Month: April 2015

House prices stall, units feel the pinch

House prices stall, units feel the pinch

Posted by | Apr 30, 2015 | , , , , |

The latest House Price Report from Real Estate group Domain shows falls in Brisbane house and unit prices over the March quarter. Domain Group data shows the median house price in Brisbane fell marginally by 0.7 per cent to $484,374 over the March quarter, contributing towards and annual increase of just 2.8 per cent. Meanwhile, the median unit price fell sharply by 2.3 per cent over the quarter to $354,246. Over the year ending March, unit prices in Brisbane decreased by 3.8 per cent. Dr Andrew Wilson, Senior Economist, Domain Group, commented; “Brisbane’s recent housing market revival stalled over...

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Climate Change and your Super fund

Climate Change and your Super fund

Posted by | Apr 27, 2015 | , , , , , |

Climate change is making its way up the to-do list of super funds as they expand and refine their ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) strategies, helped along by recent scientific views, unusual weather and the next Climate Change Conference in Paris, which is being seen as a milestone in the ESG investing sector. According to Mamadou-Abou Sarr, Northern Trust Asset Management’s head of ESG, who visited Australia from Abu Dhabi last week, there was a growing number of requests from big investors about the risks associated with climate change. The timely visit coincided with the publication of a report...

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The TPP and the Death of the Republic

The TPP and the Death of the Republic

Posted by | Apr 26, 2015 | , , , , |

The Trans-Pacific Partnership has its critics in the US, too – including Ellen Brown. Government by transnational corporations by www.popularresistance.org The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government. — Article IV, Section 4, US Constitution A republican form of government is one in which power resides in elected officials representing the citizens, and government leaders exercise power according to the rule of law. In The Federalist Papers, James Madison defined a republic as “a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people ....

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Festival of the Patriots

Festival of the Patriots

Posted by | Apr 26, 2015 | |

During the festival of the patriots we stayed in bed. Our juices aching for more. Long may the patriots leave us alone. Tonight a large helicopter flew by. I am afraid of the patriot’s large war...

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Criminal Gangs

Criminal Gangs

Posted by | Apr 25, 2015 | |

The Cross was sickened, again, last week by the torture and brutality of the Holy Sisters and local priest Father Reginald Basil Durham at St Joseph’s orphanage, Neerkol, near Rockhampton. This sick rapist and soul thief groomed his victims from childhood, so he could abuse them at will – further twisting the knife by demanding their apology and gratitude for his absolution in the confessional. The institutional brutality of power-crazed cowards in the Christian welfare sector over the last sixty years has been exposed time and time again, now en-masse thanks to this Commission. We are all sickened. The...

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