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Critical minerals script runs into reality in DC

Australia’s efforts to use these resources as a bargaining chip in Washington won’t work.

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Milei goes for broke in Argentina

The South American country’s president offers a radical experiment in economic therapy for a nation in desperate financial straits.

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Albanese can’t escape ‘daddy’ Trump’s defence demands

Donald Trump wanted – and got – acclaim and obeisance from NATO leaders. It’s lucky Anthony Albanese wasn’t in the picture.

27.06.2025 5

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US plays the Trump card at NATO

The summit allows the US president to parade his ceasefire success and press NATO members to up their defence spending. Australia’s Richard Marles...

25.06.2025 8

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Trump claims elusive win despite uncertainty

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...

24.06.2025 4

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Why Albanese has to back US strike

The prime minister is belatedly backing America, but what comes next in the Middle East is much less clear.

23.06.2025 4

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Trump would love to target the Federal Reserve as well as Iran

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...

19.06.2025 20

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Storm clouds gather over G7

The intensifying conflict in the Middle East will dominate an agenda that was supposed to focus on trade and support for Ukraine.

16.06.2025 10

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Why Brazil is too big and too important for Australia to ignore

Amid a shifting global order, expanding international ambitions and a tricky domestic balancing act, Brazil could have a greater impact on Australia...

13.06.2025 10

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Australian rare earths miners join rush to Brazil

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...

10.06.2025 10

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Australia and Chile have more in common than you probably think

The two countries have many similarities as mining-based economies dependent on China as their major trading partner. But the relationship goes...

06.06.2025 9

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BHP’s monumental copper pay and play in Chile

The world’s largest copper mine shows how intertwined the fortunes of Australia’s big miners are with what’s happening with critical minerals.

04.06.2025 9

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Trump tests the world’s nervous system – again

The president’s fury at being mockingly labelled TACO on tariffs may be enough to ensure that he proceeds on schedule.

02.06.2025 7

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Political success doesn’t guarantee policy success

The Labor Party is promising to deliver its election agenda. But that won’t be anywhere near enough to address Australia’s economic challenges....

30.05.2025 40

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Watt makes the only choice on Woodside

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...

28.05.2025 3

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Nuclear fantasy gone but renewables reality remains

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...

26.05.2025 10

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From Jakarta deals to Vatican kneels, Albanese crafts his statesman act

The prime minister professes humility but the size of Labor’s victory makes him confident his government has got the balance right. The opposition...

16.05.2025 3

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Trump goes for gold in the Middle East

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.

14.05.2025 9

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Why Ley says she’s up for the job

The first woman to lead the Liberals is optimistic about the way back, but the party’s woes are likely to get worse.

13.05.2025 10

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Liberals implode but Labor’s hardest test to come

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...

09.05.2025 9

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US-China talks seek to save face, and their economies

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...

07.05.2025 5

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Steady hand faces test from Trump’s new American revolution

Anthony Albanese is promising a reformist, orderly government with no surprises but what will happen when the shocks keep coming.

05.05.2025 5

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Dutton is now the least of the Liberals’ problems

How and why the Liberals lost the campaign so very badly and why there’s no rescue coming.

04.05.2025 5

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What went wrong – and right – in this election

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,...

02.05.2025 8

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Trump is boosting left-wing victories. That’s bad news for Dutton

America’s president is harming, not helping, other conservative leaders. But what is the reaction within the US?

29.04.2025 3

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Albanese tries (and fails) to not sound overconfident

Peter Dutton’s campaign is in deep trouble as the Coalition loses its mojo and the federal government’s confidence surges.

21.04.2025 7

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Albanese and Dutton dodge economic reality

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...

16.04.2025 5

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China weaponises rare earths in tariff war

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...

14.04.2025 10

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Tax cuts, housing help: parties spend big to grab attention and votes

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...

13.04.2025 4

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No place to hide from White House reality TV show

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...

11.04.2025 5

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Trump’s game of bluff on tariffs and tax

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...

08.04.2025 20

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Tariff maelstrom bears down on Dutton’s election hopes

Labor is as alarmed as any government as Donald Trump’s sharemarket carnage unfolds. But it also sees a political advantage.

07.04.2025 3

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Trump’s colossal misjudgment will cost the US – and the world – dearly

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...

04.04.2025 6

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Trump has soured my American dream

There was a chilling edge to the president’s declaration this would be “an entirely different country within a short period of time”.

03.04.2025 7

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Australia counts cost of gas manoeuvres

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?

02.04.2025 3

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RBA won’t join desperate guessing game

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...

01.04.2025 10

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Why Albanese is confident of winning – partly thanks to Trump

The government quietly hopes the Trump effect will boost its chances, but the focus of the election campaign will be resolutely on domestic...

28.03.2025 4

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Chalmers’ tax wedge gives Dutton licence to thrill

The Albanese government is trying to fashion a tactical victory from budget strategic failure, but Peter Dutton has a chance to turn the tables.

26.03.2025 4

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With a $5 a week tax cut, Labor limps away from global threats

Economic reform? Managing global risk? No, this budget is all about Labor struggling back into office with the promise of better to come.

26.03.2025 9

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Friendly fire hits Australian universities

Local universities are caught up in Donald Trump’s culture wars. But the threat is partly home-grown and self-inflicted.

24.03.2025 4

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Budget inaction is not what’s needed at a time of Trump turbulence

Jim Chalmers’ budget will set the scene for an election campaign dominated by global noise but domestic policy silence.

21.03.2025 7

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Trump’s MAGA dreams conjure a world nightmare

Donald Trump values his relationship with dictators far more than that with democratic allies, making the global economic and national security...

19.03.2025 10

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APRA holds firm against deregulation push

The banking regulator is resisting the US push for greater deregulation to boost growth. But can that last given the international upheaval under way?

18.03.2025 7

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Reality bites critical-minerals hopes

Australia’s ambition of processing critical minerals is mostly a dream and one that won’t persuade Trump to withhold tariffs on our exports,...

17.03.2025 4

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Consumers trapped by rising cost of energy failure and power bills

Power prices will be a key election topic as Labor sells the benefits of renewables and the Coalition insists nuclear offers the only affordable...

14.03.2025 6

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Trump’s tariffs hit markets and politics

It is now clear to world leaders and Wall Street that the president’s version of transactional politics includes the blunt reality of universal...

12.03.2025 6

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Canada goes hard on Trump while Australia goes quiet

The traditionally polite Canadian government is condemning Donald Trump’s America as it faces a tough election. Australia’s government is far more...

10.03.2025 3

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Donald Trump is the political equivalent of a natural disaster

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.

07.03.2025 6

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Trump’s glory moment upstages the world

The US president’s address to congress was Donald Trump’s favourite version of reality TV, featuring himself as the star.

05.03.2025 4

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Why Trump is still business gold

Major US financial executives are confident about the strength of the US economy and the benefits of the president’s deregulatory agenda. How all...

04.03.2025 9

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