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When this blog started almost twenty years ago, Josh Frydenberg was an ambitious political staffer challenging for Liberal preselection against the sitting MP for Kooyong, Petro Georgiou. Today, Josh Frydenberg is trying to undermine both the federal MP for Kooyong and the preselected Liberal candidate for Kooyong - who for the first time in almost 80 years are not the same person - and Josh is neither of them.

If you’ve spoken out against the Israeli genocide, you’ve probably been called an antisemite. Welcome to the industry.

I’ll start off by saying that I’m sure there has been a rise in antisemitism in Australia since Israel’s retaliation for the October 7 attacks by Hamas.

A genocide will always result in negative sentiment for those carrying it out, and those seen as aligned with it, either by defending it, or seeking to avert attention from it.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has left rates on hold, following its Board meeting over the past two days.

The cash rate remains at 4.35%. The rate was last changed in November 2023.

• Interest Rate Movements Since 1990

This is the statement issued by the Reserve Bank:

Social media companies are finding themselves increasingly under attack, so who’s really being unsociable?

Just like many others around the country on a weekend, I often find myself wandering into a Bunnings store attempting to ignore the temptation of the smell of sausages cooking.

Even though it is often like a quest to find the Holy Grail to find a staff member free to direct you to what you’re looking for in aisle 236, there is one staff member that you can’t miss.