This Month
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Fasten seatbelts for a wild ride on Trump and trade
Here are four guideposts for managing Trump 2.0, informed by my time as Scott Morrison’s chief of staff.
September
Three ideas to sharpen up the Business Council of Australia’s act
Curiously, given business bangs on about innovation all the time, the BCA has failed to get the memo.
November 2023
- Opinion
- China relations
Australia finds itself in a new economic world
There is no going back to the good old days of globalisation. We have to shape our thinking to the big powers’ willingness to trade economic gain for security.
March 2023
- Opinion
- Globalisation
America’s industrial policy comeback requires Australia to rationally push back
How we respond to Joe Biden’s economic blueprint poses a challenge to successful policy consensus that since the 1980s has centred on trade liberalisation and globalisation.
January 2023
- Opinion
- Defence spending
The nation must mobilise its private investors for future defence
We urgently need to develop new public-private partnerships that leverage private sector nous and capital for national security purposes.