National accounts to reveal Australia’s economic pulse
Australia’s economy is expected to show a mild slow-down when it comes in for its quarterly health check on Wednesday. National accounts figures are predicted to show gross domestic product…
Gas project extension will need to meet net-zero
Woodside will be required under the safeguard mechanism to ensure a gas project extension meets net-zero emissions by 2050. The energy giant’s North West Shelf project, which hosts Australia’s biggest…
US tariffs on Australia ‘not what you do to a friend’
Australia has vowed to “throw everything” at convincing Donald Trump to reverse a decision to raise tariffs on the nation’s steel, ahead of a likely first meeting between Anthony Albanese…
Cash, Nukes and Netanyahu: Meet the New Liberal Frontbench | Scam of the Week
The Liberal and National parties have kissed, made up, and unveiled a Shadow Cabinet so absurd you’d think it was satire. Michaelia Cash in Foreign Affairs? Tim Wilson in Industrial…
Slushy start: warmer winter a downer for ski slopes
The first dustings of winter snow have arrived on Australian mountaintops but long-range weather forecasts suggest it could be slow start to the ski season. Skiers and boarders ideally want…
Softy, softly response to Trump’s hard line on steel
Australia will not retaliate despite Donald Trump’s “wrong” tariff hike decision on steel imports. Mr Trump plans to increase tariffs on foreign steel from 25 to 50 per cent to…
Bad hair day: US tariffs hit black women’s braids, wigs
Before the oppressive summer heat descends on Atlanta, therapist Brittanee Sims usually gets her thick, curly hair braided at a salon. But it’s more expensive this year. So she’ll only…
EU threatens US with counter-tariffs in steel stand-off
The European Union has spoken out against US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcement on steel imports and has threatened countermeasures. “We strongly regret the announced increase of US tariffs…
‘Grim possibility’: warning over China’s nuclear desire
Bolstering arms control has become paramount amid China’s rapid pursuit of nuclear expansion and the grim possibility weapons of mass destruction will become globally available, Richard Marles has warned. Australia’s…
Trump vows to double steel tariffs to 50 per cent
US President Donald Trump plans to increase tariffs on imported steel and aluminium to 50 per cent from 25 per cent, ratcheting up pressure on global steel producers and deepening…