The Australian National University (ANU) is one of the nation’s key purveyors of immigration propaganda. Propagandists like “Dr Demography” Liz Allen are regular mouthpieces on the pro-Big Australia migration circuit, as are the ANU Migration Hub’s Peter McDonald and Alan Gamlen. When Australia’s net overseas migration hit 530,000 in the year to December 2023, the
I long for a competent opposition. The Albanese government has sabotaged energy policy to such an extent that it is a miracle it remains in power. Check out some examples today. Cathy King is the owner of hairdressing business Toni&Guy, which has 22 salons across Sydney. Ms King, who manages three salons, says her electricity
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Last week, the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) released its new prudential standard, effective February 2026, which caps high-risk mortgages (debt-to-income ratio over 6x) at 20% of new lending. APRA’s announcement aims to manage housing vulnerabilities preemptively amid rising prices but excludes new housing builds and applies portfolio-wide, allowing banks flexibility while aligning with government goals
UNFORTUNATELY, THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE IS TOO REAL... IT COULD BE A SPOOF — OR WELL DISGUISED SATIRE AS FAR AS I COULD MAKE IT... BUT.....
I’ve been seeing more and more alarmism about the idea that, on current demographic trends, the world’s population might shrink to a billion in a century or two. That distant prospect is producing lots of advocacy for policies to increase birth rates right now.
Friday night saw Wall Street return from its short Thanksgiving break and aside from some technical difficulties trading was bullish across the major indicies, with European stock markets also lifting into the month end. All eyes are still on the Fed’s December meeting where a rate cut is a given, with USD pulling back again
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Ben was joined by Sarah Cameron from Griffith University, to discuss the results of the 2025 Australian Election Study, including Peter Dutton’s unpopularity, foreign policy, voter dealignment, and how the vote splits by gender, generation and whether people own their own home.
DXY held, but the uptrend looks set to be tested. AUD is ready to rise. CNY supportive. Gold whoa! Metals mania returns. The chosen one. EM lagging. EM junk warning. Yields firmed. Stocks too. Goldman reckons DXY is ready to fall meaningfully. We believe that as the US data backlog is slowly cleared it will
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Only joining NATO, hosting nuclear weapons, or accepting a major foreign military force can truly guarantee Ukraine’s security, ex-top general Valery has claimed.
Ukraine’s former armed forces commander-in-chief made the remarks in a piece run by The Telegraph on Saturday.
In every era, certain industries become so large, so politically embedded, and so culturally unexamined that their performance ceases to matter.