The “new normal” for Australia in the last few years is around +6% on the pre-pandemic baseline – worse than even the UK (see below). Even out to June this year (as variant evolution slowed) it was still running at +5% annually. Are there any lessons we could learn from NZ? 🧵
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The “new normal” for Australia in the last few years is around +6% on the pre-pandemic baseline – worse than even the UK (see below). Even out to June this year (as variant evolution slowed) it was still running at +5% annually. Are there any lessons we could learn from NZ? 🧵
The results for Australia are a bit depressing tbh. After a start similar to NZ in 2020-21, the impact in late-2021-22 was more than twice as severe as in NZ. NZ skipped 2 big waves by keeping their quarantine going until Feb-April 2022. 🧵
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The results for Australia are a bit depressing tbh. After a start similar to NZ in 2020-21, the impact in late-2021-22 was more than twice as severe as in NZ. NZ skipped 2 big waves by keeping their quarantine going until Feb-April 2022. 🧵
Investors understand supply and demand while Albo pretends it doesn’t exist. Pretty sure all the pollies with investment properties would be happy. Let’s pull all the housing affordability levers in the wrong direction what could possibly go wrong?
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Investors understand supply and demand while Albo pretends it doesn’t exist. Pretty sure all the pollies with investment properties would be happy. Let’s pull all the housing affordability levers in the wrong direction what could possibly go wrong?
5. Remember also, however, that, simply put, the virus doesn't care. It is incapable of caring. It is a molecular shark that wants to make more of itself. That's all it is. And regardless of human desires for an illusory status quo, it will keep killing and disabling people.
September 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
5. Remember also, however, that, simply put, the virus doesn't care. It is incapable of caring. It is a molecular shark that wants to make more of itself. That's all it is. And regardless of human desires for an illusory status quo, it will keep killing and disabling people.
Putin laughs at these puny multi-billionaires he controls all the money in Russia and everything in the country is at his disposal including the world’s largest nuclear arsenal.
September 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Putin laughs at these puny multi-billionaires he controls all the money in Russia and everything in the country is at his disposal including the world’s largest nuclear arsenal.
Anti-drone & anti-missile defence needs a major investment. Have we actioned defense spend to counter an operation spiderweb like attack? Or shaheed like at scale attacks against fuel storage facilities? (Noting China’s enormous manufacturing capability vs Russia’s) vs expensive “ghost” platforms
September 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Anti-drone & anti-missile defence needs a major investment. Have we actioned defense spend to counter an operation spiderweb like attack? Or shaheed like at scale attacks against fuel storage facilities? (Noting China’s enormous manufacturing capability vs Russia’s) vs expensive “ghost” platforms
"The study suggests that acute COVID-19, regardless of Long COVID status, is linked to an increased risk of car crashes presumably due to neurologic changes caused by SARS-CoV-2."
"The study suggests that acute COVID-19, regardless of Long COVID status, is linked to an increased risk of car crashes presumably due to neurologic changes caused by SARS-CoV-2."