What we learned, 29 September 2024
With that we’re wrapping up the blog. Before we go, here are the major stories from Sunday:
The environment minister Tanya Plibersek has told Australians in Lebanon to “come home immediately” before hostilities along the Israeli border grow worse;
Rallies to mark the one-year anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attacks are being planned around the country;
Bridget McKenzie has condemned Penny Wong over a speech to the UN calling for a ceasefire;
Wild weather has prompted more than 600 calls for help from the New South Wales State Emergency Service in the state’s north-east;
Barnaby Joyce has pointed to the exploding communications devices used to attack Hezbollah to promote scepticism of Chinese-made EVs and solar panels.
And Australian Federal Police officers have seized millions of dollars in cocaine and methamphetamine at Sydney airport across two days.
We’ll pick things up again tomorrow.
Updated
Clearance rates down as auction activity slows nationally
Auction activity has dropped this weekend with 1,828 auctions to be held. This is lower than the 2,781 auctions held last week, but a substantial improvement on the 1,198 auctions that occurred at the same time last year.
Based on results collected so far, CoreLogic’s summary found that the preliminary clearance rate was 64.5% across the country, which is lower than the 68.2% preliminary rate recorded last week but well above the 60.7% actual rate on final numbers.
Across the capital cities:
Sydney: 895 of 1,195 auctions with a preliminary clearance rate of 66.1%
Melbourne: 187 of 237 auctions with a preliminary clearance rate of 56.7%
Brisbane: 111 0f 151 auctions with a preliminary clearance rate of 55%
Adelaide: 71 of 130 auctions with a preliminary clearance rate of 74.6%
Canberra: 73 of 103 auctions with a preliminary clearance rate of 65.8%
Tasmania: One auction to be held.
Perth: Four of ten auctions held.
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