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Higher rates, higher anxiety: Investors face a new market reality
For decades, investors benefited from a powerful tailwind: falling interest rates that lifted the value of shares, property and bonds alike. But that era may be ending. According to AMP chief economist Shane Oliver, a long-term rise in bond yields that began after the pandemic is reshaping financial markets and forcing investors to adjust to…
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Canberra’s invisible influence: Fresh scrutiny falls on growing lobbyist influence
The dangerous political influence of vested interests in Canberra is facing renewed scrutiny after a recent ABC Four Corners investigation, “Access All Areas,” and a new report from the Australian Democracy Network (ADN) exposed the hidden nature of access and revolving doors between government and lobby firms. The Four Corners program shows how former ministers,…
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Higher rates, higher anxiety: Investors face a new market reality
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Canberra’s invisible influence: Fresh scrutiny falls on growing lobbyist influence
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Jailed whistleblower David McBridge is now free, but whistleblower protection laws still don’t work in Australia
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Longest electric aircraft flight offers hope for climate-friendly flying
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New eco burial options are emerging across Australia
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This month’s good news: Important melanoma breakthrough
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Join GetUp! to keep the pressure on Coles to end Palantir Surveillance
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Demand your elected officials step up action to regulate single use plastic
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Join Market Forces in calling on Australian banks not to fund fracking in the Beetaloo Basin
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Georgina Banks joins ABC’s Compass to reveal the story of 21 nurses killed in WWII
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Higher rates, higher anxiety: Investors face a new market reality
For decades, investors benefited from a powerful tailwind: falling interest rates that lifted the value of shares, property and bonds alike. But that era may be ending. According to AMP chief economist Shane Oliver, a long-term rise in bond yields that began after the pandemic is reshaping financial markets and forcing investors to adjust to…
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Canberra’s invisible influence: Fresh scrutiny falls on growing lobbyist influence
The dangerous political influence of vested interests in Canberra is facing renewed scrutiny after a recent ABC Four Corners investigation, “Access All Areas,” and a new report from the Australian Democracy Network (ADN) exposed the hidden nature of access and revolving doors between government and lobby firms. The Four Corners program shows how former ministers,…
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Jailed whistleblower David McBridge is now free, but whistleblower protection laws still don’t work in Australia
Former military lawyer and whistleblower David McBride was just released from prison on parole after two years behind bars but charities supporting whistleblowers say there is still no real legal protection for those who report wrongdoing in Australia. McBride was convicted in 2024 and sentenced for disclosing sensitive military material that ultimately contributed to public…
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Longest electric aircraft flight offers hope for climate-friendly flying
Heart Aerospace celebrated a huge milestone in August with its successful first electric X1 demonstrator aircraft flight. The largest battery-electric aircraft ever flown completed a flight over upstate New York in 27 minutes using just $5 worth of electricity. Heart Aerospace, an aircraft manufacturer based in Los Angeles, successfully completed the first flight of its…
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New eco burial options are emerging across Australia
A new not-for-profit company, Earthly Legacy, and a Sydney lawmaker are seeking to make human composting a legal alternative to burial and cremation in New South Wales, arguing it would offer families a less expensive and more environmentally sustainable option. Alex Greenwich, the independent member for Sydney, introduced legislation on June 26 that, if passed,…
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This month’s good news: Important melanoma breakthrough
For decades, melanoma has been among the most feared forms of skin cancer, particularly in Australia, where rates are among the highest in the world. Now, new breakthrough melanoma treatment tailored to individual patients has delivered a global dose of optimism, with researchers reporting that an experimental vaccine can significantly reduce the risk of the…
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Join GetUp! to keep the pressure on Coles to end Palantir Surveillance
The team at GetUp! just announced a major win with supermarket giant Coles agreeing it will not renew its facial recognition technology contact with artificial intelligence company Palantir Technologies. Help keep the pressure on Coles to ensure they keep their promise to end Palantir surveillance and follow GetUp!’s efforts to end the practise in stores…
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Demand your elected officials step up action to regulate single use plastic
The federal government announced in September 2026 it will shelve a 2023 promise to implement national packaging standards aimed to curb plastic waste, citing cost of living concerns. As Australia is the second-largest generator of single-use plastic waste per person in the world there is no time to waste. Please join the Boomerang Alliance and…
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Join Market Forces in calling on Australian banks not to fund fracking in the Beetaloo Basin
In early September 2026, the first gas from the Beetaloo Basin fracking project in the Northern Territory began to flow despite years of protest and legal action by environmental and local community groups. While gas extraction has begun, the company behind the project, Tamboran Resources, needs the backing of Australia’s major banks to operate. Join…
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Georgina Banks joins ABC’s Compass to reveal the story of 21 nurses killed in WWII
Ethinvest client Georgina Banks and her daughters travelled to Bangka, Indonesia with ABC’s Compass to uncover what happened to her great aunt, one of the 21 Australian World War II nurses murdered by Japanese soldiers in 1942. Banks travelled to the island to learn more about her great-aunt, Army nurse Dorothy “Bud” Elmes, who was…