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First home buyers face perfect storm

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Stocks slide down slippery slope of doom

Australian Politics

Victorian Labor faces electoral wipe out

Nationalise gas and swap it for fuel

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RBA sets Australia up for GFC 2.0

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Policy

Rising immigration inflames rental crisis

Melbourne’s Manhattanisation won’t deliver affordable homes

Welcome to Trumpworld

One Nation forces Labor immigration pivot

Matt Canavan embraces policy gimmick

Ending the era of the “big business” university

Australia should send Trump the entire navy

Property

Risky mortgage lending surges

Net long-term arrivals hit new high in January

First home buyers ignore rising interest rates and rush market

Australia’s housing shortage by the numbers

Property lobby rallies against CGT changes

Buyers abandon Sydney property

Will the oil shock of 2026 crash house prices

Markets

Trump’s Gallipoli moment?

Why does gold always crash in a crisis?

Australian dollar to crash into depressflation

Global gas explodes, local will be OK

Australia stops in three weeks

Why is oil low and stocks high?

Gas shock mounts towards economic smash

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MB Fund February 2026 Performance Report

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