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Australia’s economic self harm

October 2, 2025 - 11:30 -- Admin

In the debate surrounding the viability of individual households servicing ever larger mortgages, the fact that Australia has yet to see large-scale defaults is often cited as evidence that the current level of debt is sustainable. Others use this as evidence to support the argument that we should allow households to incur even higher debt

Victoria is broken

October 2, 2025 - 11:00 -- Admin

During the pandemic, Victoria transformed into a police state. Residents were locked down for nine months, allowed to only exercise outside the home for one hour a day. Playgrounds were closed, play equipment was chained-up, and police patrolled the streets with vigour seeking to catch people not wearing their masks or following curfews. Police even

Canada’s migration statistics BS

October 2, 2025 - 10:30 -- Admin

In October 2024, then Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to dramatically cut net migration into Canada. Looking at a chart of net overseas migration based on data from Statistics Canada, it appears that Trudeau’s promise has been entirely realised, with the rate of quarterly net migration into Canada in the first quarter of this

The Pilbara killer stalks BHP

October 2, 2025 - 10:00 -- Admin

Strategic buffoon Anthony Albanese is discovering that kowtowing to Beijing only encourages it. “We have seen those issues in the past. I want to see Australian iron ore to be able to be exported to China without hindrance.” “If prolonged, the (pause) risks squeezing steel margins or forcing selective output cuts … but China cannot

Conservationists fight back against enviro-wrecking renewables

October 2, 2025 - 08:00 -- Admin

Last month, I reported that green groups had lambasted the mass rollout of wind turbines across regional Australia. Veteran conservationist and former federal Greens leader Christine Milne labelled wind turbines “biodiversity-destroying”.  Wilderness Society national campaigns director Amelia Young also quit the group after almost 20 years, citing “intolerable … attitudes and behaviours” – and warning

Australia’s government-guaranteed housing bubble

October 2, 2025 - 00:05 -- Admin

The Albanese government’s First Home Guarantee scheme came into effect on Wednesday, allowing almost all first home buyers to purchase a home with only a 5% deposit, without requiring lenders’ mortgage insurance, as taxpayers will guarantee 15% of the mortgage. Analysis by Lateral Economics suggested that the 5% deposit scheme could increase home prices nationally

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