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Your Democracy
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 21:33
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Global warming is one of the biggest challenges faced by humanity today. As emissions continue to rise, global temperatures keep breaking records and the world's poorest nations bear the brunt of a crisis they did little to create.
Time to fix responsibility for climate change By Hu Yong | CHINA DAILY
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John Quiggin
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 20:46
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This is one of the most depressing Australia Days I can remember. We are still recovering from the horror of the Bondi massacre and the disgraceful jostling for political advantage that followed it. Meanwhile, the news is that opposition is hardening on changing the date to one less offensive to First Nations people. The actual shifts aren’t that great in statistical terms, but there’s no doubt that this shift, along with the rise of One Nation reflects something real. |
French giants dominate offshore wind licences out west, but none offered in Illawarra or Bass Strait
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Renew Economy
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 20:00
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The post New $20 million “Made Right Here” ad campaign kicks off at low-carbon aluminium maker in NSW appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Your Democracy
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 14:21
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MacroBusiness
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 13:00
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The news first. Andrew Hastie has been given the blessing of his young family to enter the Liberal leadership race, as conservative powerbrokers lean towards backing the 43-year-old to replace Sussan Ley. Just hours after likely leadership rival Angus Taylor returned from overseas, sources close to Mr Hastie confirmed that the West Australian MP had discussed The post Hastie must “freeze” immigration appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 12:30
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From the marvellous Michael Hartnett at BofA. Zeitgeist: “When the market goes up, they should lower rates” Trump on the Fed. Zeitgeist: “Only three certainties are death, taxes, and new highs in Japanese banks.” Tale of the Tape: Japan yen weakest vs. China renminbi since 1992 (Chart 6); biggest risk to max bull Q1 consensus The post Of stocks and the madman appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 12:00
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New Zealand experienced one of the biggest house price booms in the world during the pandemic. However, since prices peaked in late 2021, values in real inflation-adjusted terms have plummeted by more than 30% to levels last seen in 2019, nearly six years ago. The latest house price results from the REINZ showed that home The post New Zealand’s house price crash is cause for celebration appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 11:39
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Now, this is a tricky one, George, because it’s a subject on which my opinion has altered violently. And this is a disaster! My God, everyone knows that newspaper readers cling to the opinions of columnists like passengers on the Titanic fastened on to the few lifeboats there upon the chopping, churning sea.
What are the rules about wearing one’s hat indoors? |
MacroBusiness
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 11:00
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Last year, I claimed that the Australian Treasury’s modelling of Labor’s 5% deposit scheme for first home buyers demonstrated that the Treasury had become the federal government’s propaganda arm. Labor’s First Home Buyer Guarantee program, which went into effect in October 2025, allows nearly all first home buyers to purchase a property with only a The post Treasury hits back at Labor over 5% home deposit scheme appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 10:30
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The Great Chinese Depression is in full swing. Property sales are catastrophic in the new year. The secondary market looks like a run for the exits. As prices fall relentlessly. Energy consumption is better but only due to the weather. China is at peak oil. Fiscal is booming. But building is going backwards. The boom The post The Great Chinese Depression deepens appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 10:00
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The ferrous jaws have to close. Sorry! Steel data is mixed. Mysteel demand is up, but only because CNY is three weeks later this year. MySteel production data is dead flat. But, again, arguably down YOY seasonally adjusted. WorldSteel ended the year with a whimper. World crude steel production for the 70 countries reporting to The post China’s 30 great pyramids of iron ore appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 09:30
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No matter how hard you try. No matter how many facts you put in its way. The fake left will never acknowledge the terrible truth. It was they who abandoned class politics for culture wars and created the populist right in the process. It’s not rocket surgery, but central to fake left ideology is the The post Karen Middleton is Pauline Hanson’s best friend appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 08:00
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For as long as I can remember, the date of Australia Day has been a source of controversy, with ‘Invasion Day’ protests taking place year after year. But recent polling from Resolve suggests that public opinion has shifted significantly toward the date remaining on the 26th of January. According to Resolve, 68% of Australian voters The post Is the Australia Day battle over? appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 07:50
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Australia’s alliance with the United States is no longer reliable, and clinging to it now risks Australia’s interests and values. The case for a deliberate, staged Plan B begins with strategic autonomy – and an overdue reckoning with extended nuclear deterrence.
