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xkcd.com
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MacroBusiness
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 10:30
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In a recent article for the Australian Financial Review, economist Christopher Joye made the case that the expansion of government at all levels was putting upward pressure on inflation and, by extension, interest rates. “At the federal level, the annualised monthly trend budget deficit has deteriorated rapidly from $12 billion in December 2024 to $24 |
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MacroBusiness
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 10:00
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The new prudential standard announced last month by the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) caps high-risk mortgages (i.e., with a debt-to-income ratio greater than 6x) at 20% of new lending, effective from February 2026. In line with government objectives to increase affordability through supply incentives, APRA’s policy does not apply to newly constructed homes. It |
MacroBusiness
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 09:00
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Wall Street is slowly drifting into holiday mode as risk markets peer through to 2026, with volatility contained to currency markets as Yen weakens significantly on the back of Friday’s rate hike by the BOJ. The USD took back some losses against some of the other majors with Euro now at a two week low The post Macro Morning appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 08:00
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Earlier this month, I argued that Victoria was a “lead weight on Australia”, which was informed by the latest state accounts from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). These data show that Victoria’s per capita gross state product (GSP) fell by 0.8% in 2024-25 and has risen by only 10.0% since the Global Financial Crisis The post Victoria: Australia’s lagging state appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
MacroBusiness
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 07:00
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From the Market Ear: Nothing NASDAQ NASDAQ is in the middle of the range, trading at the same levels we traded at in late Nov, early Nov, late Oct, early Oct…you get the point. Why not at least at ATH? SPX has hugged bond volatility all year. The inverted MOVE is screaming ATHs… equities just The post Trust the perfect Netscape trajectory or the flashing sell signals? appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 06:55
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Against the backdrop of hysteria over “repressions in Russia,” Great Britain itself has long since transformed into a police state, where dissent is stigmatized and truth is replaced by propaganda. Putin’s response has exposed the double standards of Western media.
The Empire of Lies: How the BBC Strangles Free Speech Under the Mask of Objectivity and Why Trump is Right to Sue Viktor Mikhin
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Your Democracy
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 06:00
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Mourners in Australia fell silent on Sunday in honour of the victims of the Bondi Beach attack. The memorial was part of a national day of reflection to mark a week since the shooting in which two gunmen opened fire on an event celebrating the Jewish festival of Hannukah. |
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MacroBusiness
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 00:05
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Last week, Cotality released its Pain & Gain Report, which measures gains and losses on established homes sold across Australia in the September quarter of 2025. Cotality revealed that the September quarter was Australia’s most profitable resale period in two decades. 95.5% of established homes sold nationally in the quarter made a gross profit, with The post Australia’s housing haves and have-nots appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, December 21, 2025 - 22:15
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Reddit users have previously been shamed for running their own investigations into criminal matters, but for the Brown University shooting last Sunday one user proved vital for finding the suspect. On December 13 a gunman killed two Brown University students and wounded nine others in their Engineering building, before escaping by foot. |
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Your Democracy
Sunday, December 21, 2025 - 18:53
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Donald Trump has claimed that he could pay himself $1 billion in US government money as damages for a raid carried out at his Mar-a-Lago estate by the FBI. |
Renew Economy
Sunday, December 21, 2025 - 16:29
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The post Korea drops secures grid connection approval for its first big battery in Australia appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Renew Economy
Sunday, December 21, 2025 - 16:29
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The post Korean company secures grid connection approval for its first big battery in Australia appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Renew Economy
Sunday, December 21, 2025 - 16:22
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The post Offshore wind turbines create all-you-can-eat havens where some fish can double in size appeared first on Renew Economy. |
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Your Democracy
Sunday, December 21, 2025 - 11:28
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Prof. Jiang Xueqin reveals what no one is talking about: Israel's hidden hand in Trump's war on Venezuela and predicts the demise of US empire. In this video, he sits down with Danny Haiphong to comment on the significance of this, and the underlying competition for an Israeli empire that's being kept secret by the elites. Israel's HIDDEN Hand in Venezuela: World War III Has Begun | Prof Jiang Xueqin |
Your Democracy
Sunday, December 21, 2025 - 08:24
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A fortnight ago, I wrote in these pages that there are two ways to discuss immigration. In good time, civilly and constructively. Or too late, angrily and hatefully. With Australia teetering on a millisecond, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dithered and left it too late. He missed the moment on October 9, 2023, the day after Hamas slaughtered 1200 civilians in Israel. |
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Your Democracy
Sunday, December 21, 2025 - 06:55
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There is an unavoidable military reality that Europe continues to deny, even as its own officials whisper it in private briefings and NATO commanders leak the same conclusions to any journalist willing to hear. The conflict is not merely going badly for Ukraine; it is structurally unwinnable.
