East Timor formally admitted to Southeast Asian bloc
Asia’s youngest nation East Timor has become the 11th member of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN at its summit in Malaysia. The integration of the region’s youngest and poorest nation…
AI slop patriots, Barnaby embraces Pauline, Albo embraces Trump | Scam of the Week
Barnaby Joyce jumps ship to One Nation. Albanese locks out journalist John Lyons at the Trump meeting. Digital ID charges forward while government transparency sinks. The rare earths deal is…
Trump to hit Canada with 10pct extra import tax over ad
US President Donald Trump says he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10 per cent because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the…
EU moves to cut reliance on Chinese rare earths
The European Union is developing a new plan to curb its reliance on Chinese critical raw materials, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says, as she criticised Beijing for…
FOI file decoys. What’s the scam when you search for ‘FOI reform’?
Even before the Government implements its so-called ‘FOI Reforms’, the red herrings are many. Rex Patrick is confounded. On June 28, 1994, the late independent senator Brian Harradine successfully moved…
Thai PM to ink Cambodia ceasefire deal but skips summit
Thailand’s prime minister will travel to Malaysia to sign a ceasefire deal with Cambodia – that US President Donald Trump is set to witness – after he pulled out of…
Trump aims to clinch deal with China’s Xi on Asia trip
US President Donald Trump will test his deal-making capabilities on a trip to Asia, a region that his hardline trade policies have battered, as doubts linger over his highly anticipated…
Massive fine for home loan compliance failures
RAMS Financial Group has been hit with a $20 million fine after admitting widespread compliance failures in the way it arranged home loans. The Federal Court has ordered the lender,…
Burke gets Netflixed. Secret lobbying did the trick for the big streamers
Arts Minister Tony Burke promised we’d have Aussie content on our streamed TV services like Netflix. But he’s done nothing … except spend tens of thousands of taxpayers’ dollars to…
Carney ready to resume trade talks stalled by Reagan ad
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada stands ready to resume trade talks with the United States that President Donald Trump halted over an anti-tariff advertisement issued by Ontario’s provincial government.…