Yesterday
CBA, NAB chief executives prepare for long-term Trump disruptions
Matt Comyn and Andrew Irvine offer a view of an uncertain environment where upheaval could create big productivity gains – or cause serious harm.
What (wagyu exporter) Gina Rinehart thinks of Trump’s tariff war
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart says Donald Trump’s tariff agenda should prompt Australian governments to cut taxes for Australian farmers and small businesses.
Pentagon says operation targeting Yemen’s Houthis is open-ended
The Pentagon said US forces had struck more than 30 Houthi targets since Saturday, including command-and-control and training sites and drone infrastructure.
Australia’s allies must step up in the Indo-Pacific
Readers’ letters on dealing with Donald Trump’s isolationism, looking to Congress for tariff relief, Rio’s clean energy move, Peter Dutton’s track record, and a CANZUK alliance.
Why CBA and NAB chiefs fear a double Trump hit
Australia has plenty of productivity challenges of its own, but Matt Comyn and Andrew Irvine see the US president’s policy chaos lingering for some time to come.
The market ‘fracture’ the professionals are all watching
Wall Street had another good night, but there’s a part of financial markets that investors are getting increasingly worried about.
How Russia uses sex to ensnare Western diplomats
Even in our age of high-tech cyberespionage, the oldest tricks can be the most effective.
This Month
Trump expels hundreds under Enemies Act as court rebukes law
The US is paying El Salvador to hold the Venezuelans under an agreement Secretary of State Marco Rubio brokered with the Central American country’s president.
At least 39 dead in US as tornadoes, wildfires and dust wreak havoc
President Donald Trump said in a post on his social media network that his administration was ready to assist affected communities.
Reality bites critical-minerals hopes
Australia’s ambition of processing critical minerals is still mostly a dream, and one that won’t persuade Donald Trump to withhold tariffs on our exports.
The Republican lobbyist who became Zuckerberg’s most trusted adviser
Meta’s newly promoted head of global affairs has masterminded the social media giant’s pivot towards Donald Trump.
Read the questionnaire Trump has sent to Australian unis
A questionnaire sent to Australian universities by the Trump administration has sparked alarm among academics. You can read it here.
Australia turns to McDonald’s diplomacy in Trump trade war
The industry and federal government are alarmed that beef and lamb exports and pharmaceuticals could be next in Trump’s firing line as early as April 2.
14 venture capitalists unpack the year ahead
More than a dozen of the country’s biggest tech investors say floats will return, there’s no AI bubble, and Donald Trump may be good news for local firms.
This Perth entrepreneur is surfing the Trump wave
Barely two years ago Tony Sage hit a low, losing control of Perth Glory soccer club. Now, thanks to Trump, he’s facing an open goal in Greenland and Ukraine.
Trump ideological vetting of local uni research a ‘slippery slope’
Australian researchers fear funding will be cut if their projects don’t comply with the Trump agenda.
‘I think that will happen’: Trump confident of taking Greenland
The president again questioned Denmark’s claim on the territory, and said he sees “more and more” American soldiers heading to the island.
Trump threatens 200pc tariff on champagne
Industry experts warned on Thursday that such steep tariffs would crush trade between Europe and the United States.
Putin rejects immediate ceasefire in Ukraine
The Russian president has struck a hard line over any deal to halt the fighting, even as he said he “supports the idea” behind a US-backed 30-day pause.
Universities accuse Trump administration of foreign influence
Australian researchers who receive US federal government funding have been asked to confirm they comply with the president’s anti-DEI, America-first agenda.