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Restoring the rate of productivity growth is critical to future living standards, but unless technological change accelerates living standards may not increase as fast as we are used to in future. Recent history of productivity growth Through history the reason why living standards have risen over time is almost entirely due to increased labour productivity. Continue reading »

This week, the government announced its intention to introduce new legislation that would keep the National Broadband Network (NBN) in public hands, reinforcing its election promise. The proposed law, expected to be tabled in federal parliament, aims to prevent any future sale of the NBN, pushing the Coalition to clarify whether it would seek to Continue reading »

Scientists overwhelmingly agree that climate change is threatening life on this planet and that the root cause is the burning of fossil fuels. But what are we doing about it? More importantly, what are our so-called Leaders doing to address the threat? Those who oppose Australia advocating for the global phase-out of fossil fuels should Continue reading »

Peter Thiel’s Palantir powers Israel’s military in Gaza, while the Silicon Valley titan quietly builds influence as a key player in a potential Trump administration.

The post Peter Thiel: From Gaza AI War Criminal To White House Puppet Master appeared first on MintPress News.

The federal government recently released a Productivity Commission’s Report on children’s services. It found too many changes were needed for the government to say more than that they were “looking at it”. The report is significant and was passed to the Government to guide possible reforms to its role in funding of services to deliver Continue reading »

Until recent events, many Australians would not have realised that it could be a criminal offence to display the symbol of a terrorist organisation in public. The display of the Hezbollah flag at rallies, by a minority of protestors, has now become a political football, with politicians across the spectrum calling for prosecution. The Opposition Continue reading »

Before debating with Democrat VP candidate Tim Walz, the Republican nominee JD Vance  said the contestants’  views matter little because voters go for the top of the ticket, not the bottom. Continue reading »

Moving to China has opened my eyes in a way I never expected. The stories I grew up hearing, the ones I accepted without much thought, started to unravel. One of the toughest things I’ve had to face is realising that the West, where I’ve spent most of my life, might not always be the Continue reading »

Regeringens särskilda utredare Peter Honeth vill att antagningskraven till landets lärarutbildningar skärps. Han vill också att innehållet i utbildningarna på universiteten och högskolorna förändras. – Det är för lätt att komma in och många studenter kommer in med dåliga kunskaper. De klarar inte av studierna, de hoppar av, säger han. Dagens lärarutbildningar infördes 2011, och […]

“Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has doubled down on her allegation that an unspecified ‘they’ can control the weather, a claim that has sparked a backlash online.” – Newsweek, 10/6/24

In the basement of the Ben and Jerry’s factory in Waterbury, Vermont, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi addresses her fellow globalist cabal leaders. In the room with her are George Soros, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Al Gore, and Taylor Swift.

NANCY PELOSI: Good evening, fellow shady elites. Before we discuss the main topic on tonight’s agenda, let’s hear a quick status update from each election interference subcommittee chair. George?

GEORGE SOROS: I’ve been in touch with the head of Dominion Voting Systems to once again rig the election in that super secret way that’s completely undetectable and works seamlessly across the different voting technologies used in the various swing states.

The Biden administration has consistently said Israel should not kill civilians as it sends Israel more weapons to kill civilians.

The post One Year of Empty Rhetoric From the White House on Israel’s Wars appeared first on The Intercept.

Behind the noise and spats in No 10, the Government is pushing ahead with laws that could define its time in office

Donald Trump’s wild-eyed conspiracy theory asks exactly the wrong question about what happens to immigrants in the wake of cataclysms.

The post Advocates for Immigrants Ask: What FEMA Cash?!? appeared first on The Intercept.

Threads, a BBC drama-doc, first aired in September 1984, but, as the last two years have shown, the threat of nuclear war is as real now as it ever was

Are you Dad enough? To support a woman for president? To choose your own daughter over a felon and adjudged rapist? View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jacob Reed (@typographynerd) The Lincoln Project asks the latter question: Are you Dad enough to choose your own daughter’s safety over a felon and adjudged rapist? Especially if you did in 2016 and 2020? Will you once again vote with a political party that’s made obvious lying company policy? Ugh. After that vid, perhaps a lighter chaser. And finally, a philosophical tool custom-made for the disaster in North Carolina and the one coming to Florida (checks watch) about 2 p.m. CT today. By that, I mean the disinformation maelstrom. Hanlon’s razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. What prompts this citation is an incident a couple of days ago in Burnsville, NC. A North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) Black Hawk helicopter looking to deliver generators could not spy a space large enough and safe enough to set down in the Sav-Mor Foods parking lot.

When it became apparent that natural immunity would not prevent a second wave, right-wing media backed calls to remove measures and allow immunity to build up via infections

After a year of relentless bombing and haphazard ground operations, the IDF has still not achieved any of its operational objectives. Now Israel has opened a new and rumbling front in Lebanon.

The post Israel Stalls Iran Reprisal Due To Geopolitical Fears appeared first on MintPress News.

Israel's invasion of Gaza may be a cover for a larger strategy—annexing northern Gaza and establishing Jewish settler colonies. Human rights groups call it a war crime in the making.

The post Israel to Establish Jewish-Only Settlements in Northern Gaza as Annexation Moves Forward appeared first on MintPress News.

It never was Kamala Harris’s communications team is top notch. Tuesday’s headlines about Donald Trump secretly sending COVID-19 testing equipment to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his personal use (amidst test shortages here) became an attack ad before Harris appeared last night with Stephen Colbert. For those not glued to social media, Harris herself drove home the message on “The Late Show.” Trump thinks Putin is his friend. “What about the American people? They should be your first friend.” Harris responded. Trump has not had a good week. Little Lord Flauntleroy has gotten away his entire life with spouting bald-faced lies. A conman at heart, he trades in bullshit in place of facts he’s never possessed the bandwidth to master. Sychophants — people like Speaker Mike Johnson even — smile and nod and parrot what he says without blinking. But now there’s blood in the water. Even Laura Ingraham of Fox News is fact-checking Trump to his face. He cannot abide being called out for his lies. Unfair. UNFAIR!