The legal right of secession of states, outside of a situation of “classic” colonial occupation, has developed enormously in the last thirty odd years. South Sudan, Montenegro, East Timor, Eritrea, North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Ukraine are […]
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As pressure builds for the Albanese government to scrap the promised Stage Three tax cuts, discussion has shifted around who would lose out. The Australian said it would mean “2.5 million middle income Australians will pay thousands of dollars in additional tax,” but describes middle income Australians as individuals earning between $120,000 and $160,000 a
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Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans allies who tried to overturn the 2020 election results are now just one step away from taking control of the election process itself.
BUT we can stop them if we turn out in full force for November’s midterms.
If we don’t stop them from taking over the election process, we can kiss what’s left of our democracy goodbye.
Here is a clip from one of our live songwriting sessions on our Twitch channel. We just turn on the camera and try out ideas and see where they take us.
Here is a clip from one of those sessions we posted to our YouTube Channel.
I wrote a piano line that I liked, but I didn't want it to just be a slow mellow thing.
I thought it could be something more.
So I asked that band to play something with this piano part and ignore any urge to play it as a slow song.
How Economists Invented Austerity & Paved the Way to Fascism
This week the IMF released its latest World Economic Outlook. And the outlook is dire. Economic growth around the world was downgraded with recession-like conditions being predicted for many advanced economies including the USA, UK and much of the EU.
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International trade has led countries to specialize. While this has made the average consumer better off, specialization also makes countries more vulnerable to foreign shocks.
The government's human services department is in desperate need of reform after struggling to assist a nation in crisis. read now...The Stage 3 tax cuts will only balance out the tax increase from the end of the low-middle income tax offset for those earning above $97,000
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This food timeline started as a way to explore the revolution in Australian food that has occurred during the baby-boomers’ lifetime, but has since expanded to include more about the previous decades (and century) as well. Also included are overseas events and trends that had an impact here. The entries are brief, but there are lots of links if you want more information.
In the 2020s the new food influencers are all using Tic Toc. And on 15 September 2022, one of the craziest (my view) TicToc ideas suddenly went viral: the butter board. It started with a post by New York cook Justine Doiron, who happens to be a member of the “U.S. Dairy Dream Team” of […]
Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, and Philip Dybvig were honored for their work on financial instability
Congratulations to Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, and Philip Dybvig for winning the 2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2022). “I have had the great pleasure of working with Bernanke and Dybvig, and all three economists have impressed me with their pioneering research on banks and financial crises,” said INET President Rob Johnson on the occasion of the award’s announcement. INET Research Director Thomas Ferguson echoed the sentiment, commenting that "financial stability has been a key concern of our organization from the beginning and that the research of these economists had helped advance the field."
The Australia Institute surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,003 Australians about the circumstances under which the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) should be allowed to hold public hearings. The results show that most Australians support the NACC being permitted to hold public hearings under more circumstances than in the currently tabled legislation. Key Results: More
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