Australia speeding past shortcuts to cleaner transport
The switch from petrol guzzlers to electric wheels is a priority in the race to decarbonise transport but Australia could be underplaying a complementary policy lever. Reducing car dependence in…
Britain pledges $3 billion loan for Jaguar Land Rover
Britain will back Jaguar Land Rover with a Stg1.5 billion ($A3.1 billion) loan guarantee to help support its supply chain in the wake of the luxury carmaker’s production shutdown following…
S Korea can’t pay $US350b to US for tariff deal: aide
South Korea is unable to pay an upfront sum in investment in the United States as US President Donald Trump has suggested under a deal to cut tariffs and is…
Aussie pharma giant sees no pain from big Trump tariffs
Australia’s largest pharmaceutical company has brushed off investor concerns after Donald Trump announced massive tariffs on medicines shipped to the United States. It remains unclear whether CSL would be directly…
Trump slaps new tariffs on drugs, trucks and furniture
US President Donald Trump has unveiled a fresh round of punishing tariffs on a broad range of imported goods, including 100 per cent duties on branded drugs and 25 per…
PM flies into friendlier territory with like minds
Donald Trump can wait. After a week in the US, where Anthony Albanese locked in a formal meeting with the unpredictable right-wing president, the prime minister now finds himself in…
Australia to cop deeper impact from new US meds tariffs
US President Donald Trump’s fresh tariff hike on branded pharmaceuticals could dampen investment and research in Australia’s $2.6 billion export industry. On Friday, Mr Trump said the US would place…
PM’s UK visit could show the way for other leaders
Progressive leaders could take their cues from Anthony Albanese on charting a course through uncertain political times, an analyst says. Fresh from his visit to the United Nations in New…
Government playing word games with nuclear weapons
While a treaty prohibits nuclear weapons stationed in Australia, the Government tries to circumvent it. Rex Patrick and Philip Dorling on Labor’s duplicitous nuclear word games. From 2032, nuclear-armed cruise…
Immigration: The scapegoat for (almost) every crisis
The escalating costs of climate change, rising inequality, a global trade war, and a cost-of-living crunch; it’s all the fault of immigrants. Social scientist Alan Gamlen explains why so many…