NZ had third-fastest house price growth in the world for years: Biggest bank warns it probably won't continue

Re-upping this thread - most of it is still accurate and relevant. Key points: Write PERSONAL emails, not templates Say ‘I am a constituent and …’ NEVER EVER threaten anyone. Not directly, not obliquely. Don’t be a smartarse, just smart Do highlight that this issue is one you vote on. #nzpol

There's been maybe a dozen or so 'Sons of Tarrant' thus far, & there's no reason to believe there won't be more; Clark & Velasquez's manifesto is pretty stand fare, cites The Usual Suspects & indulges the typical anxieties & fixations, but it was slightly odd to read Black Magick SS get a guernsey.

The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen. And it worked. Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%. Industrial process heat is the real prize.

“… there are also lots of cases where we have endlessly duplicated IT services, accounts payable services, lots of back office functions..” Just mildly observing IT, accounts, back office enable the entire service - and duplication on paper is often someone who is doing the work of ten people.

Mamdani: I cannot help but think of the words of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. He famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the govt & I'm here to help'" I think nine more terrifying words are actually, "I worked all day and can't feed my family"

There have been posters in affordable housing buildings too, how to apply for redress etc. Childhood abuse is a good predictor of low income, and in rare cases extremely high income.

I’m guessing from this tweet that an abc boss noticed that a bot automatically posting articles has over 30x more followers than the official account lol

youtube.com/shorts/uH8S4.... #AFL My father met Sir Doug when he was invited to train with Melbourne. Sir Doug suggested he try Fitzroy. Later they crossed paths when dad was with VicPol. Dad said he was a great man.

According to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), about 30% of Australia's current population was born overseas. Well done, nice one Angus

26% of young Australians aged 10-16 have been significantly impacted by the social media restrictions introduced in December - more than half of this group report getting less news about world events and local issues www.westernsydney.edu.au/news-centre/...

Melbourne/Naarm yet again showed up in numbers for Palestine this Nakba Day, in defiance of so much grotesque complicity from our government. From the river to the sea.

Curious thing today in The Age – there's a story with a photo of the Lord Mayor in Beijing, which echoes the famous meme photo of former Premier Dan Andrews in Beijing. But the photo editor seems unaware of the connection. Curious. I mean, the Lord Mayor must have been posing deliberately. #vicpol

I don’t know about you, but when Epic Fury started and DJT began attacking Iran, my core being had a reflex trauma response. Much like Covid lockdowns: wake up, open phone, check overnight developments—have things moved closer to death, closer to collapse? That became how each day started. 🧵1/3

Tasmania's Anglican Church says what it expects to pay in compensation to victim-survivors of child sexual abuse has more than doubled in the past three years.

Rather than core and non-core promises, there are sacred “promises to property investors” and then there are disposable “promises to Indigenous Australians” and “promises to future generations”. In The New Daily thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Scott Morrison is the latest of 30 former prime ministers to be memorialised with a sculptured bust in Ballarat’s Avenue of Australian Prime Ministers www.theage.com.au/national/sco...

It’s weird that Helen of Troy being played by a black actress is a problem, but most of the rest of the Mediterranean, Greek and Turkish characters being played by incredibly fair and blond haired people of British, Irish and Scandinavian descent isn’t. And by weird, I mean entirely predictable.

Facebook is where you tell lies to your family and friends. Bluesky is where you tell the truth to perfect strangers.

Which makes it incredibly clear - anti-zionism isn't anti-semitism - the worst anti-Semites are the ones who support the right wing government of Israel* - pandering to the genocidal government of Israel helps anti-Semites *Likely either BC they're Rapture loons or just hate Muslims even more

It’s shocking what the NZ government is trying to get away with before the election. Hopefully this challenge gets up. Sign up your name to show support for the push against it.

Shocked and ashamed that only 8,000 non-Māori have so far chosen to be part of history by adding their name to the Claim that Tania's talking about. Deadline is Monday. "Worse than the Treaty Principles Bill!" @taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social #ToitūTeTiriti #nzpol 📝 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Finally the taboo against discussing bank profits is being broken by a normcore institutional figure. Would be good if we looked more critically at how Australia uses NZ to prop up its economy.

