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Your Democracy Monday, September 29, 2025 - 18:43 Source

Trump can’t rely on CIA – ex-national security adviserMike Flynn’s idea of a White House intel unit has been backed by a Putin aide, who said the “deep state” is targeting the US leader....

The White House needs its own operations center to provide President Donald Trump with reliable intelligence, operating in parallel to the Pentagon and CIA, according to former US National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

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THE BLOT REPORT Monday, September 29, 2025 - 18:39 Source

It has been said to me by more people than I can remember, that ‘laughter is the best medicine’. In the past, I have often wondered if indeed it is true to some extent. However, given the appalling injustice in the world these days with the continuing war in Ukraine and the genocide in Gaza, I can attest that it certainly does help in retaining your sanity; in fact, I suspect I am depending on it.

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MacroBusiness Monday, September 29, 2025 - 18:29 Source

The ghost of Australian manufacturing, Birregurra, Victoria     AUD/USD     EUR/USD     USD/JPY     GBP/USD     Gold     WTI     Brent     Australia 200     US S&P 500     UK 100     Japan 225    

The post Macro Afternoon: 29 September 2025 appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Cheeseburger Gothic Monday, September 29, 2025 - 15:30 Source

No, I’m not talking about street cred. My mum says I will always be cool. But as the temps climbed inevitably towards summer, my long-faithful air conditioner breathed its last. A circuit board died, and this thing was so old that there was no way of replacing it. Thankfully, you, the generous taxpayers of Australia, stepped up and covered the expense, since the aircon was in my office, where I work daily to accrue legitimate deductions to my pre-tax income.

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Renew Economy Monday, September 29, 2025 - 14:59 Source
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MacroBusiness Monday, September 29, 2025 - 14:00 Source

Eliza Owen, head of research at Cotality, has published the following chart on the amount of principal and interest repayments for the median Australian dwelling value ($848,858) under the Albanese government’s 5% deposit scheme for first-home buyers, which comes into effect on Wednesday. Under Labor’s First Home Guarantee scheme, purchasers will be able to buy

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Renew Economy Monday, September 29, 2025 - 13:33 Source
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MacroBusiness Monday, September 29, 2025 - 13:00 Source

By Stephen Saunders Donald Trump has said it direct to the United Nations—mass migration and net zero are toxic for Western nations. Can our “Liberal” party even grasp the nettle? The smear of March for Australia and the sacking of Jacinta Price represent new lows for Australian “democracy”. Vindictive Albanese Labor savaged the March, both

The post Memo to Coalition: take heed of Trump appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Renew Economy Monday, September 29, 2025 - 12:34 Source
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MacroBusiness Monday, September 29, 2025 - 12:00 Source

Recently, Japan has witnessed a growing backlash against immigration, accompanied by protests and increasing levels of frustration on Japanese social media. The Japanese government has responded to these concerns by producing a report on the immigration system and what can be done differently in order to better ensure “social integration”. Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki, who

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Renew Economy Monday, September 29, 2025 - 11:37 Source
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MacroBusiness Monday, September 29, 2025 - 11:30 Source

In October 2022, British newspaper The Daily Star began live-streaming a video of a head of lettuce next to a framed photo of then-Prime Minister Liz Truss after The Economist compared the expected duration of her leadership to that of the shelf life of lettuce. Just weeks later, Truss announced her resignation; she served just

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MacroBusiness Monday, September 29, 2025 - 11:00 Source

Australia’s housing market is experiencing a strong upswing. According to Cotality, last week’s national final auction clearance rate increased to 71.6%, the highest result for capital cities since early June 2023 (73.1%). It was also the third time in five weeks that the final clearance rate was above 70%. As shown in the chart below,

The post FOMO sends house prices into orbit appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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MacroBusiness Monday, September 29, 2025 - 10:30 Source

The ferrous market is beginning to teeter as the steel glut grows and more countries get angry about it. Prices cracked lower Friday: The problem is relentless Chinese overproduction despite weak margins It is unheard of for the year to end with sufficient inventory to render the new year’s restock moot, but that is where we are

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MacroBusiness Monday, September 29, 2025 - 10:00 Source

China accounted for nearly one-third (31.5%) of global carbon emissions in 2023. China alone also accounted for 67% of the rise in the world’s carbon emissions between 2000 and 2023. This month, the Albanese government announced that Australia, which only accounts for around 1% of global emissions, will reduce emissions by more than 62% and

The post China plays the West for fools on climate change appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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xkcd.com Monday, September 29, 2025 - 10:00 Source

I'm trying to share my footage of the full run to prove it's not tool-assisted, but the uploader has problems with video lengths of more than a decade.

