the calendar year, or 3.2% of the population. This left Canada ranked number 11 on the World Bank’s list of nations by population growth for 2023, sandwiched between various nations in
There is no end to Victoria’s disease when it comes to energy. Victoria is doing OK on its renewables rollout, though it has slowed recently. The problem is the price it will pay for it. Unlike other states, VIC and its capital, Megacity One, are gloomy places and will rely more on wind than sun.
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This economy is not growing at 5% in anybody’s mind except for the CCP’s and its menagerie of grovellers. Property is stuffed. Prices are still falling. Cars are doing better on the cash-for-clunkers. This was true of consumption more broadly, but much of that is over now after the vouchers were pulled. But exports are
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I was having breakfast with a mate this morning who had just started watching Foundation on Apple TV, and I warned him that the first series was a bit ordinary but that he should stick with it because it got so much better in the later series.
This weekend’s Tasmanian state election is likely to be the last major election in 2025, barely halfway through the year, but that means the rest of this year will be redistribution season.
Two federal redistributions, in Queensland and Tasmania, are set to resume later this month when Parliament returns. Federal redistributions in South Australia and the ACT are also due soon. I will return to this topic in the next few weeks.
Markets are so fun sometimes. Iron ore is in all sorts of trouble, but traders love to push a counter-trend rally. The latest MySteel data is still down as expected. Westpac sums it beautifully. Iron ore has been incredibly stable A good example of why to stay calm has been the relative lack of volatility
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Wall Street was unable to make another new record high as the Trump regime again pushed out more bully-boy letters (resplendent with spelling mistakes and ALL CAPS) to former allies and major trade partners, but saved the ink for the EU after markets closed on Friday night. Canada posted a very solid jobs report and
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Ukraine will receive its first batch of long-range missiles financed by Germany by the end of July, a top German general has said, acknowledging that Kiev’s battlefield situation is deteriorating.
In an interview with ZDF, Major General Christian Freuding, who oversees the coordination of Berlin’s military support for Kiev, said Germany is “ready to make these weapons systems available.”
Western nations’ hegemonic aspirations and dismissal of Russia’s security concerns have led to the ongoing standoff between Moscow and the West, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview released on Sunday. Ideological differences are only a pretext to advance the West’s geopolitical interests, he claimed.
Putin added that he expected the collapse of the USSR to alleviate tensions between Russia and the West.
On July 6, BRICS member states signed the Joint Declaration of the 17th BRICS Summit, “Strengthening Global South Cooperation for More Inclusive and Sustainable Governance”, in Rio de Janeiro.
US President Donald Trump has pushed back against claims of a cover-up in the Jeffrey Epstein case, defending his administration’s handling of the release of files related to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender’s death in jail.
I can’t be bothered engaging with people who use “woke” as a pejorative, or similar Trumpist rhetoric. I’ve therefore banned a couple of commentators (Jack Strocchi and Svante) who persisted in using it, despite warnings. There are plenty of other places where they can bloviate if they choose. Anyone offended by my decision on this is welcome to a full refund on the way out.
On June 22, 2025, South Korean presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung announced that President Lee Jae-myung would not be participating in the NATO summit scheduled for June 24–25 in The Hague. She referred to domestic priorities and the escalating uncertainty in the Middle East as reasons for the decision.
Why Lee Jae-myung Did Not Attend the NATO Summit