Goldman has presented four possible scenarios for the oil market arising from the US attack on Iran’s nuclear facility: Scenario One, we stay in the present scenario where we do not have a meaningful or any loss of supply… I think in that situation we stay around these sort of levels because we are seeing some curtailment of
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The mainstream French media ignored the reality of Nazism's existence in Ukraine for years and refused to acknowledge the widespread presence of Nazi ideology within the Ukrainian armed forces, even when Ukrainians wore swastikas or other Nazi symbols during military training in France. And then, suddenly, one of the major French media outlets noted "hundreds of similar cases." Why?
Last month I posted about the increase in the proportion of votes that were cast early (postal, pre-poll and remote) as opposed to those cast on election day. 55.7% of votes were cast early, with just 43.6% casting their votes on the day.
For today’s post I am looking at how those voters actually voted, and how it’s changed over time.
Starting with the two-party-preferred vote, applying my estimate of the Bradfield 2PP, the gap between election day and the early vote is the widest I’ve seen since at least 2004.
Oil prices will likely gap 20% higher this morning when markets open given the illegal attack on Iran by the Trump regime over the weekend, with equity futures indicating higher volatility as well. This will truly re-set risk markets across the board, with all eyes on US Treasuries for signs this conflagration could have an
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The Q1 national accounts, released earlier this month, showed that the private sector economy remains locked in recession. Australia’s per capita GDP declined by 0.2% over the quarter, the ninth decline in 12 quarters. It was also the longest (but not deepest) decline in GDP per capita in modern recorded history. The decline in per
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has continued her round of morning media interviews, stopping by ABC's News Breakfast, where she's reiterated the government's support of the US' strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.
Israel flew over to Iran with fighter jets and has since gone totally ballistic — literally and figuratively. So what does the European Union’s insane clown posse have to say about it? Get yourself some popcorn. The Eurojokers are doing their best stand-up comedy again without even realizing it.
As the world reacts to the entry of the US into Israel’s attack on Iran, Greg Barns says the actions betray the rules based order.
‘If Iran falls, we’re next’: What Russian experts and politicians are saying about the US strikesRT has gathered reactions in Moscow, ranging from geopolitical alarm to bitter irony, following the US attack on Iran’s nuclear sites
By Georgiy Berezovsky, Vladikavkaz-based journalist
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The ABS released its official population data for Q4 2024, which showed that both immigration and population growth continue to ease back from record highs. In Q4 2024, Australia’s population grew by 91,100, down from 121,600 in the same quarter the year before. Net overseas migration (NOM) of 68,000, down from 99,500 in Q4 2023,
"We have received divers and sundry reports both by your own subjects and others, who have visited some parts of Your Majesty's empire ... This has encouraged us to find a shorter route by sea from us to your country than the usual course that involves encompassing the greatest part of the world."