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The Tally Room Monday, September 29, 2025 - 09:30 Source

Today’s blog post is inspired by a strange opinion piece in the Nine papers yesterday by former federal Liberal Attorney-General George Brandis.

Brandis’ piece (in addition to incorrectly stating that the last increase in the size of parliament was in 1987) makes two main claims about political advantages for Labor and the Greens in the expansion of parliament:

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MacroBusiness Monday, September 29, 2025 - 09:00 Source

From the Market Ear: Tiny tech bubble feelings “…vendor financing was a feature of that era and when when the telecom equipment makers (Cisco, Lucent, Nortel, etc.) extended loans, equity investments, or credit guarantees to their customers who then used the cash/credit to buy back the equipment…well suffice it to say, it did not end

The post Tech bubble now, destruction later? appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Renew Economy Monday, September 29, 2025 - 08:54 Source
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MacroBusiness Monday, September 29, 2025 - 08:00 Source

Recent figures from the Department of Home Affairs revealed that almost 100,000 asylum seekers had their claims for asylum in Australia rejected, yet they remained in the country. This includes an estimated 50,000 who have completely exhausted their avenues for appeal. This figure has been heavily driven by individuals formerly on student visas applying for

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Renew Economy Monday, September 29, 2025 - 06:00 Source
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Your Democracy Monday, September 29, 2025 - 05:33 Source

The Russian side has refused trilateral meetings with US President Donald Trump and representatives from Ukraine, US Vice President J.D. Vance claimed in an interview with Fox News on Sunday.

Trump has increasingly expressed impatience with the pace of Ukraine peace talks. The Kremlin says Kiev has demonstrated that it is not interested in peace by sticking to megaphone diplomacy and ignoring Russian settlement proposals.

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John Quiggin Monday, September 29, 2025 - 05:18 Source

Another Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the sandpits, please.

I’m now using Substack as a blogging platform, and for my monthly email newsletter. For the moment, I’ll post both at this blog and on Substack. You can also follow me on Mastodon here.

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Your Democracy Monday, September 29, 2025 - 04:44 Source

Bob Brown’s latest book, Defiance, is a salubrious breath of a tall peppermint native forest. It’s not a hard book, but rather only hard to heed for some.

Defiance — we learn — is contagious. In the face of accelerating subsidised consumption of Mother Earth’s biotic and abiotic resources, bold action is the answer.

 

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Your Democracy Monday, September 29, 2025 - 04:00 Source

US President Donald Trump’s newly adopted stance on the Ukraine conflict was shaped by his recent UK visit, The Telegraph has reported, citing unnamed sources. Vladimir Zelensky’s chief of staff Andrey Yermak has told the newspaper that the visit was very important. 

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MacroBusiness Monday, September 29, 2025 - 00:05 Source

“Stubborn empty nesters” refusing to downsize from their family-friendly homes have become Australia’s latest housing scapegoat. In April, the Daily Telegraph’s Taylor Troeth cited research from Australian Seniors showing that two-thirds of empty nesters in NSW “were still living in large family homes with no plans to sell, despite research showing this could free up

The post Beware Australia’s latest housing scapegoat appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Your Democracy Sunday, September 28, 2025 - 18:59 Source

 

The future of international relations is being defined by these routes [Ports Not Missiles]. As shipyards and energy nodes slip from Anglo-Saxon hands, the balance shifts. Sanctions turn into paper threats, the dollar loses its status as the world’s club, and new routes—from Chabahar to the Arctic—dictate the rules of trade. 

 

From Henderson to Chabahar the Future Flows Through Ports Not Missiles

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