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Trump's White House
Master of deception: How Trump is fudging the numbers
The costs of Donald Trump’s proposed One Big Beautiful Bill are being significantly understated by a Republican accounting trick.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Opinion
Trump's America
Trump’s stupid obsession will unleash pain on America
Donald Trump’s ridiculous trade wars are part of his plan to “Make America Great Again”. But the latest OECD forecast shows the US will be hit much harder than most of the rest of the world.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Climate crisis
In one awful decision, Albanese has revealed his do-nothing plan
If you want to govern effectively, you have to be prepared to stand up to powerful interest groups. It’s now clear Albanese isn’t prepared to do that.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Scams
Depositors beware: Crypto ATMs are the newest way to scam you
Cryptocurrency ATMs are popping up like mushrooms, with more than 1800 operating across the country now – and organised crime has caught on to it.
- by Elizabeth Knight
China’s latest boom is sounding alarm bells in America
China was seen as a nation that excelled in drug manufacturing and “copycat” treatments but not medicine discovery. Not any more.
- by Hannah Boland
Opinion
Property prices
House price rises were meant to ease. So what’s happened?
The theory that the Australian home market will bump up against affordability constraints has made a mockery of price predictions.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Trade wars
Why did Trump double his steel tariffs? Because he could
With his trade wars on everyone halted by a court, the US president has to show he still can impose tariffs. He also wanted to justify his backflip on a $US15 billion steel deal.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Federal budget
Let’s stop kidding ourselves. Taxes will have to go up
No one wants to pay more tax. And the richest of us protest most and fight hardest when asked to cough up a little more.
- by Ross Gittins
‘Fork in the road’: How a failed nuclear plot locked in Australia’s renewable future
Australians have voted for something that will outlive the next election: the guaranteed switch from coal to renewable energy.
- by Nick Toscano
How to make the most of the interest rate cut? Get a room
Leisure travel bookings soared by nearly 15 per cent at one of Australia’s largest hotel chains after last week’s Reserve Bank rate cut.
- by Simon Johanson
Opinion
Trade wars
Australia can’t just let Trump do what he wants
The US president doesn’t like taking no for an answer. That doesn’t mean we have to let him have his way.
- by Millie Muroi
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