Today
Same errors caused Liberal Party crisis
A scan over the Liberal Party’s review of the 2022 federal election loss under former prime minister Scott Morrison and previous reviews exposes how Peter Dutton’s team repeated the same mistakes.
Yesterday
How the Liberals got it so wrong
An aborted income tax cut plan pushed by Liberal campaign headquarters shows the disconnect with Peter Dutton’s travelling staff in the party’s most catastrophic federal election loss.
How the election was won and lost (and the key voters that mattered)
Labor gained seats with a higher share of mortgagors, renters, young people and ethnic communities. The Coalition’s base is looking whiter, older and poorer.
Dutton’s political legacy will be a cautionary tale of what not to do
It was a difficult task to define and sell the former opposition leader. But ultimately, Peter Dutton has only himself to blame for failing to grow into the role of a national leader.
Fentanyl could be key to China-US trade stand-off
The deadly drug is a bargaining chip as both sides look for a way to de-escalate a trade war that is expected to drag down economic growth around the world.
This Month
What Australia’s election winner should learn from Keir Starmer
The British government admits the “UK has been regulating for risk, but not regulating for growth”. Could Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers ever utter such words for Australia?
Jacinta Allan is featuring in the campaign. But not how she’d like to
Voters in Brisbane may have seen more of Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan this election campaign than Victorians.
Apple and Amazon have no idea what’s coming
Big tech earnings are holding up well for now, but it’s clear Amazon, Apple and other tech giants have little idea of how a protracted trade war might hurt them.
Ten thinkers on what to make of Trump’s 100 days
Ten experts assess the start of Trump’s second term – to make sense of all that has happened so far and what might come next.
Trump concedes tariffs politically risky as economy contracts
The US economy contracted by an annualised 0.3 per cent over the first quarter, as US companies responded to Trump’s trade war by rushing to import goods.
Why investors (but not workers) are raving about Microsoft, Meta
The big-tech AI party seemed to be winding down, but Meta and Microsoft say the night is still young.
This is how far the Chinese car industry has come in 20 years
In 2005, the Asian giant’s car companies were making shameless copies of Daihatsu hatchbacks. Now, China is home to the largest motor industry the world has seen.
April
This is the last election without caps on donations. It shows
The 2025 election will likely be the last when Australia’s wealthiest political donors can splash cash on allies without limit.
Peter Dutton is done playing nice with the media
In the final days of the campaign, the opposition leader’s media strategy says more than any press conference could: he is playing defence, not offence.
Gazans fear Israel is enacting Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan
Benjamin Netanyahu has embraced the US president’s idea to expel the Palestinian population and rebuild the Gaza as Israel’s own Mediterranean tourist strip.
This battleground seat has become a minefield for Peter Dutton
The Melbourne electorate of Bruce is up for grabs but a series of unflattering stories about Liberal candidate Zahid Safi has made campaigning difficult.
What’s the election got to do with the price of eggs? A lot, maybe
Given the cost-of-living is such a dominant issue, for Peter Dutton to falter on this debate topic was a bad outcome. Even before he undercooked the price of eggs.
Inside China’s angry push to win Trump’s trade war
J.D. Vance has inadvertently fuelled nationalistic fervour inside China to ride out the global trade war by spurning US imports and shopping locally.
Dutton copies Albanese’s media strategy: say nothing
On Saturday, Dutton changed tack and imposed Albanese-like order on his press conference. But he may be taking away the wrong lesson from Labor’s success so far.
China says US must revoke all tariffs, denies talks
Beijing says the US must lift all tariffs against China if it “truly” wants to resolve the trade war after the US president flagged rolling back levies.