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Another failed 'blue blood' minister

⊰ 2022-06-30 by ShaunO ⊱

[Hunt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Hunt) is another of the 'ivy league' educated 'blue bloods' (University of Melbourne, Yale), who have 'hung around' the system (in Hunt's case on Alexander D...

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Just 24 health workers helped under Morrison government scheme to bring 2,000 medics to Australia

Gravy train..

⊰ 2022-06-26 by ShaunO ⊱

Wowsers, every now and again a little crack appears in the opaque pane of obfuscation which shrouds the money spent within our institutions. This is pretty astonishing - every independent MP and Se...

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Crossbenchers hit back at government over staff cuts that are 'bad for democracy'

They're making it up!..

⊰ 2022-06-25 by ShaunO ⊱

As an amateur student of 'the markets' for a decade or so, it's constantly surprising how little 'empirical anything' exists in this sphere of modern life. Take todays (24Jun22) northern hemisphere ...

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Stocks Roar Back With Best Week in a Month: Markets Wrap

EU Posturing..

⊰ 2022-06-24 by ShaunO ⊱

Well I suppose that's OK on the face of it.. But realistically IMO it's little more than posturing, as the deeply corrupt Ukraine could stay in 'candidate status' for decades if the EU so chooses. ...

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âUkraineâs future is in the EUâ: Zelenskiy welcomes granting of candidate status

Ukraine - strategy, conflate, propagandise

⊰ 2022-06-23 by ShaunO ⊱

A [winter squeeze on gas supplies](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/22/europe-told-to-get-ready-now-for-russia-to-turn-off-all-gas-exports-iea-winter) seems a logical strategy for Russia...

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Europe told to get ready now for Russia to turn off all gas exports to region

Really? Eyes Wide Shut?

⊰ 2022-06-22 by ShaunO ⊱

[Well apparently Dr Lowe says](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-21/rba-says-inflation-is-increasingly-coming-from-within-australia/101169436) 'I don't see a recession on the horizon'. Whilst havi...

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Reserve Bank governor says inflation is rising, but he doesn't see a recession on the horizon

Yes, and..? (nothing to see here..)

⊰ 2022-06-22 by ShaunO ⊱

Of course [this is behind a paywall](https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/06/21/albanese-cabinet-full-of-landlords-renters-need-representation/).. But I'm a little surprised by the headline and the fact th...

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The new federal cabinet is full of landlords. When will renters be represented?

Not the sharpest knife in the drawer..

⊰ 2022-06-19 by ShaunO ⊱

full disclose: I'm not a Bandt fan, not sure why, he's always rubbed my intuition 'up the wrong way'.. He doesn't strike me as the sharpest knife in the drawer either.. More objectively the greens, ...

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