Sunrise, Queenscliff, Victoria, Autumn 2026
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Near here
- Workers’ pay has not kept pace with productivity growth for 30 years, research suggests – ABC…..so in 2026 ‘research suggests’ when it has been obvious for more than a generation?….
- Telstra recently warned about timing issue linked to national outage – ABC
- Australians face record-high rents across all capital cities: Domain report – ABC
- Australia dock workers call for 28-hour week in AI talks – BBC
- NACC admits to be wrong on rorts, but ignores them anyway – Michael West…the NACC needs to be taken to the knackery…
Near there
- Germany: Record debt and a seismic policy shift – DW
- EU lawmakers pave way for ‘digital euro’ negotiations – DW
- Home prices across the U.S. surge to all-time high – CBS
- This thinktank exposed fat cats and obscenely high pay. Guess what has happened to it? – The Guardian
- Britain’s dysfunctional dynamic: the public wants change, but those in power always tell them it’s not possible – The Guardian
- IMF expects world economy to grow a sluggish 3% this year, weighed down by Iran war but helped by AI – AP
- EU demands Facebook and Instagram dismantle design features it calls addictive for users – AP
- Developing countries spend more repaying foreign debt than on education, UN reveals – The Guardian
- Is Germany looking again at coal-powered electricity? – BBC
- Canada says there’s no basis for Trump’s forced labour tariffs – CBC
- Dollar liquidity, gold reserves, and US monetary spillovers in a fragmenting world – VoxEU
- The economic footprint of Europe’s defence build-up – VoxEU
- Housing affordability is reshaping Europe’s social fabric – VoxEU
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….And furthermore….
- Workplace depression is common. Managers can make it worse, or better – The Conversation
- Is the Strait of Hormuz still Iran’s trump card? – DW
- How cryptocurrencies are changing global politics – DW
- How bond markets have become one of the most powerful forces in modern politics – The Conversation
- Early-life experiences of labour markets faced by others can leave permanent scars on men’s willingness to work – VoxEU
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