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The Australian Youth Barometer 2025, produced by Monash University’s Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice (CYPEP), is the fifth annual study of young Australians aged 18–24. It combines surveys (527 participants), interviews, and existing national data to explore youth experiences across economy, work, education, health, relationships, and civic participation This year’s survey paints a

Many will argue that there is no AI bubble. The poster child of the bubble, NVDA, is not running away from profits on valuation. However, bubbles always have a kernel of truth, and that truth distorts underlying economic behaviour. In 1999, it was Cisco profits on routers. Note what happened to profits when the bubble

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Getting an early assessment of a new treasurer can be quite unfortunate. Especially for the treasurer. In June 2022, MB warned the newly elected Albanese government that a fateful energy shock was underway, one that would destroy its domestic agenda, while the government took a victory lap around the country. We went so far as

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Again the lack of bad news and the Thanksgiving cheer gave Wall Street another boost which should translate into steady returns on Asian equity markets in today’s session. The near certainty of a rate cut by the Fed in tis December meeting is the juice that is powering risk makets at the moment with the

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US–Israel manoeuvring over Gaza is already widening the conflict. As Sudan burns and propaganda intensifies, Iran may be the next target — with Australia again at risk of being drawn in.

The ‘Board of Peace’ in Gaza that the US and Israel got the UN Security Council to agree on will be anything but that. And the Palestinian Authority went along with it. Now watch the Zionists’ war elevator as it moves up another level: Iran.

Journalists from Michael West Media have scooped the pool in this year’s Walkey Awards for Excellence in Journalism taking home no less than 28 Walkeys*.This year’s Gold Walkey (not sponsored by Woodside) was a hard-fought affair with Rex Patrick taking out the gong for his body of work on government transparency and Australia’s 60-year campaign to steal Timor’s oil and gas.

Two rival peace proposals for Ukraine have emerged – one from the US, echoing long-standing Russian demands, and another from Europe. Kyiv has rejected the US plan as written, insisting its sovereignty cannot be bargained away.

A flurry of recent diplomatic activity has seen two competing peace plans for Ukraine emerge.

Fleet of new big batteries gives AEMO breathing room and more flexibility as it prepares for a summer of heat and soaring demand.

We dissect Labor’s proposed environmental reforms with the help of Ashurst legal expert Jeff Lynn. Plus: News of the week, and is the CIS working?

Over three and a half years into the conflict, US president Donald Trump is trying to sell the world on a grand bargain for Ukraine – a peace plan, based on discussions with all parties and originally laid out in 28 points. After a tense weekend of talks in Geneva, that plan has been cut down and rebranded as an “updated and refined peace framework,” but the core reality hasn’t changed: Washington, key EU capitals, Kiev and Moscow are all reading from different scripts.

Transcript of Steve Witkoff's conversation with Yuri Ushakov on October 14

[phone rings]

Steve Witkoff: Hi Yuri.

Yuri Ushakov: Yeah Steve hi, how are you?

SW: Good Yuri. How you doing?

YU: I am ok. Congratulations my friend.

SW: Thank you.

YU: You made a great job. Just a great job. Thank you so much. Thank you, thank you.

Man, you can never say never in markets. From FT Alphaville. Remember about a month ago, when gold hit an all-time high, lots of commentators got on their hobby horses to huff about currency debasement? Then another set of commentators called nonsense on that idea, saying gold demand was probably just dollar avoidance plus momentum?

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