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Treat or trick? Why Trump won the trade truce but may yet lose the war

Treat or trick? Why Trump won the trade truce but may yet lose the war

The US president has effectively wielded tariffs as a weapon to beat other countries into advantageous deals. But Beijing has shown it can - and will...

yesterday 6

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Treat or trick? Why Trump won the trade truce but may yet lose the war

Treat or trick? Why Trump won the trade truce but may yet lose the war

The US president has effectively wielded tariffs as a weapon to beat other countries into advantageous deals. But Beijing has shown it can - and will...

yesterday 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Treat or trick? Why Trump won the trade truce but may yet lose the war

Treat or trick? Why Trump won the trade truce but may yet lose the war

The US president has effectively wielded tariffs as a weapon to beat other countries into advantageous deals. But Beijing has shown it can - and will...

yesterday 4

The Age

Michael Koziol

Treat or trick? Why Trump won the trade truce but may yet lose the war

Treat or trick? Why Trump won the trade truce but may yet lose the war

The US president has effectively wielded tariffs as a weapon to beat other countries into advantageous deals. But Beijing has shown it can - and will...

yesterday 1

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Help! Trump’s ballroom blitz is turning me into a NIMBY

Help! Trump’s ballroom blitz is turning me into a NIMBY

In Washington, it turns out you can just demolish the White House at will.

wednesday 4

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Help! Trump’s ballroom blitz is turning me into a NIMBY

Help! Trump’s ballroom blitz is turning me into a NIMBY

In Washington, it turns out you can just demolish the White House at will.

wednesday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Help! Trump’s ballroom blitz is turning me into a NIMBY

Help! Trump’s ballroom blitz is turning me into a NIMBY

In Washington, it turns out you can just demolish the White House at will.

wednesday 8

The Age

Michael Koziol

Help! Trump’s ballroom blitz is turning me into a NIMBY

Help! Trump’s ballroom blitz is turning me into a NIMBY

In Washington, it turns out you can just demolish the White House at will.

wednesday 7

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

We all love mining now, but there is still a big ‘elephant in the room’

We all love mining now, but there is still a big ‘elephant in the room’

It’s hard to believe it has already been 15 years since then-prime minister Kevin Rudd lobbed the “mining tax” into the national discourse. He...

22.10.2025 20

WA Today

Michael Koziol

We all love mining now, but there is still a big ‘elephant in the room’

We all love mining now, but there is still a big ‘elephant in the room’

It’s hard to believe it has already been 15 years since then-prime minister Kevin Rudd lobbed the “mining tax” into the national discourse. He...

22.10.2025 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

We all love mining now, but there is still a big ‘elephant in the room’

We all love mining now, but there is still a big ‘elephant in the room’

It’s hard to believe it has already been 15 years since then-prime minister Kevin Rudd lobbed the “mining tax” into the national discourse. He...

22.10.2025 4

The Age

Michael Koziol

We all love mining now, but there is still a big ‘elephant in the room’

We all love mining now, but there is still a big ‘elephant in the room’

It’s hard to believe it has already been 15 years since then-prime minister Kevin Rudd lobbed the “mining tax” into the national discourse. He...

22.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Trump runs his meetings like a TV director. Here’s what it was like on his set

Trump runs his meetings like a TV director. Here’s what it was like on his set

Just before the meeting started, the president was checking the TV cameras to make sure they were in the correct position.

21.10.2025 6

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Trump runs his meetings like a TV director. Here’s what it was like on his set

Trump runs his meetings like a TV director. Here’s what it was like on his set

Just before the meeting started, the president was checking the TV cameras to make sure they were in the correct position.

21.10.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Trump runs his meetings like a TV director. Here’s what it was like on his set

Trump runs his meetings like a TV director. Here’s what it was like on his set

Just before the meeting started, the president was checking the TV cameras to make sure they were in the correct position.

21.10.2025 6

The Age

Michael Koziol

Trump runs his meetings like a TV director. Here’s what it was like on his set

Trump runs his meetings like a TV director. Here’s what it was like on his set

Just before the meeting started, the president was checking the TV cameras to make sure they were in the correct position.

21.10.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Inside Albanese’s extremely successful Trump meeting (where I was called a nasty guy)

Inside Albanese’s extremely successful Trump meeting (where I was called a nasty guy)

In the presence of his most senior officials, Donald Trump backed the AUKUS pact but had harsh words for ambassador Kevin Rudd.

