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MacroBusiness Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 13:00 Source

The Albanese government’s fantastical target of building 1.2 million dwellings over five years is centred on delivering a boom in high-rise towers. I have repeatedly warned that state and federal government plans to blanket our cities with high-rise apartments are unrealistic, would not improve Australian housing affordability, and would degrade liveability. The August dwelling approvals

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THE BLOT REPORT Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 12:49 Source
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Your Democracy Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 12:47 Source

 

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is seeking to claw back decision-making power from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing diplomats familiar with the matter.

Merz, increasingly critical of Brussels, wants Berlin to have greater influence over issues directly affecting EU members, according to one of the sources.

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The Tally Room Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 12:37 Source

A state by-election will be held in the north Queensland seat of Hinchinbrook at some point near the end of this year or early in 2026, following local MP Nick Dametto’s announcement that he will contest the mayoralty of the City of Townsville at a by-election next month.

Hinchinbrook covers the northern outskirts of Townsville and stretches halfway up the coast towards Cairns. Dametto is a member of Katter’s Australian Party and has held the seat since 2017. His current margin is 13.2% against the LNP.

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Renew Economy Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 12:05 Source
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MacroBusiness Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 12:00 Source

In this week’s podcast, we are unpacking today’s stretched market valuations—why they’re really concentrated in just a handful of the largest stocks, why small and mid-sized companies may actually be trading below average, and how investors should think about growth versus price. Can’t make it to the live series? Catch up on the content via

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MacroBusiness Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 11:30 Source

In the debate surrounding the viability of individual households servicing ever larger mortgages, the fact that Australia has yet to see large-scale defaults is often cited as evidence that the current level of debt is sustainable. Others use this as evidence to support the argument that we should allow households to incur even higher debt

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Renew Economy Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 11:29 Source
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MacroBusiness Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 11:00 Source

During the pandemic, Victoria transformed into a police state. Residents were locked down for nine months, allowed to only exercise outside the home for one hour a day. Playgrounds were closed, play equipment was chained-up, and police patrolled the streets with vigour seeking to catch people not wearing their masks or following curfews. Police even

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Renew Economy Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 10:37 Source
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MacroBusiness Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 10:30 Source

In October 2024, then Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to dramatically cut net migration into Canada. Looking at a chart of net overseas migration based on data from Statistics Canada, it appears that Trudeau’s promise has been entirely realised, with the rate of quarterly net migration into Canada in the first quarter of this

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Your Democracy Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 10:10 Source

US President Donald Trump has suggested that denying him the Nobel Peace Prize would amount to an insult to the United States.

Speaking to top military brass in Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday, Trump said he has repeatedly been overlooked for the award, even though he believes his record qualifies him.

The president pointed to his latest Middle East peace plan, claiming it was the eighth conflict he has helped resolve in as many months.

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MacroBusiness Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 10:00 Source

Strategic buffoon Anthony Albanese is discovering that kowtowing to Beijing only encourages it. “We have seen those issues in the past. I want to see Australian iron ore to be able to be exported to China without hindrance.” “If prolonged, the (pause) risks squeezing steel margins or forcing selective output cuts … but China cannot

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Renew Economy Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 09:58 Source
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MacroBusiness Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 09:00 Source

From the Market Ear: Put hate is back Put call ratio imploding again… Mini top? SPX could be putting in a mini double top here, with the second high slightly lower. Note the 21 day and channel lows come in around 6650 (futures). A close below that and 6600 could come into play quickly. 50

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MacroBusiness Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 08:00 Source

Last month, I reported that green groups had lambasted the mass rollout of wind turbines across regional Australia. Veteran conservationist and former federal Greens leader Christine Milne labelled wind turbines “biodiversity-destroying”.  Wilderness Society national campaigns director Amelia Young also quit the group after almost 20 years, citing “intolerable … attitudes and behaviours” – and warning

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Your Democracy Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 04:00 Source

 

Israel has been paying influencers for social media posts to improve its image in the US, according to online magazine Responsible Statecraft. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recently stressed the role of content creators in maintaining support for the Jewish state. 

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Your Democracy Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 03:46 Source

 

The EU is considering whether to end the diplomatic isolation of Belarus in an effort to drive a wedge between it and its close ally, Russia, The Guardian reported on Tuesday, citing European diplomatic sources.

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MacroBusiness Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 00:05 Source

The Albanese government’s First Home Guarantee scheme came into effect on Wednesday, allowing almost all first home buyers to purchase a home with only a 5% deposit, without requiring lenders’ mortgage insurance, as taxpayers will guarantee 15% of the mortgage. Analysis by Lateral Economics suggested that the 5% deposit scheme could increase home prices nationally

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - 17:30 Source

Wedge Tailed Eagle as a rabbit sees it, Photo courtesy of Geoff McVeigh   AUD/USD       EUR/USD       USD/JPY     GBP/USD     Gold     WTI     Brent     Australia 200     US S&P 500     UK 100     Japan 225      

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Renew Economy Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - 16:38 Source
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THE BLOT REPORT Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - 16:05 Source

Unfortunately for the US, the Mango Paedo was allowed to give a speech at the UN1. Most of it was self-aggrandisement, lies and stoking the fear of foreigners he relies on to obtain votes from the gullible. To read it is like reading a story from a child with little or no concept of truth. It is extremely embarrassing for the US, that a conman who aims his speeches at his numerous rallies to the gullible MAGAts, believes such a silly speech could impress knowledgeable ambassadors, national leaders and sundry other functionaries, is astonishing.

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Cheeseburger Gothic Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - 15:28 Source

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - 14:00 Source

Following the release of the ABS monthly inflation data for August, the outlook for interest rates held by various banks changed in a matter of hours. The figures showed that annual headline inflation rose to 3.0%, up from 2.8% in July, hitting the top end of the RBA’s target band for the first time since

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Renew Economy Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - 13:49 Source
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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - 13:00 Source

The entire taxation arrangement around electric vehicles (EVs) is a reverse Robin Hood scenario, as it takes taxes from the poor to give to the rich. Michael Read at The AFR reported that the cost of the Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) exemption for EVs has “blown out thirteenfold, and the benefits are disproportionately flowing to

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Renew Economy Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - 12:58 Source
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MacroBusiness Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - 12:00 Source

Analysis from the OECD, published in The AFR, shows that Australia ranks second-last among wealthy nations in terms of productivity growth since the COVID-19 pandemic. EY’s chief economist, Cherelle Murphy, says the decline is partly attributable to “capital shallowing”—the fact that local companies are not investing enough capital in new equipment to match the growth

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