This Month
Why this former TikTok executive wants a strict social media ban
TikTok hired Felicity McVay to convince Disney, Universal and the AFL to use the platform more. Now she’s campaigning to get children off it.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Civil servants to flee as Trump ‘drains the swamp’ (again)
Everyone knew Trump’s cabinet picks would be provocative and a purge of government workers was coming. But they have arrived with stunning speed.
- Matthew Cranston
Can Dutton pull off a victory like Trump?
The Republican’s appeal to blue-collar battlers is a template the opposition leader seems determined to follow. But will it work?
- Andrew Tillett and Tom McIlroy
- Analysis
- Antisemitism
The meaning of Amsterdam’s ‘Jew Hunt’
Recent street violence in Amsterdam reveals profound changes in how the left and right deal with antisemitism. For European Jews, it’s a strange new world.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Musk makes billions from China. How will that work now?
Elon Musk has a relatively long and very profitable history doing business with China. And he’s likely to want to keep it that way.
- Jessica Sier
- Analysis
- US Votes 2024
What Trump has in store for six global hotspots
Capitals around the world are dusting off the old briefing books from Donald Trump’s first term, but this time could be a mix of the old and the totally unexpected.
- Updated
- James Curran and Hans van Leeuwen
Meet Chris Ellison’s personal accountant
Yenna Ong, the number cruncher who managed the Mineral Resources founder’s private affairs, rapidly gained great power. Then just as suddenly, she was gone.
- Neil Chenoweth
MinRes saga exposes ESG’s existential crisis (and here comes Trump)
Scandals at Mineral Resources and WiseTech raise hard questions for investors who care about governance and culture. Now Donald Trump’s win raises existential problems for ESG.
- Patrick Durkin
Five founders keeping the faith with investors
Corporate Australia has recently experienced a founder “killing season”, but these founder-led companies are still keeping shareholders happy.
- Analysis
- Federal election
Why we may not see another budget before the election
The government might not deliver another budget before the election, even though it says it will. The reason? Deficits as far as the eye can see.
- Phillip Coorey
Trump will cost farmers money. But they still voted for him
Farmers, migrants and women were not expected to vote for Donald Trump. They explain why they voted against identity politics, lax immigration controls and globalisation.
- Matthew Cranston
Why Trump’s win unnerved women everywhere
The battle over abortion didn’t play out as the Democrats hoped, while Donald Trump succeeded in tapping into a much more pronounced gender divide.
- Emma Connors
- Analysis
- US Votes 2024
The economy and markets will boom under Trump. Or will they?
If the president-elect implements half of what he says he will, the global economy is in for a wild ride.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Trump’s win shows voters want lower prices at any cost
The hard truth for Labor is that inflation is kryptonite for centre-left governments, and Anthony Albanese’s record on prices is very similar to Joe Biden’s.
- Richard Holden
How to avoid harsh lockdowns in the next pandemic
Politicians were the information gatekeepers in Australia during the economically crippling lockdowns of 2021, but scientists have a better idea.
- Michael Smith
Flight risk: Albanese’s Qantas saga hurts repair job with voters
The prime minister wants to show he is acting on cost of living, but the focus remains firmly on his flight upgrades and the fading prospect of a pre-Christmas rate cut.
- Andrew Tillett
We won’t riot after poll, vows notorious January 6 ‘Shaman’
Jake Chansley, jailed for his role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol in 2021, says it’s time to give some thought to what Harris backers will do if Trump wins.
- Matthew Cranston
The moment Musk took the media mogul crown from Murdoch
The billionaire’s energetic advocacy for Donald Trump and his ability to use his media company’s platform for political ends have drawn comparisons to the more traditional figure.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
October
Why most managers are set up to fail
Employers underinvest in training managers and are often bad judges of who could make a good one. But there are signs things are starting to change.
- Euan Black
- Exclusive
- Tax avoidance
How Chris Ellison’s secrets came to light
Allegations of serial tax evasion have raised questions about how the miner Mineral Resources is being run.
- Neil Chenoweth