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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...
After taking a wild ride in lithium over the past year, Liontown Resources thinks it can also adapt to whatever the Trump administration produces.
Why the appointment of the world’s richest man to a cost-cutting role in the Trumpiverse challenges Labor’s approach to government in Australia.
Donald Trump’s presidency is about to show up the contradictions in Australia’s defence spending and its domestic economy.
Transurban and the NSW government are at loggerheads over how to reduce the long-term costs to taxpayers and motorists from Sydney’s sprawling toll...
Donald Trump attacked the Democrats for being too progressive and woke on cultural issues. Many Americans agreed with that general theme, if not...
Her gracious concession speech demonstrated the practical problems with her campaign and where the Democrats failed.
Donald Trump’s return to the White House means the return of an unpredictable president with big plans to Make America Great Again – and fewer...
The former president is priming his supporters to claim another election steal if he doesn’t win big.
America’s economy remains robust despite the sickness infecting its politics. But Donald Trump still says emergency economic surgery is needed.
Kamala Harris reminds voters of Donald Trump’s role in the January 6 insurrection. But a clumsy line from President Joe Biden derailed her appeal...
The US approach to Indigenous concerns and rights and history is very different to Australia’s.
Donald Trump can’t win over a staunch liberal New York City, but he used a rally at Madison Square Garden to flaunt his claim to own America’s...
To the frustration and alarm of Democrats, Kamala Harris is yet to “close the deal” to prevent a return of Donald Trump as US president. Why is the...
The IMF has reinforced America’s economic exceptionalism despite the poisonous politics on spectacular show. Australia is exceptional for another...
The Coalition’s nuclear policy gets most of the attention, but the future of coal will have a starring role in the continuing climate wars.
There’s increasing focus on the crucial role of gas to support the energy transition. But bankers and politicians are yet to get the message.