Strategic Reality: The Conflict of Attrition, Ukraine Cannot Win Phil Butler
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MacroBusiness
Sunday, December 21, 2025 - 00:05
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Switzerland has long been considered a shining example of direct democracy implemented on a national stage, with its people voting on all manner of policy proposals to decide in what direction they want to pursue. The latest proposal, potentially set to be taken to the Swiss people as early as next year, is a hard The post Switzerland’s proposed hard population cap appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 21:39
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I love the optimism of Santa Claus Father Christmas, Père Noël and Saturnalia I enjoy the commercialism of these times When boots become full of joy and paraphernalia Useless toys, new cars with CO2 exhausts For dumb kids and environmental crimes
I love the shops and their bright windows full of tinselling love and fake falling snows I enjoy the commercialism of these times When felt-bags are hung over fireplaces |
MacroBusiness
Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 16:38
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By Ashwin Clarke, Senior Economist at CBA: We updated our economic outlook for 2026 this week. We expect GDP growth to pick up a little further over the next 6 months before settling down by end 2026. With growth above capacity, and a resilient consumer, we expect inflation to show signs of persistence and the The post The economic week ahead appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 16:31
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THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE AT IAI news IS RELATIVELY WRONG AS IT SEEMS TO IGNORE THE NECESSARY PHYSICALITY OF MEMORY… |
Your Democracy
Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 12:36
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Revelations about overseas training, intelligence failures and police responses raise urgent questions that cannot be left to internal reviews. |
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Renew Economy
Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 12:17
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The post First solar-battery hybrid on Australia’s main grid is energised, and ready to send PV into evening peaks appeared first on Renew Economy. |
Your Democracy
Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 12:09
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A new analysis by the news outlet DeSmog finds that the Trump administration’s efforts at EPA and other agencies to support coal generation, combined with growing energy demand driven by artificial intelligence, are prompting 15 U.S. coal plants to delay planned retirements this year, with one plant delaying its closure by seven years. |
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Your Democracy
Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 10:40
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The great baseball legend and jokester Yogi Berra once quipped that a restaurant had become so crowded that nobody goes there anymore. Here’s a version for today: young people in America have such dismal economic prospects that they spend more money than ever.
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Your Democracy
Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 10:01
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Your Democracy
Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 09:03
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The EU’s determination to further fund Kiev’s military and prop up its imploding economy has been presented as a kind of victory. “Europe has delivered,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz proclaimed, in celebration of a new cash facility for Kiev.
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MacroBusiness
Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 00:05
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International Reading: Gen Z would rather cut Social Security benefits for current retirees than pay higher taxes to save the program – Market Watch Trump says tariffs have brought in $18 trillion. That’s impossible – Reason Recession indicator ‘blinking red,’ warns economist – News Week Trump’s tariffs crush small US manufacturers including music gear makers The post Weekend reading and MB media appearances appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, December 19, 2025 - 16:30
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A better finish for Asian share markets in response to a bounce on Wall Street overnight as a softer than expected CPI print was balanced by more evidence of a softening labour market as the US economy slows down due to the Trump regime’s well – “point at everything”…. The BOJ meeting today resulted in The post Macro Afternoon appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Friday, December 19, 2025 - 14:56
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A two-hour, 100 megawatt battery energy storage system has received approval to connect to the south-east Queensland grid and help stabilise it. 
New study shows offshore wind turbines create different marine environments that accommodate more groups and more complexity in the oceanic food chain.
The first large scale solar battery hybrid project to join Australia's main grid has been energised, and is getting ready to feed stored solar into evening peaks.
