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Renew Economy
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 19:58
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Renew Economy
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 18:21
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MacroBusiness
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 16:00
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The latest Japanese GDP figures were the biggest catalyst here in Asia while a boost in tech stocks is seeing Chinese shares lift higher in afternoon trade. The possibility of an BOJ rate hike maybe lessening on the faster than expected retraction in GDP growth as the Trump regime’s tariff hits exports. Yen strengthened somewhat The post Macro Afternoon appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Renew Economy
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 15:03
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Renew Economy
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Renew Economy
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 14:31
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MacroBusiness
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 14:00
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By Ross Elliott from The Pulse: Increasingly, I am curious why the presence of a train station on a map immediately conjures up in the minds of some urban planners images of potentially vast numbers of people transiting by rail—an opportunity too good not to capture. ‘Transit-oriented development’ as a concept seems in practice almost The post Why the obsession with trains? Why not busses? appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Renew Economy
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 13:34
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Renew Economy
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 13:29
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MacroBusiness
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 13:00
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The Parliamentary Budget Office’s (PBO) 2025–26 National Fiscal Outlook shows that Australia’s combined national fiscal position has worsened compared to 2024, with deficits persisting across most jurisdictions, rising debt levels, and limited fiscal space for new spending. The report consolidates Commonwealth, state, and territory budgets to provide a whole-of-nation view of fiscal sustainability. The aggregated |
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Renew Economy
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 12:58
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MacroBusiness
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 12:00
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Australia has seen a major decline in revenue from tobacco excise in recent years, attributed to increases in excise. A legal packet of cigarettes now costs about $50 (of which $34 is tax and excise), compared to a cost of around $15 for illegal cigarettes, which are readily available. The growth in illegal cigarettes has The post Illegal tobacco boom the hallmark of taxation policy failure appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 11:30
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When the Nationals followed by the Liberal Party walked away from their commitment to Net Zero, it was swiftly branded everything from a gift to the Albanese government to flat-out political suicide for the Coalition. In a vacuum, it certainly makes it harder for the Coalition to win back the affluent urban seats now held The post Immigration, Net Zero and the ballot box appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 11:00
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Modelling by Infrastructure Australia in 2017 predicted that household water bills would quadruple over 50 years due to population growth and climate change, rising from $1,226 in 2017 to $6,000 in 2067 in real dollars. A 2021 analysis by the Productivity Commission (PC) also warned that the expected 11 million increase in Australia’s metropolitan populations The post Sydneysiders face water shock appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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xkcd.com
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 11:00
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Your Democracy
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 10:54
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MacroBusiness
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 10:30
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Following the release of the Q3 ABS Household Spending data, which revealed a growth of just 0.2% in inflation-adjusted terms for the quarter, concerns began to mount that the third-quarter GDP figure could be weak. After being supported by solid quarterly growth in aggregate household spending in the prior three quarters, this concern was well The post AI data centres rescue the Aussie economy appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 10:00
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Australia is a global outlier on immigration, no matter how much the government, the media, and others try to argue otherwise. Australia’s population growth is extreme relative to other developed nations. In the first 25 years of this century, Australia added 45% more people, easily eclipsing other advanced nations. This extreme population growth was delivered The post Australia is the immigration outlier appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 09:30
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The Reserve Bank of Australia meets this week and then has a long holiday until February 2026, with expectations of a hold locked in almost completely, which has sent the Pacific Peso higher in recent weeks: After finding a base around the 65 handle, with a brief dip below on some wonky US reports, and The post Australian dollar flying higher into RBA sights appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 09:00
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Friday night saw modest gains across both sides of the Atlantic as Wall Street awaits this week’s FOMC meeting and the long expected rate cut from the Fed. Bond markets continue to sell off slightly while the USD was relatively steady but dropped to a two week low even as Euro pulled back slightly as The post Macro Morning appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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The Tally Room
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 08:45
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Ben was joined this week by Osmond Chiu, Per Capita research fellow and contributor editor for the Labor Left magazine Challenge, to discuss the factions of the Australian Labor Party. Read Osmond’s 2020 piece in Jacobin on the history of Labor’s factions. |
Your Democracy
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 08:33
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The EU has once again strayed beyond acceptable boundaries, slapping Elon Musk’s social media platform X with harsh penalties for being in violation of new draconian EU digital laws that many say are code for censorship.
Elon Musk wants to abolish the EU. He has a pointThe “bureaucratic monster” that has just fined X €120 million is wrapping its tentacles around free speech BY Robert Bridge
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MacroBusiness
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 08:00
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The nation’s auction market is ending 2025 with a whimper. The monthly average final auction clearance rate across the combined capital cities declined to 64% in November, down from the recent peak of 70% in September. Sydney and Melbourne have driven this decline in auction clearances. Sydney’s final auction clearance rate fell to 63% in The post Housing demand stalls as RBA eradicates FOMO appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 07:44
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Australia’s new Defence Delivery Agency may finally expose an uncomfortable truth – that Australia already has formidable deterrent capabilities through the Royal Australian Air Force and emerging drone systems, making the AUKUS submarine commitment both risky and unnecessary.
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Renew Economy
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 07:03
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MacroBusiness
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 07:00
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From the Market Ear: Got commodities? “Trump runs it hot, oil bounces post Russia-Ukraine fix, China keeps yuan cheap, soon all the commodity charts will look like gold…” (BofA) Energy XLE has been stuck inside the same range since March 2022. Things could get very squeezy should we take out current range highs. The 30 The post Markets heat up (almost) everywhere appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 06:55
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Merz hails Germany's friendship with Israel on first visit Merz in Israel: Working toward goal of 'new Middle East'Kieran Burke | Karl Sexton | Emmy Sasipornkarn | Timothy Jones dpa, AFP, Reuters, AP, epd, KNAThe German chancellor said "lasting peace is possible" in Gaza and that the possible establishment of a Palestinian state, alongside Israel, offered the best prospect for future peace. DW has more. |
Your Democracy
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 05:45
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China now dominates in every technology that defines the modern world. |
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MacroBusiness
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 00:05
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Former Treasurer Peter Costello has told an e61 Institute event in Sydney that the federal government should consider reintroducing the baby bonus. Costello’s 2002 budget introduced it, giving parents $3,000, but it was wound back about a decade ago. Australia’s fertility rate is now at a near-record low of 1.48 births per woman, with the The post Cheaper housing is the antidote for falling fertility appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
George Monbiot
Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 23:08
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A eureka moment in the pub could help transform our understanding of the ground beneath our feet. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th December 2025 It felt like walking up a mountain during a temperature inversion. You struggle through fog so dense you can scarcely see where you’re going. Suddenly, you break through the top of the cloud, and the world is laid out before you. It was that rare and remarkable thing: a eureka moment. |













