This Month
The rise of the eat-at-home economy
Consumers are increasingly shunning the restaurant experience for the comfort and cost savings of their living rooms.
Australia, Canada sign deal for critical minerals trade, cooperation
The agreement comes after Australia struck a wide-ranging critical minerals deal with the US, aimed at countering China’s dominance in the sector.
October
‘Weakened’ China trying to damage global economy: Bessent
The US Treasury secretary says China’s restrictions on critical minerals will hurt their own international standing.
August
Marles lobbies Vance for Albanese-Trump meeting
Confusion about the purpose of the defence minister’s Washington visit led to the government and Coalition accusing each other of trashing the US relationship.
June
Canada drops tax on tech giants to restart stalled US trade talks
Canada’s planned digital tax would have affected US technology firms, including Amazon, Meta, Alphabet’s Google and Apple, among others.
What kind of world does Trump want?
Both internationally and domestically, officials and investors are left struggling to understand if the US president is an interventionist or a peacemaker.
Super funds cautious on US despite Trump plans to drop ‘revenge tax’
The threat of punitive taxes on super funds in the US may have eased, but they’re still taking a cautious approach to investments in Trump’s America.
PM cannot say when he’ll meet Donald Trump
Anthony Albanese says whenever he meets the US president, it will be “at a time that’s convenient for both of us”.
Meeting Trump has become a box Albanese needs to tick
There’s a growing sense of urgency within government about the need to secure a meeting with the US president.
Relax, a Trump-Albanese meeting matters less than you think
The talk about the prime minister’s now scrapped meeting with the US president at the G7 Summit has felt like a full-scale freakout.
Trump’s G7 exit snubs PM; US moves warships; Israel-Iran wildcard
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
G7 summit opens with a focus on trade, wars — and not riling Trump
If there is a shared mission at this year’s G7 summit, in Canada’s Rocky Mountains, it is a desire to minimise any fireworks at a moment of combustible tensions.
Iran lauds ‘new method’ as missiles hit Tel Aviv, Haifa
At least five people were killed in the latest Iranian strikes, the national emergency service said, raising Israel’s death toll to 18 since Friday.
Storm clouds gather over G7
The intensifying conflict in the Middle East will dominate an agenda that was supposed to focus on trade and support for Ukraine.
G7 leaders aim to show they’re not intimidated by Trump
Many world leaders see fewer reasons to be cowed by the US President, even as they recognise the risks if he follows through on his threats.
PM plays down AUKUS review but puffs up defence
The federal government will seek to reassure the US of its commitment to defence spending and has not ruled out bringing some projects forward.
Why Brazil is too big and too important for Australia to ignore
Amid a shifting global order, expanding international ambitions and a tricky domestic balancing act, Brazil could have a greater impact on Australia than many realise.
G7 Summit will be a test of Albanese’s diplomatic skill
Foreign policy and trade aren’t the prime minister’s strong suit, and he has also appeared flat-footed on key defence issues
Government holds tough on defence amid AUKUS threat
The Albanese government says the defence budget will not be used as a negotiating tool with allies.
May
Steady hand faces test from Trump’s new American revolution
Anthony Albanese is promising a reformist, orderly government with no surprises but what will happen when the shocks keep coming?