Why the RBA is reluctant to stop the housing boom
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Each weekend, across the country, they line up for a quick COVID-restricted viewing.
They are shuffled in from the driveway and from the street, subjected to a toned-down version of the usual spin from agents whose main task these days is to act as crowd control marshals and fend off requests for contracts.
The competition is intense. Young couples nervously eye each other off, would-be rivals in a quest for their slice of the great Australian dream.
For decades, Dunedin officials have been talking about building a new city hall/municipal building.
Now they are preparing for a groundbreaking ceremony in early May for the more than 38,463-square-foot complex at 737 Louden Ave. The project is expected to be finished in September 2022. It s time to do this, said Commissioner Deborah Kynes, who made the motion to award the bid, complimenting staff, as did other commissioners, for their work of various aspects of the project. It s the right thing to do. I want it to be 75 to 100 years old, and if it s not, I will be haunting your wonderful new, little City Hall, she said, drawing laughter from her colleagues.
The Weeknd has announced his first NFT drop will launch on Saturday (04.03.21).
The 31-year-old star - whose real name is Abel Tesfaye - took to Twitter at the weekend to explain that his latest release will be a little different and that his next song will be up for grabs in NFT space only.
He wrote: new song living in NFT space. coming soon. He added: p.s. this chapter isnât quite done yet .still tying some loose ends (sic).
The Weeknd has since updated his fans to let them his limited edition art and the track is available via Nifty Gateway, the premier marketplace for Nifties , which are digital items you can truly own , according to their website.
By Reuters Staff
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - More than 1,500 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired generation will be shut from Dec. 8 this year, Germany’s energy regulator said on Thursday, announcing the results of a second round of auctions designed to cushion the cost of closing polluting plants.
FILE PHOTO: Steam rises from the cooling towers of the coal power plant of RWE, one of Europe s biggest electricity and gas companies in Niederaussem, Germany, March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
Germany has promised to abandon coal by 2038 and achieve a mostly carbon-free energy system by 2050, but it is also trying to lessen the impact on utilities, regions, employment and the public budget.
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