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Australia’s efforts to use these resources as a bargaining chip in Washington won’t work.
The South American country’s president offers a radical experiment in economic therapy for a nation in desperate financial straits.
Donald Trump wanted – and got – acclaim and obeisance from NATO leaders. It’s lucky Anthony Albanese wasn’t in the picture.
The summit allows the US president to parade his ceasefire success and press NATO members to up their defence spending. Australia’s Richard Marles...
The US president’s high-risk bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities looked to have been a big win. Does the quick breakdown in the ceasefire mean...
The prime minister is belatedly backing America, but what comes next in the Middle East is much less clear.
The president sounds as angry with Jerome Powell as with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But what he decides to do about Iran will come much sooner than a Fed...
The intensifying conflict in the Middle East will dominate an agenda that was supposed to focus on trade and support for Ukraine.
Amid a shifting global order, expanding international ambitions and a tricky domestic balancing act, Brazil could have a greater impact on Australia...
At least 13 small Australian miners are frantically trying their luck – and trying to raise money – to develop rare earths mines. But why are they...
The two countries have many similarities as mining-based economies dependent on China as their major trading partner. But the relationship goes...
The world’s largest copper mine shows how intertwined the fortunes of Australia’s big miners are with what’s happening with critical minerals.
The president’s fury at being mockingly labelled TACO on tariffs may be enough to ensure that he proceeds on schedule.
The Labor Party is promising to deliver its election agenda. But that won’t be anywhere near enough to address Australia’s economic challenges....
A new environment minister has finally granted a decades-long extension for operation of the vital North West Shelf project. But the fights over gas...
Labor was able to bury the Coalition’s plans for a nuclear energy future. But now the high costs of Australia’s energy challenge are coming back...
The prime minister professes humility but the size of Labor’s victory makes him confident his government has got the balance right. The opposition...
The US president’s visit to the region is focused on the money that’s on offer. Israel and Gaza are not part of the equation for instant returns.
The first woman to lead the Liberals is optimistic about the way back, but the party’s woes are likely to get worse.
Not even a Paul Keating spray can deflect Labor’s euphoria over its extraordinary win. What will Anthony Albanese do with that in government is much...
Tariff negotiations between the two superpowers this weekend offer the prospect of retreat from a full-on trade war. But will the market’s sense of...
Anthony Albanese is promising a reformist, orderly government with no surprises but what will happen when the shocks keep coming.
How and why the Liberals lost the campaign so very badly and why there’s no rescue coming.
A sullen electorate appears to be reluctantly accepting more of the same from Labor. For the Coalition, it adds up to a discordant failure of tactics,...
America’s president is harming, not helping, other conservative leaders. But what is the reaction within the US?
Peter Dutton’s campaign is in deep trouble as the Coalition loses its mojo and the federal government’s confidence surges.
Trump has warned his tariffs may cause temporary pain. Albanese and Dutton are not even trying to level with Australian voters about the cost of their...
China’s dominance in processing rare earths metals and high-performance magnets means Beijing’s curbs on the crucial exports are a major threat to...
A federal budget far less healthy than previous ones hasn’t reined in Labor’s willingness to spend and spend more, and the Coalition is ready to...
Like the rest of the world, WA politics has been upended by Donald Trump’s reckless tariff war, which has a sharp edge in a resources-dependent...
China is threatening to “fight to the end” if America imposes yet more tariffs. The respite on global sharemarkets is likely to be temporary if...
Labor is as alarmed as any government as Donald Trump’s sharemarket carnage unfolds. But it also sees a political advantage.
Donald Trump is pretending the sharemarket carnage is all part of his grand plan to use tariffs to reboot the US economy. What happens when Main...
There was a chilling edge to the president’s declaration this would be “an entirely different country within a short period of time”.
Peter Dutton is the latest political leader with a new plan to lower energy prices. Will his gas policy work any better than all the others?
Central banks are as much on edge as markets, as the world waits to learn the impact and extent of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Caution reigns at the...
The government quietly hopes the Trump effect will boost its chances, but the focus of the election campaign will be resolutely on domestic...
The Albanese government is trying to fashion a tactical victory from budget strategic failure, but Peter Dutton has a chance to turn the tables.
Economic reform? Managing global risk? No, this budget is all about Labor struggling back into office with the promise of better to come.
Local universities are caught up in Donald Trump’s culture wars. But the threat is partly home-grown and self-inflicted.
Jim Chalmers’ budget will set the scene for an election campaign dominated by global noise but domestic policy silence.
Donald Trump values his relationship with dictators far more than that with democratic allies, making the global economic and national security...
The banking regulator is resisting the US push for greater deregulation to boost growth. But can that last given the international upheaval under way?
Australia’s ambition of processing critical minerals is mostly a dream and one that won’t persuade Trump to withhold tariffs on our exports,...
Power prices will be a key election topic as Labor sells the benefits of renewables and the Coalition insists nuclear offers the only affordable...
It is now clear to world leaders and Wall Street that the president’s version of transactional politics includes the blunt reality of universal...
The traditionally polite Canadian government is condemning Donald Trump’s America as it faces a tough election. Australia’s government is far more...
Trump’s tariffs on Australian aluminium will have a modest economic impact, but his assault on US allies is changing Australia’s place in the world.
The US president’s address to congress was Donald Trump’s favourite version of reality TV, featuring himself as the star.
Major US financial executives are confident about the strength of the US economy and the benefits of the president’s deregulatory agenda. How all...