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In every era, certain industries become so large, so politically embedded, and so culturally unexamined that their performance ceases to matter.

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.

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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

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Snowy 2.0 is a century-scale asset in a world built on short cycles. It will continue operating long after today's battery farms have been replaced many times

Axios clarified the obvious this week: Ted Cruz is preparing to run for president, again. 

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

The Russian embassy in the UK has accused British media of misrepresenting President Vladimir Putin’s comments on the Ukraine conflict.

The diplomats have pointed to coverage by certain outlets, including The Daily Telegraph, which it said allowed “serious distortions” of Putin’s remarks during his recent visit to Kyrgyzstan.

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The European Space Agency (ESA) will begin working on defense projects for the first time, in a move it is describing as “historic.” A resolution by its 23 member states says the agency has the tools to develop space systems “for security and defense.”

Gunnamatta.Molva · Deet T – Australian economy, market volatility, the AI wave, Crypto and investment flows Against the backdrop of recent market volatility Deep T talks about asset bubbles and investment as the AI wave enters the national consciousness.  Over the course of just under an hour he covers the relationship between investment, productivity and

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Shortly after 3:46 p.m. Doha time on September 9, Osama Hamdan received a call from a journalist asking him if he knew anything about the explosion that had just taken place in the Qatari capital. The senior Hamas leader was at a meeting across town from the Islamic resistance movement’s offices on Wadi Rawdan Street in the upscale Legtaifiyah District.

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The US is keeping the EU “in the dark”regarding ongoing diplomacy and possible draft documents aimed at ending the Ukraine conflict, Politico Europe has reported, citing an unnamed EU diplomat.