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Coronavirus pandemic
How the Morrison government passed over an Australian company for a US pharmaceutical giant
Australia’s audit office will probe the Morrison government’s $2 billion deal with US pharmaceutical giant Moderna to set up vaccine manufacturing in Australia.
- by Paul Sakkal and Liam Mannix
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Rinehart’s hearty applause for Trump is so dispiriting
Gina Rinehart’s unbridled endorsement of Donald Trump’s agenda is depressing.
Reconsider AUKUS, say former Labor foreign ministers
The government is insisting Kevin Rudd will stay on as Australia’s ambassador to Washington despite his past criticism of Donald Trump.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
Political leadership
Albanese’s Qantas perks might not break any rules, but they don’t pass the pub test
Qantas has normalised the acceptance of favours at a time when trust in politicians is so low. Why didn’t the PM simply avoid the conflict by saying “no, thanks”?
- by Shaun Carney
‘Worse-placed than in 2020’: Where Australia’s pandemic response went wrong
The first wide-ranging inquiry into the nation’s pandemic response has found delays procuring COVID-19 vaccines cost lives and delivered a $31 billion hit to the economy.
- by Shane Wright and Natassia Chrysanthos
Today’s inflation caused by yesterday’s COVID spending
The federal government spent $343 billion on combatting COVID-19. A review finds that while useful, some of that spending exacerbated today’s inflation pressures.
- by Shane Wright
The spaceport, the former PM and the $100 million pledge that wasn’t there
Scott Morrison’s new business partner has grand celestial ambitions. Back down on Earth, the company has more mundane problems.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Madeleine Heffernan
Life comes fast at Nomad’s Al Yazbek
The disgraced boss of Nomad Group has juggled multiple crisis communications firms after last weekend’s Nazi symbol scandal.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Opinion
Political leadership
Are we heading for minority government? We could do a lot worse
You can understand Albanese’s desire for a majority government. But this is different from saying that a minority government would be bad.
- by Sean Kelly
Opinion
Pacific diplomacy
Australia’s arm-wrestle with China is all over the billboards
Anyone who doubts Australia and China are in what Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong called a “permanent contest” in the Pacific needs to think again.
- by Richard McGregor
The forgotten human toll of locking up the state
Policymakers overlooked social cohesion and mental health factors when pushing through health orders, according to a panel of experts.
- by Michael Koziol and Alexandra Smith
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