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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...
The frantic manoeuvring over Ukraine is one more aspect of the revolution the US president is imposing on a deeply worried world. What happens next?
From Chinese warships, to Trump’s tariffs, to Australia’s sense of itself, Anthony Albanese is struggling to show he has convincing answers.
The deal Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is being forced to sign highlights the confusion in business and politics created by Donald Trump’s...
CEO Meg O’Neill is optimistic about a big future for oil and gas projects despite lacklustre share price and contradictory messages from governments...
The treasurer’s visit to Washington this week shows the difficulties of navigating the risks and presidential whims dominating any interaction with...
The prime minister is intent on saving jobs and the South Australian steel industry with a joint government bailout of $2.4 billion. But his hopes of...
The Albanese government hoped for a new resources boom in new critical minerals projects and processing. There’s been a hard reckoning since, but...
Even the fiercely independent inflation fighter Michele Bullock knew she would follow predecessor Phil Lowe in becoming Political and Public Enemy No....
The financial results for Australia’s biggest steelmaker show the mixed fortunes of businesses coping with the confusion of Donald Trump’s planned...
As Labor prepares for an election, any momentum for its agenda and achievements keeps being blown off course by the will and whims of Donald Trump.
Chief executive Matt Comyn has plenty to celebrate in the bank’s results. Unlike politicians, he prefers to avoid claiming much credit for that.
A relieved Anthony Albanese managed to persuade the president to at least consider exempting Australia from the 25 per cent tariffs on US steel and...
US tariffs on steel and aluminium look likely to embroil Australia. What’s an under-pressure Anthony Albanese to do when a president doesn’t care...
Why a state byelection has Anthony Albanese biting his fingernails. The west Melbourne seat is being treated by both sides as a litmus test for the...
The US president’s vision of the US taking over Gaza and turning it into a peaceful, prosperous property development project is a fantasy.
The US president’s use of tariffs against China in his first term is now in full bloom as a general panacea to impose on even close US allies for a...
The failure of the government to generate any excitement for its agenda is as alarming for Labor stalwarts and MPs as it is encouraging for the...
The Albanese government will be even more relieved than the Reserve Bank that the latest consumer price index shows a further drop in inflation.
Donald Trump’s plans for an energy revolution will blow strong political winds across Australia’s energy market.
Donald Trump is waging war on DEI policies. Does this mean the defeat of woke – or just another front in the fight?
Donald Trump has always loved a deal. Now he wants to force governments to gamble at his own White House table.
The formal traditions of an American presidential inauguration couldn’t obscure the extent of the Trump revolution immediately under way.
The president-elect says his administration won’t waste a minute in delivering on its promises. The Trump revolution is under way.
Market tantrums and the fall in the Australian dollar in response to the US Fed show that next year is likely to be even more volatile.
Jim Chalmers is good at relaxed rhetoric about the economy. The mid-year figures are much tougher to explain.
Falling prices mean Australia’s ambitions to develop the industry and downstream processing are on pause. Is this a waiting game, or is it all over?
Peter Dutton is betting big on nuclear power. Labor labels this economic insanity. And the public won’t believe either party’s estimates of what...
The risk of power blackouts is real and rising this summer – along with the costs of frantically trying to avoid that happening,
Forget the headline number. The latest inflation figures are not good news for a government trying to sell its economic credentials.
Donald Trump is promising 25 per cent tariffs on supposedly close allies like Canada and Mexico as well as China. Where does that leave Australia?
The Albanese government’s numbers don’t add up for voters as the election looms.
The US may have a different culture, but its politics still provide a recent lesson in the electoral risks of rural voters feeling ignored by...
The frenzy around a reinvigorated Republican administration can only make the voter ride much bumpier for everyone, Anthony Albanese included.
The government accuses Peter Dutton of hypocrisy for rejecting its foreign student caps, but the Opposition Leader is not about to do Labor any...