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The EU was not “feared enough”during negotiations with the US on the newly-signed trade agreement between the two, French President Emmanuel Macron has said, according to Euractiv. 

Thanks to the government’s draconian new anti-protest order, it’s almost impossible to tell whether you are or are not breaking the law.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 30th July 2025

I packed a toothbrush, books and a notepad in a small rucksack, took my laptop from the house and hid it, gave my phone to a friend to look after and put a “bust card” (lawyers’ details and legal advice) in my back pocket. I wasn’t certain I would be arrested, but I wanted to be ready. Then I stepped, with other, much braver people into a legal labyrinth.

Rising costs are putting real pressure on the wind industry, undermining investor confidence. So why this is happening – and could wind make a cost comeback?

The Marinus Link undersea power cable has been given the green light in an extraordinary series of events that will likely sink the Tasmania Liberal government.

Prefabricated housing is often touted as a solution to Australia’s housing affordability crisis. This week, 9 News ran an advertorial on Australia’s budding prefabricated housing industry, which it heralded as “a potential new dawn for Australia’s housing crisis”. These homes, which can be constructed in 10 to 12 weeks and can be “generally installed in one

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What do you think happens when you try to manage a narcissist with a narcissist? Both pretend the other does not exist. AFR. Leavitt said of the country’s 18 largest trading partners, two-thirds had a deal. Australia is among the huge majority of countries that have not yet struck a deal and is facing the

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The perfect bubble is here, says the Market Ear. With systematics now fully engaged, it is hard to argue with. 100% too perfect Ring the bell. This is as good as it gets. Years ago we had the “Bündchen Bottom” in the dollar. Now the market just gave us the Sydney Sweeney squeeze Top –

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released dwelling approvals data for June, which posted another solid rise. There were 15,984 dwellings approved in trend terms in June, the highest volume since September 2022. Despite the rebound, approvals remained 20% below the monthly 20,000 run rate required to meet the Albanese government’s target to build 1.2

As part of a recent analysis of Department of Home Affairs data, it was revealed that: “Nearly half of the New Zealanders applying for Australian citizenship weren’t born here (in New Zealand), according to data from the Australian government.” According to the Department of Home Affairs, in the two years since July 2023, over 92,000

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King dollar is back. AUD is beheaded by the king. Lead boots give up. Oil and gold mark time. Metlas mania implodes. Big mininig, big bear intact. EM flames out. Junk OK. Yields firm. Stocks stall. The market is just far too short US dollars triggering a short squeeze. As its economy and assets outperform.

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Australia's energy policy obsession with renewables means we are overlooking energy productivity as the first fuel to cut emissions and save money.

Sticky tariff induced inflation in the US overnight sent Wall Street lower as the expectation of rate cuts were diced as the latest PCE came in higher than expected. The Trump regime continues to bully Canada with the probability of 35% tariffs rising as no deal or framework before the August 1st “deadline” while Mexico just

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