21.10.2025 10

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Inside Albanese’s extremely successful Trump meeting (where I was called a nasty guy)

Inside Albanese’s extremely successful Trump meeting (where I was called a nasty guy)

In the presence of his most senior officials, Donald Trump backed the AUKUS pact but had harsh words for ambassador Kevin Rudd.

21.10.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Inside Albanese’s extremely successful Trump meeting (where I was called a nasty guy)

Inside Albanese’s extremely successful Trump meeting (where I was called a nasty guy)

In the presence of his most senior officials, Donald Trump backed the AUKUS pact but had harsh words for ambassador Kevin Rudd.

21.10.2025 10

The Age

Michael Koziol

Inside Albanese’s extremely successful Trump meeting (where I was called a nasty guy)

Inside Albanese’s extremely successful Trump meeting (where I was called a nasty guy)

In the presence of his most senior officials, Donald Trump backed the AUKUS pact but had harsh words for ambassador Kevin Rudd.

21.10.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Whatever Trump decides on AUKUS, Australia’s subs are far from guaranteed

Whatever Trump decides on AUKUS, Australia’s subs are far from guaranteed

Anthony Albanese will be seeking the US president’s commitment to the submarine pact on which Australia’s maritime defence depends, but it means...

20.10.2025 20

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Whatever Trump decides on AUKUS, Australia’s subs are far from guaranteed

Whatever Trump decides on AUKUS, Australia’s subs are far from guaranteed

Anthony Albanese will be seeking the US president’s commitment to the submarine pact on which Australia’s maritime defence depends, but it means...

20.10.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Whatever Trump decides on AUKUS, Australia’s subs are far from guaranteed

Whatever Trump decides on AUKUS, Australia’s subs are far from guaranteed

Anthony Albanese will be seeking the US president’s commitment to the submarine pact on which Australia’s maritime defence depends, but it means...

20.10.2025 8

The Age

Michael Koziol

Whatever Trump decides on AUKUS, Australia’s subs are far from guaranteed

Whatever Trump decides on AUKUS, Australia’s subs are far from guaranteed

Anthony Albanese will be seeking the US president’s commitment to the submarine pact on which Australia’s maritime defence depends, but it means...

20.10.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

With Zelensky meeting, Trump makes clear his role in this conflict

With Zelensky meeting, Trump makes clear his role in this conflict

On the back of the Gaza ceasefire, the US president believes more than ever that he can end wars. And he doesn’t care about the history, or the...

18.10.2025 4

WA Today

Michael Koziol

With Zelensky meeting, Trump makes clear his role in this conflict

With Zelensky meeting, Trump makes clear his role in this conflict

On the back of the Gaza ceasefire, the US president believes more than ever that he can end wars. And he doesn’t care about the history, or the...

18.10.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

With Zelensky meeting, Trump makes clear his role in this conflict

With Zelensky meeting, Trump makes clear his role in this conflict

On the back of the Gaza ceasefire, the US president believes more than ever that he can end wars. And he doesn’t care about the history, or the...

18.10.2025 20

The Age

Michael Koziol

With Zelensky meeting, Trump makes clear his role in this conflict

With Zelensky meeting, Trump makes clear his role in this conflict

On the back of the Gaza ceasefire, the US president believes more than ever that he can end wars. And he doesn’t care about the history, or the...

18.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Greatest reason Gaza war ‘will not end’: Why Hamas isn’t going anywhere

Greatest reason Gaza war ‘will not end’: Why Hamas isn’t going anywhere

Gaza is pulverised. But reports suggest Hamas fighters have emerged from underground in fresh clothes, with functional weapons and “sparkling clean...

17.10.2025 7

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Greatest reason Gaza war ‘will not end’: Why Hamas isn’t going anywhere

Greatest reason Gaza war ‘will not end’: Why Hamas isn’t going anywhere

Gaza is pulverised. But reports suggest Hamas fighters have emerged from underground in fresh clothes, with functional weapons and “sparkling clean...

17.10.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Greatest reason Gaza war ‘will not end’: Why Hamas isn’t going anywhere

Greatest reason Gaza war ‘will not end’: Why Hamas isn’t going anywhere

Gaza is pulverised. But reports suggest Hamas fighters have emerged from underground in fresh clothes, with functional weapons and “sparkling clean...

