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Too_Morrow doesn't realise that the data he cites says nothing about gettng "more people into the market".
James - there were 26,000 first home buyers in the last 3 months and over 110,000 in the past 12 months.
Economics & James - feeding caviar to pigs rings a bell
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Property clarified. All property sales are down, but down least among “owner occupier first home buyers”. Via @FinancialReview
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Decades of russian aggression left unpunished brought us to this war.
Evil unpunished always returns.
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The idea that Russia must agree to any security guarantees for Ukraine is patently ridiculous.
Russia agreed to the Budapest Memorandum in 1994, Minsk I in 2014, and Minsk II in 2015.
Did they stop a war? No.
Let me make this very simple: if Russia agrees to it, it's too weak.
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Good News Everyone!
EVs now knock 1.2 million barrels of oil a day out of demand. Turns out the biggest threat to Big Oil wasn't protesters, politicians or petitions... it was people discovering they can charge a car while they sleep
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October 2026 EV share of market
Netherlands: 55%
Sweden: 51%
Belgium: 49%
France: 42%
Germany: 37%
UK: 32%
UK has gone from leader to laggard @jreynoldsMP I 100% guarantee that the Car lobby, 3 years from now will blame weakening and flip-flack regulations for UK’s weakened competitiveness and inability to attract inward investment.
We are currently 18th worldwide from a high of 2nd.
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Russia possesses over 5,400 nuclear warheads, maintains one of the world's largest militaries, and has repeatedly invaded its neighbors.
It doesn't need security guarantees against Ukraine.
Ukraine needs security guarantees against Russia.
Stop confusing the aggressor with the victim.
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Ethiopia became the first country in the world to ban petrol and diesel vehicle imports in 2024. The reason makes perfect economic sense: why keep spending scarce foreign currency on imported fuel when you can power transport with your own hydropower?
The timing is powerful. Affordable Chinese EVs are opening the door, local assembly is building skills, and every electric taxi or minibus can cut fuel costs for years. Charging, reliability and upfront prices remain real hurdles, but the opportunity is enormous.
Ethiopia couldn’t afford to keep waiting and now it's decision is paying off!
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Ceding Ukrainian land for peace is just abstract words. It’s not only about reality, even more about philosophy. Putin was talking about Donbas, but then he decided to occupy Kyiv, our capital. His words were about Donbas, but the reality was about Kyiv. He kept saying he was defending Russian-speaking people and then tortured hundreds and thousands to death in Bucha and other places. So that wasn’t about Russian-speaking people.
This is why when Americans asked, “Can you exchange Donbas for security?” I said right there, “Can you tell me what it means? What security? NATO?”
“Not NATO, but similar to NATO.”
“Similar? But you don't want the answer about Donbas to be ‘similar.’ You want a clear answer about Donbas. This is your goal. And this is Putin’s goal, for today. What will you do if we have security guarantees but not NATO?”
They took our nuclear weapons. I'm not a fan of nuclear weapons. I think the world would be a better place without them. But the Russians took our nuclear weapons, didn’t they? They did. Then they stopped our integration into Europe, then prevented us from being in NATO. And in the end they occupied us. This is why it’s an abstract question. Nobody trusts Putin to stop if we leave Donbas. He will pause. Then he will come back in one year, two years, or five years. And who will be guilty?
From an interview with DR Nyheder. (2/3)
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Beware of politicians pledging to "slash red tape". This was a central pillar of Premier Campbell Newman's Queensland government 2012-2015. +14,000 Queenslanders lost their jobs directly or indirectly from the axe taken to the economy. #auspol
Because of Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers, Australia is on a road to economic ruin.
Because of Labor's out-of-control spending, toxic taxes, and mountain of new red tape, Australian businesses are struggling to stay afloat.
That's why today, I've announced a Taylor-Canavan Government will slash red tape by 25 per cent in our first term.
This will save Australian businesses, large and small, $40 billion a year.
And it will mean every Australian business spends less time filling out permits and doing paperwork, and more time growing, investing, and hiring Australians.
Fixing the economy and cleaning up Labor's mess starts with backing Australian business.
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“It was unjustified but I understand she was just hormonal,” said the former Minister for Women
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ICYMI
RBA looks like it's fallen for a perfect reverse ferret.
Triggering a recession with tens of thousands of extra unemployed, business failures & grief when inflation pressures were ALL tilted lower is misguided.
Now oil is US$90; heading to US$70 which will make inflation plummet.
Annual inflation is set to drop to 1-2% next year on these trends
Sentimental as anything: The dips are getting bigger.
The economic gloom that is obvious to just about everyone outside the RBA was further compounded with the NAB business & Westpac consumer data.
youtube.com/watch?v=jnnn1A9M…
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I just love how everyone forgets how bad the LNP are. Yeah Labor hasn’t been great but these libs were the worst and yet people will just go we need a change and vote these pricks back in or vote one nation 🤦🏻♂️ they’re the last people we want running our country. #auspol