In October 2022, British newspaper The Daily Star began live-streaming a video of a head of lettuce next to a framed photo of then-Prime Minister Liz Truss after The Economist compared the expected duration of her leadership to that of the shelf life of lettuce. Just weeks later, Truss announced her resignation; she served just
Australia’s housing market is experiencing a strong upswing. According to Cotality, last week’s national final auction clearance rate increased to 71.6%, the highest result for capital cities since early June 2023 (73.1%). It was also the third time in five weeks that the final clearance rate was above 70%. As shown in the chart below,
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The ferrous market is beginning to teeter as the steel glut grows and more countries get angry about it. Prices cracked lower Friday: The problem is relentless Chinese overproduction despite weak margins It is unheard of for the year to end with sufficient inventory to render the new year’s restock moot, but that is where we are
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China accounted for nearly one-third (31.5%) of global carbon emissions in 2023. China alone also accounted for 67% of the rise in the world’s carbon emissions between 2000 and 2023. This month, the Albanese government announced that Australia, which only accounts for around 1% of global emissions, will reduce emissions by more than 62% and
Today’s blog post is inspired by a strange opinion piece in the Nine papers yesterday by former federal Liberal Attorney-General George Brandis.
Brandis’ piece (in addition to incorrectly stating that the last increase in the size of parliament was in 1987) makes two main claims about political advantages for Labor and the Greens in the expansion of parliament:
From the Market Ear: Tiny tech bubble feelings “…vendor financing was a feature of that era and when when the telecom equipment makers (Cisco, Lucent, Nortel, etc.) extended loans, equity investments, or credit guarantees to their customers who then used the cash/credit to buy back the equipment…well suffice it to say, it did not end
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Recent figures from the Department of Home Affairs revealed that almost 100,000 asylum seekers had their claims for asylum in Australia rejected, yet they remained in the country. This includes an estimated 50,000 who have completely exhausted their avenues for appeal. This figure has been heavily driven by individuals formerly on student visas applying for
The Russian side has refused trilateral meetings with US President Donald Trump and representatives from Ukraine, US Vice President J.D. Vance claimed in an interview with Fox News on Sunday.
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Bob Brown’s latest book, Defiance, is a salubrious breath of a tall peppermint native forest. It’s not a hard book, but rather only hard to heed for some.
US President Donald Trump’s newly adopted stance on the Ukraine conflict was shaped by his recent UK visit, The Telegraph has reported, citing unnamed sources. Vladimir Zelensky’s chief of staff Andrey Yermak has told the newspaper that the visit was very important.