Matt Doran: “They are chanting some pretty vile, racist slogans. Things like "death to the Arabs" and “may your villages burn". “You can see some of the people who are here, they're more interested in trying to hide how they’re behaving than actually trying to justify their behaviour.”

Government wants to lose all international integrity, rips up constitutional document

Xi Jinping deliberately placed Trump and his lackeys in front of the COMMUNIST FLAG!!

Is Australia going to "Steven Bradbury" Eurovision???

VicPol are going to have a fun time also prosecuting all Liberal and One Nation MPs right?

This is amazing - @kevinolearytv 🤡 is fearmongering about Chinese agents opposing his giant Utah data center… but it’s 2 young local girls in Utah who hilariously call him (and his “dumbass hat”) out👇🏽 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DYU074V...

just after 2am, hillsong megachurch founder brian houston shared 8 minutes and 24 seconds of hardcore porn. as webworm reports, this is not the first time the evangalical christian has shared his porn preferences with his half a million followers: www.webworm.co/brianhouston...

It’s going to be a tough year to be SBS. 2 of the top things I think of with their programming is Eurovision and the FIFA World Cup. With the boycotts of those events their ad revenue will be down. It’s such a shame.

If you are spiritual but not religious, it's important to mark 'No religion' when you answer the religion question on this year's Census. The question asks about religious affiliation, not whether you are spiritual. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious

Around 4,000 people are still arrested each year in Victoria for small amounts of cannabis — despite police guidance shifting to cautions two years ago. Here’s some of my speech on the motion we passed yesterday. #SpringSt

Our motion calling for cautions not cuffs has passed! Here's what that means. #springst #auspol #legaliseit

Gippsland East Matters (GEM) Working towards a Community Candidate in the Vic State Election!

Jim Chalmers shreds Tim Wilson following his anti-migrant questioning, warning that when he “blows on the dog whistle they can hear it in Goldstein too." And when he said he was “prepared to be in a govt with One Nation they heard it in Goldstein.”💣💥🔥 #auspol

Perfect campaign ad for the upcoming Midterms. 👌

An uncomfortable truth is, just because the majority want it doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.

A caution can save a life. Harm Reduction Australia supports our move to expand cautioning in Victoria! We agree that it is an important harm reduction measure, not a substitute for broader c*nnabis law reform. Watch the debate live: vist.ly/53z44 #auspol #legaliseit

While there wasn't much in Labor's budget for our people beyond the status quo, we did achieve some justice for Stolen Generation survivors. Under this change, redress payments for survivors will no longer be included in aged care asset testing. nit.com.au/12-05-2026/2...

This is what Zionists are claiming is "anti-Semitic." This is the kind of "evidence" being submitted to back claims of an alarming increase in "anti-Semitism" in Australia. NOT Jew hatred. THIS! 👇🏻 #auspol #BondiRC #FreePalestine

This budget was not as bad as many we've seen, but the biggest winners were still the most profitable companies in Australia and the biggest losers were those with disabilities, writes @grogsgamut.bsky.social www.deepcutnews.com/p/people-wit...

a news corp contributor posting about how bad this announcement is for a girl working minimum wage putting all her money into investment funds who he had to make up using ai because of course she isnt a real person

The Australian literally found a guy with a Porsche and a property portfolio to be the voice of the 'victims' of the budget

Cry me a river mate!

This is interesting.

The reporting that renters might have to pay $2 more a week because of changes to capital gains/negative gearing that favours property investors is not the red flag they think it is. Not disregarding that $8 a month is a lot to some, but as a renter I’d pay that if it brings me hope to one day own

"If anything changes, I will be forced to raise it by the exact amount I already will be" he said to the media. chaser.com.au/general-news...

I swear to fucking God I will be down there every day with eggs if they fucking try to build a data center in my city. Holy shit