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Local exchange-traded fund operators are moving to act on growing calls to divest Russian stocks following the invasion of Ukraine.https://bit.ly/3sGyooa 

Perth fintech Boomer Home Loans is raising fresh capital and closing in on a debt funding deal as it eyes a slice of the reverse mortgage market.https://bit.ly/3KfxEwh 

The hardware of the Russian invasion may operational but the software of its narrative has seized up and Vladymir Putin’s plan in failing way he could not have imagined.https://www.afr.com/world/europe/war-and-peace-shows-putin-is-doomed-to-abysmal-defeat-20220306-p5a25n?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nc&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1646526939-2 …

Putin’s crackdown on dissent gives him space to present his mind-bending narrative of the war in Ukraine. Willingly or fearfully, many Russians accept it.https://www.afr.com/world/europe/through-the-looking-glass-how-russians-see-the-war-20220305-p5a23t?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nc&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1646523344-1 …

US inflation and the European Central Bank’s interest rate decision will be closely watched this week, as will two speeches by the Reserve Bank’s Philip Lowe.https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/what-the-markets-will-be-watching-this-week-20220306-p5a25a?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nc&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1646523294-2 …

Visitors to Melbourne will be able to view more than 70 works by Pablo Picasso in a new blockbuster exhibition the Victorian government hopes will bring tourists back to the city.https://bit.ly/3txvGkh 

Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons makes it hard for NATO to consider a ‘no-fly zone’, Peter Dutton says; Putin says Western sanctions on Russia are akin to a declaration of war; Russians are seeing a very different war. Follow updates here.https://www.afr.com/world/europe/putin-calls-western-sanctions-a-declaration-of-war-20220306-p5a242?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nc&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1646523269-1 …

Victoria wants 2 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2032 - equivalent to 20 per cent of the state’s energy needs - a target that doubles by 2035 and rises to 9GW by 2040.https://bit.ly/34baF66 

If he succeeds, Mr Macron would be the first French leader for two decades to win a second term in office.https://bit.ly/34bhBA7 

In a historic interview, Paul Symon, chief of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, talks Russia, China and what he looks for an operative.https://bit.ly/35xqXqx 

In a city where dishwashers earn more than some graduates, the government hopes to wean employers off foreign labour and increase automation, but that’s not a great fit for fine dining.https://bit.ly/3hU897L 

Vladimir Putin said Western sanctions on Russia were akin to a declaration of war and warned that any attempt to impose a no-fly zone in Ukraine would lead to catastrophic consequences. Follow updates here.https://bit.ly/35vG2ZP 

The 1970s coincided with major shifts in monetary policy regimes, and the OPEC shock. Will central banks heed the lessons of 50 years ago?https://bit.ly/3IOqK0z 

City-based accounting firms are softening their resistance to letting staff work remotely full-time amid the ongoing shortage of talent.https://bit.ly/3Cc4RWq 

NSW Transport says it briefed the government about Sydney Trains’ shock shutdown several hours before the first cancellation, raising questions about the minister’s claims he was unaware.https://bit.ly/3vBTLsF 

Russia has intensified a crackdown on media outlets and individuals, blocking Facebook and Twitter and criminalising the intentional spreading of what Moscow deems to be “fake” reports.https://bit.ly/3MrCFnt 

More than 83 per cent of Australia’s biggest construction group is now controlled by its major shareholder Hochtief, up from 78.5 per cent in late February.https://bit.ly/3HCOMKB 

Politicians around the world have made a show of taking away the comforts of Russia’s wealthy elite after the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Yet actually seizing those assets will be much more difficult.https://bit.ly/34ko2Ba 

Australian Senator James Paterson, who visited US intelligence agencies, says Russia’s war on Ukraine reinforces the need to be prepared for Beijing’s intent with Taiwan.https://bit.ly/3sPc5gl 

The Great Southern Stand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground will be renamed the S.K. Warne Stand in tribute to cricketing legend Shane Warne.https://bit.ly/3HDqMqM