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John Kunkel

This Month

US presidential election winner Donald Trump reacts on stage with former first lady Melania Trump.

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

From left, BCA CEO Bran Black, PM Anthony Albanese and BCA president Geoff Culbert.

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

Trade Minister Don Farrell (left) and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits the Australian stalls at China International Import Expo in Shanghai.

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

The Mincor nickel mine in Kambalda, Western Australia.

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

Australia is moving into cutting edge areas of technology such as hypersonics.

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.

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