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The US alliance will still be a significant net benefit for Australia and will remain our most important security relationship.

Tariff war could put brakes on post-COVID travel surge

Sharemarket plunges and a weaker dollar, sparked by Donald Trump’s trade war, may prompt more people to stay home rather than head overseas.

  • Chris Zappone

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In the biggest job in the world, Trump is looking like a very small man

As everyone else gets yippy – JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon warned of a recession – the president seems to be enjoying centre stage, toying with the strings like a cat.

  • Maureen Dowd
Westpac chief economist Luci Ellis is questioning the growing US budget deficit.

Why Australia’s well placed to weather Trump’s economic self-harm

Westpac’s chief economist explains why the US president’s tariff fixation will hurt America much more than it will hurt other countries.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Customers at Lost bar in Chinatown.

Night owls drive Melbourne’s bar and restaurant boom

Lost Bar on Little Bourke is part of a wave of hospitality, entertainment and food operators looking to profit from the city’s booming nightlife.

  • Simon Johanson
US President Donald Trump speaks at the National Republican Congressional Committee.

Business leaders plead with Albanese, Dutton for bigger response to Trump tariffs

Labor and the Coalition are being urged to take stronger measures to shield Australia from the economic shock of a global trade war.

  • David Crowe
Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor faced off ion the Sky News debate.

The leader who spoke loudest at the treasurers’ debate wasn’t even in the room

The first treasurers’ debate of the election campaign between Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor was dominated by one man: Donald Trump.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
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RBA archives exclusive: Bernie Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and Sir Peter Abeles.

The inside story of the recession we didn’t have to have

As Australia deals with Donald Trump’s tariff turmoil, secret documents show the Reserve Bank board had its own plans to deal with economic disaster in the early 1990s.

  • Shane Wright
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Dutton reveals details of campaign pledge to cut power prices

After years attacking Anthony Albanese for his broken promise to lower power prices, Peter Dutton has made a campaign pledge of his own.

  • Paul Sakkal and Mike Foley
Treasurer Jim Chalmers led a big super delegation to the US that foreshadowed putting more of Australians’ retirement savings into America based on the brilliance of Donald Trump’s economic strategy.

Chalmers calls emergency economy meeting to deal with Trump tariff dump

The treasurer has called in RBA governor Michele Bullock, treasury secretary Steven Kennedy and other key financial regulars to respond to the global financial chaos.

  • Matthew Knott, Shane Wright and David Crowe
President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves the West Wing of the White House, Monday, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The ‘stable genius’ has the world economy on a knife edge

If you’re wondering why your superannuation is shrinking or why the Reserve Bank may cut interest rates next month, blame US President Donald Trump.

  • Shane Wright

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