Why the property market just slipped below a key benchmark
Potential property buyers have been weighed down with worries at the start of this year, and it could affect price growth.
Auction clearance rates usually bounce back in February after winding down in December... But they're below the seasonal average.
Interest rates, affordability and, soon, fears and flows on from global conflict could set the tone for the property market this year.
10.03.2026 01:36
π 1
π 0
π¬ 0
π 0
09.03.2026 22:55
π 1
π 0
π¬ 1
π 0
How rich is Angus Taylor? The A to Z of the opposition leaderβs portfolio
The latest leader of the Coalition comes from four generations of farmers, and his extensive landholdings are tied up in a web of family trusts and holding companies.
Angus Taylor is either a successful businessman who wants to bring that expertise to government (without a lot of documentary evidence), or, on the evidence available, a guy who came from money, with a lot of money and a few unsuccessful businesses (?) www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
09.03.2026 21:12
π 7
π 2
π¬ 2
π 0
*the
03.03.2026 22:55
π 1
π 0
π¬ 0
π 0
"you stole a horse, rode off with only that clothes on your back and a peasant's standing, and somehow came back with enough money to buy a lord's manor?"
"Yes"
"Oh cool, no further questions" *love eyes*
03.03.2026 22:54
π 4
π 0
π¬ 1
π 0
Not to contribute to discourse (TM), but β amidst a sea of valid complaints about how Wuthering Heights neither follows the novel closely enough not stands up on its own β the fact Heathcliff turns up after years, looms in the mist, and is simply just "rich" now, with no explanation, is pretty funny
03.03.2026 22:52
π 3
π 0
π¬ 1
π 0
Seriously though, I think we turned this around in under 24 hours during the last crisis and it holds up pretty well, if you want the broad strokes, if I say so myself
03.03.2026 22:26
π 2
π 0
π¬ 0
π 0
I don't know man, maybe this is why you *fucking regulate gambling and futures markets you sick fucks*
01.03.2026 10:30
π 6
π 1
π¬ 0
π 0
I guess the Department of Defence really needed Claude *this* weekend
28.02.2026 12:10
π 0
π 0
π¬ 0
π 0
Man, if your phone is doing the AI screening thing, and you need it for work, I have to imagine you could be missing a decent number of legitimate calls.
I don't think it's once got my name right, often using whatever other noun in the sentence is available instead
28.02.2026 03:00
π 2
π 0
π¬ 0
π 0
The βgentleβ yet profitable solution to Melbourneβs housing crisis
A popular style of housing offers more homes in parts of Melbourne where people want to live, and itβs already on the rise.
The townhouse is (quietly) probably the number one solution to increasing density and supply of houses in Melbourne without annoying NIMBYs or pushing apartments that aren't commercially viable (in places they aren't wanted). And we already love them.
www.theage.com.au/property/new...
28.02.2026 02:32
π 2
π 0
π¬ 0
π 0
The Shepard Tone but it's the opening bars of Waterloo Sunset
26.02.2026 04:50
π 0
π 0
π¬ 0
π 0
Man, season two of The Night Manager is a hard watch if you love Le CarrΓ©.
The story may be vaguely interesting but the spycraft is dreadful. Like obvious, no hoops stuff.
So disappointing.
25.02.2026 13:26
π 1
π 0
π¬ 0
π 0
I think it depends on how you define colonial. Also not trying to be pendantic, but just because we became a nation we didn't stop being a colony, in respect to how we end up here/policies etc. And a lot of the coveted inner Melbourne stock is Victorian terrace housing. But yeah, O'Brien has a pov!
22.02.2026 00:40
π 0
π 0
π¬ 1
π 0
Is season 2 of The Pitt just a massive PSA about not riding motorcycles?
21.02.2026 13:22
π 2
π 0
π¬ 1
π 0
It's not wrong though, however we feel about it
21.02.2026 13:09
π 0
π 0
π¬ 1
π 0
'Smiling' fossil discovered in Northumberland
The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.
[Lindisfarne]
Me: (chanting) teeth, teeth-
Other fossil hunters: teeth, TEETH
British Geological Society: [pounding its clipboard] TEETH, TEETH, TEETH!
19.02.2026 14:23
π 994
π 294
π¬ 4
π 76
When I realise I'm only 1/3 of the way down the waterslide
19.02.2026 21:34
π 5
π 0
π¬ 0
π 0
Thank you!
13.02.2026 01:53
π 2
π 0
π¬ 0
π 0
If China's emissions had kept growing at previous levels emissions would like, what, maybe a full GIGATONNE higher....the area of avoided emissions here is like deleting the emissions of entire countries. This is happening at a scale that will very clearly have an effect in lessening disasters
12.02.2026 08:18
π 662
π 249
π¬ 15
π 17
It's a great laugh!
12.02.2026 08:18
π 1
π 0
π¬ 0
π 0
Obviously proper orgs are going to be vetting, verifying, etc, we're just in a time when everyone can go through these (or any public info dump) and has tools they think they can trust to do the work... And they're pretty clunky
12.02.2026 08:17
π 3
π 0
π¬ 0
π 0
And part two, because of the 3 min limit here (2/2)
12.02.2026 08:15
π 3
π 0
π¬ 1
π 0
If you're combing through the Epstein files with an LLM, or are reading people who are, I'd exercise a degree of caution.
Watch this test from tiktok of various models to do something simple like count the spells in the Harry Potter novels & think about the complexity of typo ridden emails (1/2)
12.02.2026 08:15
π 6
π 1
π¬ 1
π 0
How far house prices would fall if the capital gains tax discount changed
House prices have risen more than fourfold since the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount was introduced in 1999.
House prices have risen significantly more than inflation since the CGT discount was introduced in 1999... Cutting it won't cause them to fall.
But there could be other benefits.
11.02.2026 22:47
π 3
π 2
π¬ 0
π 1
Frank Woodley and I sampled boutique ice creams in a supermarket and waggled our eyebrows at each other about how good it was.
11.02.2026 22:49
π 2
π 0
π¬ 1
π 0