Following the release of the official Q2 2025 population statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), IFM Investors’ chief economist, Alex Joiner, published the following chart on Twitter (X) illustrating the extremeness of Australia’s recent population growth. Joiner noted that “in Q4 2000, it took 12 years of net migration to that point to
My contribution to the East Asia Forum special feature on 2025 in review
The events of 2025 have broken the world order that had prevailed throughout this century.
On Substack, which I frequent daily, a German-American writer, cartoonist and commentator, who goes by the name of Oliver Markus Malloy1, is one person whose posts I read fairly regularly.
Americans largely approve of the American raid to abduct Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks.
Ana CAN'T BELIEVE THIS POLL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBrqm42eoYc
In last week's heatwave, wind and solar generation were excellent, as they typically are on extreme demand days - certainly doing more than just 'fuel saving'.
