Today on Pearls and Irritations
Lower house prices should be welcomed
Restoring home ownership requires substantially lower house prices – and for most existing homeowners, falling property values need not leave them materially worse off.
‘Bombshell’ report says Netanyahu was warned before 7 October – and Israel rejected an offer to free civilian captives
UK bans goods from illegal Israeli settlements in major policy shift
Australia faces international criticism for lack of transparency in military trade
Australia is under strain – and politics is part of the problem
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