Zelensky slips three assassin attempts as US calls for Putin plot
Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky has narrowly slipped the net of Russian assassins three times. With more expected, a US senator is calling for a kill plot against Putin.
Russia And Ukraine Conflict
Hard lessons from Putin’s illegal, unjust invasion
A brutal showdown is looming in two of Ukraine’s largest cities.
Why ‘no limits’ friendship will be a problem for Xi
Putin’s crossing the line from intimidation to war will cause the Indo-Pacific region to rethink how it responds to Chinese grey-zone activities.
Childcare matters, but so do our elders
Both major parties should take inspiration from Medicare and the NDIS and make aged care a priority.
Pacifists need to get real about Putin threat
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky does not believe that aggression can be stopped by embracing renewables and unarmed appeals for peace.
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New world disorder: Ukraine redefines global landscape
Scott Morrison hopes the Ukraine invasion will ‘rip away the veil’ that has concealed the true nature of Russian and Chinese authoritarianism to expose all he has been warning about.
What we see is a harsh lesson in energy independence
It is truly perplexing to watch wealthy woke warriors sell us a crock of green energy tripe while Ukrainians die and energy supplies become fragile.
The burning question: just how far will Putin go?
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is not going to plan … but even with the most brutal battles to come, negotiation is unlikely.
Key lessons from the first ten days of the Russia-Ukraine War
For all their superiority in air power, Russian forces have so far proven exceptionally poor at what military planners call ‘suppression of enemy air defences’.
Nation must beef up military or pass Molotov cocktails
Russia’s invasion is the most powerful wake-up call to Western strategic complacency since the Vietnam War. We are among the least prepared.
Would we fight like Ukraine? Signs say no
Years ago, we would have been confident that Australians would rise to the awful challenge of defending their country? But now?
Nuclear meltdown fear: ‘End of Europe’
Ukraine has accused Russia of ‘nuclear terrorism’ after troops fired on, and took control of, the largest reactor in Europe.
PM: China must not follow Putin’s path
Scott Morrison has told fellow Quad leaders that Beijing must learn the lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The great coal and LNG scramble ignites prices
Coal and LNG prices have soared as buyers scramble to secure new supplies of energy sources following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
RBA should have lifted rates amid the fog of war
On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank left its official interest rate unchanged at all-but-zero. It should have decided to raise it from 0.1 to 0.25 per cent even before Ukraine.
Booming gas prices don’t make case in Browse or Sunrise fields
True, oil and gas markets are up-ended by Ukraine. But the idea of a new gas boom in global markets that could see ‘too hard’ projects revived is neither edifying nor realistic.
Carbon credit confusion: holders of early units can escape contracts
Energy Minister Angus Taylor has showed contempt for the carbon market with another intervention just as it was hit with concerns over Ukraine.
Give peace a chance: European radio stations’ plea
About 150 public radio channels across Europe have turned to the music of the late John Lennon to plead for an end to the Ukraine war.
Switch hit: moving super in a crisis can be expensive
A study into comparative returns for switchers and ‘stayers’ during the Covid crash makes for sober reading.
Ukraine crisis: Ten things to know
The Russian invasion raises a range of questions for active investors – here are the key issues to date.
A crunch point for global markets
The Australian dollar and shares were resilient as commodity prices ripped, amid fear of supply disruption from Ukraine and Russia.
Aggressor’s economy pushed to brink of failure
As Russia rains bombs on Ukrainians, its citizens are under a different type of assault as sanctions push the country’s economy to the brink of collapse.
Polish arms, aid hub ‘in that madman’s cross hairs’
As people flee Ukraine, the weaponry from the West is going in from around the southern Polish city of Rzeszow – but some locals fear Putin’s wrath.
War’s winners and losers on the stockmarket
Vladimir Putin’s brutal war on Ukraine is chaotically reshaping the global economy, and investors should be prepared to make changes. Here are the potential winners and losers on the ASX.
EU opens doors to millions of refugees
The EU has agreed to temporary protection for more than a million refugees fleeing the Ukraine war, and is setting up a humanitarian hub in Romania.
The information war continues as its bastard son does the rounds
Ukraine has won the propaganda war, but Putin still has allies around the world and none more so than in the murk of conspiracy theories.
Ukraine to mint NFTs to support war effort
The nation’s minister for digital transformation abruptly cancelled an ‘airdrop’ after raising more than $40m and has instead revealed plans for a new set of non-fungible tokens.
Odessa next target in Russia’s conquest plan
Seizing the Black Sea port of Odessa would give Russia a “chokehold” on Ukraine’s economy, analysts have warned.
Path to war paved with Biden’s failures
As Ukrainians are slaughtered by invading Russians, the mood of self-congratulation in the West is completely misplaced.
Deep freeze of Putin’s sports empire
Decades of lavish spending allowed Russia to gain influence at the highest levels of global sports but the country’s era of ‘sportswashing’ has abruptly ended.
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