An uneasy night on Wall Street with minor moves as more earnings reports filter through amid more bluster from the Trump regime about nonexistent Chines tariff negotiations helping push USD lower against most of the majors as Pound Sterling hits a new three year high amid a UK/EU detente on trade. The Canadian Loonie remains
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Last month, Vicki Thomson, the CEO of the elite Group of Eight (Go8) universities, claimed that international education is the nation’s third-largest export. Amid talk of imposing caps on enrolment numbers, Thomson said, “Do not put our third-largest export sector at risk. A $51 billion economy and, more than that, a sector which actually builds
In the lead-up to the Australia election, new research examines the ALP and Coalition messaging and policy on the People’s Republic of China.
Framing the future: Australia’s China policy in the lead-up to the 2025 election
THE IRAQ WAR WAS A MASSIVE DECEPTION WHICH WAS EASY TO UNPICK EXCEPT FOR THE MMMM (MEDIOCRE MASS MEDIA DE MIERDA). THE WAR IN YUCKRAINE IS A MORE COMPLEX DECEPTION WHICH STARTED WAY BACK IN 1917, WHEN THE AMERICAN EMPIRE DECIDED TO DESTROY RUSSIA...
A fleet of retired tanks the Albanese government pledged to Ukraine last year remains stuck in Australia, with defence figures in part blaming resistance from the United States for their delayed transfer.
I noted recently how Australia’s housing obsession has gradually choked the economy. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that Australia’s housing stock was valued at a record $11,032.2 billion in 2024, with the average home valued at $976,800. According to CoreLogic’s most recent monthly chart pack, Australia’s housing stock was valued at $11.3 trillion as
Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won Germany's election, yet his personal popularity is low — and getting lower. Most Germans don't trust him, not least because of his approach to the far-right AfD.
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This new legislation is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems in living memory.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 24th April 2025