17.10.2025 4

The Age

Michael Koziol

Greatest reason Gaza war ‘will not end’: Why Hamas isn’t going anywhere

Greatest reason Gaza war ‘will not end’: Why Hamas isn’t going anywhere

Gaza is pulverised. But reports suggest Hamas fighters have emerged from underground in fresh clothes, with functional weapons and “sparkling clean...

17.10.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Having declared mission complete, the risk now is that Trump taps out

The US president deserves much credit for striking a ceasefire deal. But in his exaggeration of what has been achieved, some fear he will lose...

14.10.2025 10

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Having declared mission complete, the risk now is that Trump taps out

Having declared mission complete, the risk now is that Trump taps out

The US president deserves much credit for striking a ceasefire deal. But in his exaggeration of what has been achieved, some fear he will lose...

14.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Having declared mission complete, the risk now is that Trump taps out

Having declared mission complete, the risk now is that Trump taps out

The US president deserves much credit for striking a ceasefire deal. But in his exaggeration of what has been achieved, some fear he will lose...

14.10.2025 10

The Age

Michael Koziol

Having declared mission complete, the risk now is that Trump taps out

The US president deserves much credit for striking a ceasefire deal. But in his exaggeration of what has been achieved, some fear he will lose...

14.10.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Comey charges may have been predictable, but it’s a crisis nonetheless

The indictment of the former FBI director – one of Donald Trump’s political enemies – puts paid to any pretence that he would rise above...

26.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Comey charges may have been predictable, but it’s a crisis nonetheless

The indictment of the former FBI director – one of Donald Trump’s political enemies – puts paid to any pretence that he would rise above...

26.09.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Comey charges may have been predictable, but it’s a crisis nonetheless

The indictment of the former FBI director – one of Donald Trump’s political enemies – puts paid to any pretence that he would rise above...

26.09.2025 10

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Comey charges may have been predictable, but it’s a crisis nonetheless

The indictment of the former FBI director – one of Donald Trump’s political enemies – puts paid to any pretence that he would rise above...

26.09.2025 9

The Age

Michael Koziol

Mad in the morning, loyal in the afternoon: Trump’s day of mixed messages

In a scattershot tirade before the gathered UN dignitaries, the president took aim at the usual targets and proclaimed himself “right about...

24.09.2025 4

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Mad in the morning, loyal in the afternoon: Trump’s day of mixed messages

In a scattershot tirade before the gathered UN dignitaries, the president took aim at the usual targets and proclaimed himself “right about...

24.09.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Mad in the morning, loyal in the afternoon: Trump’s day of mixed messages

In a scattershot tirade before the gathered UN dignitaries, the president took aim at the usual targets and proclaimed himself “right about...

24.09.2025 3

The Age

Michael Koziol

Mad in the morning, loyal in the afternoon: Trump’s day of mixed messages

In a scattershot tirade before the gathered UN dignitaries, the president took aim at the usual targets and proclaimed himself “right about...

24.09.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

As commentator-in-chief, Trump can be charming, even funny. Today he was dangerous

Donald Trump often casts himself as a mere observer of life. That can be harmless – until he gives the full weight of the presidency to unfounded...

23.09.2025 4

WA Today

Michael Koziol

As commentator-in-chief, Trump can be charming, even funny. Today he was dangerous

Donald Trump often casts himself as a mere observer of life. That can be harmless – until he gives the full weight of the presidency to unfounded...

23.09.2025 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

As commentator-in-chief, Trump can be charming, even funny. Today he was dangerous

Donald Trump often casts himself as a mere observer of life. That can be harmless – until he gives the full weight of the presidency to unfounded...

23.09.2025 10

The Age

Michael Koziol

As commentator-in-chief, Trump can be charming, even funny. Today he was dangerous

Donald Trump often casts himself as a mere observer of life. That can be harmless – until he gives the full weight of the presidency to unfounded...

23.09.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Yes, Trump has bigger fish to fry – but after the G7 close call, this snub stings

If you have to cancel a date with someone, you reschedule, right? Unless you never really wanted to see them in the first place.

23.09.2025 3

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Yes, Trump has bigger fish to fry – but after the G7 close call, this snub stings

If you have to cancel a date with someone, you reschedule, right? Unless you never really wanted to see them in the first place.

23.09.2025 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol