This Month
- Opinion
- Federal election
Anyone for tennis? Albanese needs to avoid the January jinx
A wander through some recent prime ministerial summers shows us that the season is stuffed with political danger.
- Lidija Ivanovski
November
Labor MPs told to campaign hard on Senate votes
The party’s upper house decline has been stifling its policy ambitions, as it needs 14 extra votes for every bill it needs to pass.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Economics explained
The economics behind ‘credible threats’
Good strategy involves knowing the game, including your opponents, and committing to a strategy.
- Richard Holden
- Opinion
- Future Fund
‘I would not have agreed to Future Fund shift’
With $230 billion to come into play, expect a long line of rent-seekers to form a queue, says former treasurer and Future Fund founder Peter Costello.
- Peter Costello
- Analysis
- Future Fund
‘Like bears to a honey-pot’: how the Future Fund got political
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ planned changes to the nation’s $230 billion savings account might be unfinished business for Labor.
- Tom McIlroy
Trump warned on ‘relentless’ China as Beijing duchesses Pacific
China has overtaken the US to become the second-biggest donor of foreign aid to the Pacific.
- Andrew Tillett
US leadership ‘indispensable’ even with Trump: Rudd
In his first comments since the former president’s comeback, the Australian ambassador in Washington says he is ready to work with the new White House.
- Andrew Tillett
Rinehart’s right-hand woman still partying at Mar-a-Lago
Gina Rinehart’s flown home but Teena McQueen’s still at Mar-a-Lago, dancing to YMCA with Argentinian President Javier Milei.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
How to Trump-proof foreign policy
Don’t panic, don’t relax, look for opportunities, and stay close to our other allies. That’s a way to deal with a confronting new Washington.
- Rory Medcalf
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Playing flick the ambassador is an old diplomatic game
If Albanese fails where Turnbull succeeded, and tariffs are imposed, it won’t just be Rudd who will be blamed, but the bloke who gave him the job.
- Phillip Coorey
Trump’s Scavino nomination adds to pressure on Rudd
The president-elect’s choice of a trusted aide, who has suggested Australia’s US ambassador is unfit, could become a problem next year.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Time running out for Rudd, says Trump adviser
A former White House deputy chief of staff posted a depleting hourglass in reply to a congratulatory tweet from Australia’s ambassador to the president-elect.
- Andrew Tillett and Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Trump’s foreign policy agenda a high-stakes guessing game
Donald Trump’s presidency is about to show up the contradictions in Australia’s defence spending and its domestic economy.
- Jennifer Hewett
Albanese channels Turnbull in Trump tariff fight
The Albanese government says the US has nothing to gain from imposing tariffs on Australia as it already enjoys a trade surplus.
- Phillip Coorey
‘We need you’: PM presses Trump on AUKUS
Anthony Albanese has pledged to set aside previous differences and forge a close relationship with Donald Trump
- Phillip Coorey
Gina Rinehart linked to luxury Palm Beach property market
The mining billionaire attended Donald Trump’s Florida party after rumours she’s been in the Palm Beach real estate market.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Analysis
- US Votes 2024
‘Don’t hit the panic button on Rudd’ if Trump wins
Recalling Kevin Rudd from Washington because of his past criticism of Donald Trump would be rash, said Dennis Richardson, Australia’s former ambassador to the US.
- James Curran
Why Kevin Rudd could lose his job if Trump wins the US election
There are pros and cons of keeping the former PM as Australia’s man in Washington.
- Andrew Tillett
- Exclusive
- US election
Rudd, Wong scramble to shore up Trump ties in coin-flip election
Senior Albanese government figures met with Mike Pompeo, the former president’s close ally, and others associated with his last administration.
- Andrew Tillett
October
Biden made a historic apology to Native Americans. Few noticed
The US approach to Indigenous concerns and rights and history is very different to Australia’s.
- Jennifer Hewett