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Donald Trump, Scott Morrison and the nations’ trade delegations in 2019.

What did Australia promise? Inside the room where Trump and Morrison talked tariffs

Australian officials scrambled when they heard Trump was bringing some of his top trade advisers to dinner with Morrison. They knew the trade warriors had an axe to grind.

  • David Crowe and Michael Koziol

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Illustration by Andrew Dyson

PwC scandal should remind Albanese to stay strong on multinational tax secrecy

The Albanese government has delayed legislation which will make it more difficult for multinationals to hide their tax avoidance. Now is not the time to give in to the tax dodgers.

  • Joseph Stiglitz
Mathias Cormann hadn’t expected to be swapping Paris for Perth, but is enjoying his job at the OECD.

Cormann’s ‘extraordinary’ day in Kyiv, and what he thinks of Zelensky

When the idea of becoming the OECD boss was first run by him, Mathias Cormann said no. Now he’s travelling to war zones.

  • Latika Bourke
OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann addressing the Delphi Economic Forum in Delphi.

Cormann warns the West that decoupling from China would be a costly mistake

The OECD head says while it is “entirely sensible” to de-risk supply lines from being dependent on China, total decoupling by the West would leave the world poorer.

  • Latika Bourke
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will deliver the budget early next month.

Treasurer is right to end lazy tax offset, even though it will hurt

It was bad policy when it was introduced and should never have been extended, let alone expanded in an inflationary environment.

  • The Herald's View
Martin Pakula is now a non-executive director at Helloworld.

Hello Martin: Pakula takes off with Helloworld

The former Victorian state Labor tourism minister joins Helloworld as a non-executive director.

  • Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Former prime minister Scott Morrison during Question Time on Wednesday.

Albanese cabinet to decide if Morrison will be censured over damning secret ministry report

The former PM has defended his decisions to take on multiple portfolios, saying they were taken during an extremely challenging period.

  • James Massola
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest.

Andrew Forrest’s $740 million bet on Ukraine

The Australian miner’s investment will be the first tranche of a $100 billion fund that has been described as Ukraine’s “Marshall Plan”.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Scott Morrison defended his actions at a press conference in Sydney on Wednesday.

Morrison shamed into apologising to Karen Andrews on national TV

Former PM Scott Morrison has lost face across the nation and in his party, but has been singled out at the Ernies for sexist behaviour.

  • Helen Pitt and David Estcourt
Former prime minister Scott Morrison took on the portfolios of then-health minister Greg Hunt,  then-finance minister Mathias Cormann and then resources minister Keith Pitt without publicly announcing his decision.

What do we know about Morrison’s secret ministries?

Many questions have been raised about former prime minister Scott Morrison’s move to secretly have himself appointed to several other ministries.

  • Katina Curtis

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