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The big tech stocks have been hit with falling valuations and volatile earnings.

Market wobbles a chance to buy blue-chip tech stocks

Donald Trump’s tariffs have pummelled the magnificent seven tech stocks, but many investors view this period as a buying opportunity.

Yesterday

A closer look at parties’ rival housing policies (and 1 big risk)

Labor and the Coalition have announced big changes aimed at helping first-time buyers. Economists say the opposition’s tax breaks could end up costing more.

Peter Dutton and his son Harry.

‘We’re saving like mad’: Dutton’s son rises for star campaign turn

The opposition leader’s 20-year-old son Harry delighted Coalition strategists on Monday, offering himself up as proof of Labor’s failings on housing affordability.

Albanese

Albanese dodges tough questions on his housing policy

When asked one of the most uncomfortable questions in Australian politics, the prime minister kept his response deliberately vague.

Nvidia founder Jensen Huang has seen his share price take a hit in recent months.

Investors bet ‘AI fatigue’ is a temporary ailment

The biggest market darlings are suffering a humbling period as investors question whether the hype is all it is cracked up to be.

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This Month

Opposition leader Peter Dutton with his wife, Kirilly, and children after his speech at the Liberal’s campaign launch on Sunday.

‘We still call him Mr Potato Head’: Dutton briefly bares his softer side

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton launched the Liberal campaign by claiming to have his father’s “emotional gene” and showing off his family.

Apple CEO Tim Cook.

How Apple escaped its biggest crisis since COVID-19

After facing dramatic changes to its production and supply chains, the tech giant is breathing a sigh of relief after Trump’s tariff exemption on electronics.

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says she wants to make Australia great again.

Senator utters the four words threatening to upset the Coalition

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price showed the Coalition is still trying to find the secret sauce that unites the conservative base with the moderate middle.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton with businessman Kerry Stokes.

Dutton marches into hostile territory: a Perth business breakfast

Peter Dutton told a business crowd that their worries were very different to those of millions Australians around their kitchen tables.

Trump goes all-in for his biggest deal ever: China

Amid the ruins of the rules-based global trading system, the US president has bet the house on Xi Jinping playing along with his art of the deal.

The big three players in the Australian election campaign - Anthony Albanese, Donald Trump and Peter Dutton.

Trump is now the third candidate. That’s good news for the PM

Incumbency, not so long ago deemed a curse in global politics, is suddenly an advantage.

A Chinese investor looks at the boards in Shanghai.

China’s $2trn market rescue is just the start as trade war intensifies

State-linked funds stepped in to rescue Chinese stocks this week as the battle with the US intensified. But it’s an expensive exercise.

Ro Knox.

Dutton says Ro Knox will be minister. She needs to win Wentworth first

The Liberals want Wentworth’s rich and powerful to put Knox into government – and a ministry – but independent MP Allegra Spender remains popular there.

There is no grand strategy underlying Trump’s plans.

There is no cunning theory behind Trump’s tariff plan

The White House cited my classmate’s economic research to justify its reciprocal tariffs – it got the maths wrong. But it gets worse.

Europe could end up more like 1980s Qld than 1930s Germany

There’s a problem with being on the lookout for a rerun of the 1930s: you could miss what’s actually happening.

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Liberals claim ‘Aussie-first’ AI use in new attack ad

The Liberal Party says its new video is the first use of an AI human in Australian political advertising.

Employees want to work for companies that have their back, provide meaningful work, and offer them a say over when and where they do their jobs.

Forget perks and benefits. This is what employees really care about

The things that make a workplace great haven’t really changed that much. The Financial Review BOSS Best Places to Work awards reveal what they are.

If Wednesday evening’s debate between Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor had been held just four months ago, it would have gone very differently.

How Donald Trump crowded out Angus Taylor’s killer lines

Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor were gearing up for a cost-of-living election but Trump’s ascension to the White House in January has changed everything.

Greens leader Adam Bandt.

Bandt strikes softer tone in bid to broaden Greens’ appeal

It has been a turbulent year for the party, and Adam Bandt’s appearance at the National Press Club contained less of his characteristic righteous indignation.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Dutton puts campaign back on track, but time is short

Peter Dutton’s debate performance was solid enough to ease internal jitters over the state of the campaign, but the momentum is still with Labor.

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