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Seriously, who would want to be a tenant in Australia? Advertised rents have soared by 43% over the past five calendar years, adding nearly $10,700 to the annual cost of renting for the median household: As a result, tenant households are paying a record share of income to rent the median home: Meanwhile, competition is

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The February RBA meeting is a closer call than markets are pricing it for, according to Deutsche Bank. The bank notes that headline CPI increased 1.0% monthly/3.8% year over year in December, about 0.2 points higher than expected. Although year-ended slightly above consensus at 3.4% (3.35% yoy to two decimal places), key core metrics were

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DXY is not recapturing former support levels. This is TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) as his “massive armada” closes in on Iran. AUD literally exploded last night: up, down and sideways. North Asia is still supportive. Can oil catch gold? Military preparations look more like surgical strikes than an all-out war, despite the rhetoric, so

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She though I’d be a good catch.

I though we were a poor match.

She took me to a concert.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings.

Boring Lieders by Franz Schubert.

In German with piano no strings.

And none of Wagner’s Rings.

His voice was of a baritone.

Made me think of a big drone.

I was falling asleep.

She was in ecstasy deep.

She was nice, a good sort.

My mind was saying abort.

Technology is key to predicting and managing energy price volatility, according to a new white paper from GridBeyond.

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Even the intelligence services are gagged by the government when they try to tell the truth about our planetary crisis.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  27th January 2026

I know it’s almost impossible to turn your eyes away from the Trump show, but that’s the point. His antics, ever-grosser and more preposterous, are designed to keep him in our minds, to crowd out other issues. His insatiable craving for attention is a global-threat multiplier. You can’t help wondering whether there’s anything he wouldn’t do to dominate the headlines.

Asian share markets are generally higher as all risk markets look on with hesitation around the seemingly inevitable Iran/US war as both oil and gold prices blowout. This is keeping the Australian dollar on a tear as it barrels in on the 71 handle while other undollars took a breather overnight after a wide dumping

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State owned CleanCo has nixed an option to buy a 360 MW wind project, saying it doesn't fit with its new remit. Instead, it has signed up to a small 10-year-old wind farm.

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Charts from TME. All-time highs again, with nowhere to go as volatility climbs on safe haven bids. Skew climbing with tail risks. Long gamma a big headwind as, “gs futures strats calculate $6bn of long gamma at spot, which increases to $12bn long gamma +100bps higher… in english, a 100bps rally in spx cash creates supply

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More evidence today of China’s Great Depression. The PBoC January survey is a doozy. Goldman adjusts these figures seasonally. Loan approval: 53.4 in Q4 2025 compared to 53.8 in Q3 2025; loan demand: 56.1 in Q4 2025 versus 57.7 in Q3 2025 Sentiment toward monetary policy for the upcoming quarter: 71.5 in Q4 2025 compared

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By Stephen Saunders Anthony Albanese’s responses to Bondi hew to a script. Unpopular mass migration must continue—at any cost. Citizens must be socially “cohesive”—or else we’re racist.   Less than 24 hours after Bondi’s studied sectarian slaughter—a ghastly new “landmark” for Australia—Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his press gallery chooks had already agreed to a

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A previously undisclosed $57 billion deterioration in the federal budget outlook has emerged since the election, driven mainly by higher long‑term spending under the Albanese government. The blowout means the budget is no longer expected to return to surplus within the next decade. Analysis by the office of shadow treasurer Ted O’Brien, independently verified by