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By the Market Ear: AI changes DB’s chart of the day tracks 23 AI-related stocks, comparing year-to-date performance up to 29 October with returns over the roughly six weeks since. Before 29 October, just one stock was down on the year and the group had posted an average unweighted gain of +70%; since then, the

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As climate breakdown, war and institutional failure converge, the comforts of forgetting no longer shield us from the consequences of our own history.

It feels like the end of an era, or perhaps the start of something new…and terrifying.

Robert Macklin

The long consequences of forgetting

Employers now find it much easier to find workers, particularly those with lower skill levels, according to the most recent recruitment data from Jobs & Skills Australia. As illustrated below by Justin Fabo of Antipodean Macro, the percentage of workers reporting difficulty obtaining employment has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Lower-skilled workers are plentiful, whereas higher-skilled

How a new film stitched me up like a kipper.

By George Monbiot, adapted from a BlueSky thread, 16th December 2025

This is a note about what I see as a serious breach of journalistic ethics, in the making of Sofia Pineda Ochoa’s online documentary Greenwashed. She interviewed me for the film, but neither before, during or after was I given any idea I would be its target.

Far from it. Here’s the email she sent inviting me to take part:

Hi Mr. Monbiot, 

"I don't think [US President] Donald Trump is really motivated by US national security interests, or NATO, or Ukrainian interests. I think he wants the Nobel Peace Prize – I think it's been on his mind since the first term," argues former US national security adviser John Bolton in an interview with FRANCE 24's Gavin Lee. "Putin thinks time is on his side. This is not the time for the US or Europe to give up and say 'let's get the best deal we can'," he adds. 

Tonight I will be appearing on DFA Live with Martin North from 8.00pm AEST, where we will discuss everything to do with the housing market and economy. The YouTube feed is below. I hope to see you there.

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The S&P Global Flash Australia PMI was released, reporting the “softest expansion in private sector output in seven months” in December: The key points are as follows: Flash Australia Composite PMI Output Index: 51.1 (Nov: 52.6) Flash Australia Services PMI Business Activity Index: 51.0 (Nov: 52.8) Flash Australia Manufacturing PMI: 52.2 (Nov: 51.6) Flash Australia

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Gold measured in Australian dollars has more than doubled since 2023: This is during a period of relatively calm valuation in AUD vs USD with a 10% dip that has now recovered back to 2023 levels: Of course Bitcoin and other crypto inventions have quadrupled over the same time period, but their future is a

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I reported last week on how increases in tobacco excise have resulted in a significant decline in Australia’s tobacco excise revenue. While illegal cigarettes are easily accessible and cost about $15 a pack, a legal packet of cigarettes now costs about $50 (tax and excise account for about $34). The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

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Star of the South has become a Gippsland landowner as it makes space for underground cables to come ashore, and has also filed its EIS.

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Plans for what promises to be the biggest solar-battery hybrid project in Australia – at least for a time – can now go ahead, after being given federal environmental approval.

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Akaysha completes its first big battery project, one of two supplied by a US company that has since sought bankruptcy protection.

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