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Your Democracy
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 06:55
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Right-wing campaign groups and Coalition MPs are again using Australia Day to drive petitions, wedge politics and anti-elite rhetoric. This year’s campaign is being amplified by paid digital ads, ARC grant outrage and calls to “legislate the date”.
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Your Democracy
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 06:15
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Washington and Kiev have discussed several options for ending the Ukraine conflict, including the creation of a demilitarized zone or the deployment of neutral peacekeepers to the Kiev-controlled parts of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), The New York Times has said. The options were reportedly brought up earlier this week at trilateral talks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with Russian officials. |
Your Democracy
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 05:44
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Israel’s reputation is treated as a strategic asset to be managed in Western media and political domains. The Israeli ‘machine’ spends lot of money and effort doing it. The passing of hate laws in the Parliament just switched some of the cost to us. Rex Patrick explains. |
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MacroBusiness
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 00:05
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In 2024, the NSW Productivity and Equality Commission warned that high housing costs were causing a “brain drain” among 30- to 40-year-olds in Sydney. The NSW Productivity and Equality Commission estimated that Sydney lost around 35,000 persons aged 30 to 40 between 2016 and 2021. According to the most recent quarterly population figures from the The post Why families are fleeing Sydney appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, January 25, 2026 - 18:52
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MacroBusiness
Sunday, January 25, 2026 - 16:36
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Gunnamatta.Molva · Deep T Australia Day 2026 final Ahead of the Australia Day long weekend Deep T spoke about Australian demand and interest rate dynamics, and the relationship of global events to domestic policymaking concerns. During the discussion he traverses some of the implications of actions by US President Trump, and the ways in |
Your Democracy
Sunday, January 25, 2026 - 16:00
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The Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua has ridiculed the administration of US President Donald Trump for using the popular ‘Nihilist penguin’ meme to promote its campaign to gain control of Greenland. On Saturday, the White House’s page on X decided to exploit the hype around the meme, which features a lone Adelie penguin abandoning his colony to walk towards distant icy mountains. |
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Your Democracy
Sunday, January 25, 2026 - 12:38
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Trump, more than a decisive player, is a symptom of the changing times. |
MacroBusiness
Sunday, January 25, 2026 - 09:55
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While December itself was weak, the 12 months ending on 31 December were a good year for international stocks. Being overweight internationally, with a healthy exposure to AI, our portfolios all outperformed their benchmarks. Our international fund finished up 20%, and our Australian fund finished up around 9%. Our tactical growth finished up around 11%. The post MB Fund December performance appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Sunday, January 25, 2026 - 09:26
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Iran (1953), Iraq (2003), Libya (2011), Russia (2022), Syria (2024), and now Venezuela (2026). The common denominator underlying the U.S. attacks and economic sanctions against all these countries is America’s weaponization of the world’s oil trade. Control over oil is one of its key methods for achieving unipolar control over the world’s broad trade and dollarized financial arrangements.
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Your Democracy
Sunday, January 25, 2026 - 06:54
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Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace” is framed as a peace initiative, but it centralises authority, sidelines the vulnerable and rewards coercion. Australia should reject it rather than lend it legitimacy.
Trump’s 'Peace Board' is imperialism in a new suit
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Your Democracy
Sunday, January 25, 2026 - 06:32
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Australia does not suffer from a lack of empathy. It suffers from selective empathy. And nowhere is that clearer than in the way our political and media class decide who is allowed to mourn. Andrew Brown with the story. |
Your Democracy
Saturday, January 24, 2026 - 08:51
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“NATO has kept the peace for nearly eight decades and created the conditions for prosperity and democracy to flourish.” U.S. State Department |
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Your Democracy
Saturday, January 24, 2026 - 07:31
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Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is facing severe backlash from key international partners after a combative speech at Davos, where he went on a tirade accusing Europe of “indecisiveness” toward Russia and insufficient support for his country. |
Your Democracy
Saturday, January 24, 2026 - 06:55
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In the German writer Ernst Junger’s macabre vignette ‘Violet Endives’, a man walks into a gourmet shop where the salesman speaks in matter-of-fact fashion about the delicacies on display – human flesh – and embarks upon a long explanation about the art of preparation. The story is a commentary on a society that accepts the appalling with barely the blink of an eye.
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Three projects totalling up to 4 gigawatts offered feasibility licences in W.A., but the Illawarra and Bass Strait miss out.
A $20 million national ad campaign raising awareness of Australian-made products kicked off late last week a manufacturer of low carbon aluminium products.
