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Scott Morrison to testify before US panel on China
The former prime minister will warn the US that China seeks to isolate America from allies such as Australia to advance its interests in the Indo-Pacific.
Rudd ‘confident’ on AUKUS review, rejects defence spending claims
Australia’s US ambassador refutes suggestions Canberra is not spending enough on defence and says issues raised by the Pentagon about AUKUS will be resolved.
John Stone, former Treasury secretary, dies aged 96
Former prime minister John Howard has remembered John Stone as a public servant with “superb intellect”.
Big miners fear tax increase from Chalmers’ roundtable
Resources companies are nervous that next month’s meeting with business, unions and policymakers will target mining and energy to pay for cutting other taxes.
Albo’s China trip | Why NAB’s under pressure | Is AI a bubble?
This week, rating how the prime minister went in Beijing, a bank boss’s drinking comes under scrutiny and are we seeing a repeat of the dot com bust?
Yoga, isolation or a ‘shadow’ board? How economists predict RBA calls
The art of forecasting what the central bank will do with interest rates is a difficult one and, it turns out, everyone has a different approach.
Opinion & Analysis
Why a visit to the panda enclosure is never just about pandas
China used to give pandas to strategic allies. Now it loans them out, but it also isn’t afraid to use them as punishment.
The jobless rate is up. Over to you Governor Bullock
The unexpected jump in the unemployment rate to 4.3 per cent will put scrutiny on the RBA’s surprise decision not to cut interest rates this month.
Economics editor
The RBA suddenly looks late on rates
The jump in the jobless rate appears to have all but locked in a rate cut in August, after the RBA shocked the market by holding last week.
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Peter Varghese is wrong. AUKUS is our path to defence self-reliance
Australia shouldn’t give in to every US request, but quitting would be reckless. A capable navy, centred on nuclear submarines, underwrites our security and economy.
Defence expert
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PM refuses to say he trusts Chinese President Xi
Anthony Albanese has wrapped up his diplomatic tour of China, talking up the renewed relationship as the Coalition criticises parts of the trip as indulgent.
Why a visit to the panda enclosure is never just about pandas
China used to give pandas to strategic allies. Now it loans them out, but it also isn’t afraid to use them as punishment.
‘Three parent’ babies born after medical breakthrough
Monash University and other experts hope their breakthrough will help combat previously incurable genetic diseases.
The jobless rate is up. Over to you Governor Bullock
The unexpected jump in the unemployment rate to 4.3 per cent will put scrutiny on the RBA’s surprise decision not to cut interest rates this month.
The RBA suddenly looks late on rates
The jump in the jobless rate appears to have all but locked in a rate cut in August, after the RBA shocked the market by holding last week.
Jobless rate rises to 4.3pc, cements RBA rate cut
The unemployment rate has jumped to 4.3 per cent, confirming the jobs market is cooling and paving the way an RBA cut to interest rates next month.
Peter Varghese is wrong. AUKUS is our path to defence self-reliance
Australia shouldn’t give in to every US request, but quitting would be reckless. A capable navy, centred on nuclear submarines, underwrites our security and economy.
Inside the interest rate decision that shocked the country
Economics editor John Kehoe and senior reporter Jonathan Shapiro on the RBA’s shock decision on rates, what it means for the economy and whether the next generation will be worse off than their parents.
To understand the world, study the zero-sum mindset
We are living in a world where one group’s gain is invariably seen as another’s loss. But where does it come from and what does it mean for policy?
Albanese eases Chinese fears over east coast gas reservation
The prime minister reassured Chinese gas companies that supply contracts won’t be cancelled, but ruled out watering down foreign investment rules.
The roundtable needs to be Labor’s ‘Nixon in China’ IR moment
Labor needs to challenge its policy and political orthodoxies on workplace regulation to fix the nation’s economic malaise.
Cochlear CEO calls for tax shake-up to boost R&D
Cochlear chief executive Dig Howitt has urged the government to abolish the $150 million expenditure threshold to boost business innovation and investment.
Chalmers’ reform summit will be 3 days of nothingness
The meeting will end in the usual whimper with a fleeting sideways glance at productivity, where business groups have already capitulated.
Ken Henry says you should be half-a-million dollars richer
Australians have lost $500k in pay rises over the past 25 years because of the economy’s abysmal productivity, says former Treasury boss Ken Henry.
3 ways the tax system is stacked against the young (and 4 fixes)
As the federal government prepares to debate tax reform at a summit next month, we asked experts how to fix one big problem.
We let China rig the trade system and now we’re paying for it
Beijing’s pervasive and predatory practices have distorted global manufacturing for almost two decades and undermined faith in the multilateral trading system.
Albanese pushes back on Chinese live fire but talks up trade
Chinese President Xi Jinping has told the prime minister international turbulence shouldn’t be allowed to derail improvements in the China-Australia relationship.
Bloated government clashes with Labor’s business-led growth hopes
Unless there is a fundamental mindset shift by Labor, the private sector will remain stuck in the doldrums, and we will retain an inflated, government-led economy.
‘Bailouts don’t cut it’: Coalition wants metals processing inquiry
Costly taxpayer-funded bailouts for smelters aren’t good enough, with action needed to tackle the underlying challenges, Coalition MPs say.
Sorry Xi, not all problems can be resolved over a Chinese meal
In the game of geopolitics with the US, the Chinese president and propaganda outlets are touting how Australia ties have improved since Albanese came to power.