Rental market “extremely tight”, no signs of easing
Last week, Cotality released its housing affordability report for the September quarter of 2025, which revealed that rental affordability has hit its lowest level on record. The percentage of income required to meet advertised rents on the median home hit a record high of 33.4% in the September quarter, up from 26.2% five years earlier.
“We have the best site:” Contracts for Australia’s biggest wind project put out to tender
The economic week ahead
By Lucinda Jerogin, Associate Economist at CBA: Australian headline inflation surprised to the upside, accelerating 3.8% through the year to October. The policy relevant trimmed mean measure increased to 3.3%/yr. The total volume of capex also recorded a strong turnaround, up 6.4% in Q3 25. Construction work done fell 0.7%/qtr, driven down by a decline
the poor beast is me...........
The cockroach saw my shadow
And knew death was coming his way
Equipped with a shoe a hammer and a spray
I was tricked when he crawled into a hollow
Bastard
Through the floorboards behind the old wardrobe
That had never moved since dad had died abroad
Tomago and beyond: Why Australia will celebrate Snowy 2.0 – someday
Big batteries overtake big solar in the world’s largest isolated grid
anti-trump trumpist....
Axios clarified the obvious this week: Ted Cruz is preparing to run for president, again.
rich and poor planet....
Everything is more expensive these days, but especially those beauties already expensive to begin with.
Australian house prices accelerate and decelerate
Cotality has released its daily dwelling values index for 30 November, which measures value changes across the five major Australian capital city markets. Over November, dwelling values increased by 1.0% at the 5-city aggregate level, with wide divergence between the individual capital city markets. Melbourne (0.3%) and Sydney (0.5%) recorded relatively soft growth, whereas Brisbane