Aussies missing out on payoff from research investment
Australia is missing out on a $7 billion per year economic boon because it has failed to keep pace in the international research and development stakes, according to a new…
Trump agrees outline trade deal with EU’s von der Leyen
The United States has struck a framework trade deal with the European Union, imposing a 15 per cent import tariff on most EU goods, but averting a spiralling battle between…
Australia-UK treaty unlikely to sink subs deal with US
Cold water has been poured on suggestions a long-term Australian-British pact could put American noses out of joint as it revisits a major submarine deal. Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles…
‘Heartbroken’ PM says Israel breached international law
Israel has “quite clearly” breached international law by limiting food deliveries to starving civilians in Gaza, Anthony Albanese has declared in a notable escalation of his criticism of the Jewish…
The piece of data that could decide next rate decision
Traders, economists and mortgage holders will be locked into the Australian Bureau of Statistics website this week for a piece of data that could determine whether the Reserve Bank cuts…
Bilateral pact won’t ‘annoy’ US amid AUKUS review
A separate pact between Australia and Britain doesn’t risk angering the US as it weighs up torpedoing AUKUS, Trade Minister Don Farrell insists. The US was conspicuously absent as Deputy…
Israel ‘broke international law’ by starving Gazans: PM
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Israel has “quite clearly” breached international law by limiting food deliveries to starving civilians in Gaza as he escalates his criticism of the Jewish state.…
Scomo, standards and core values | Scam of the Week
Scott Morrison is back, how good is that? He’s not just a controversial former PM but a fully-fledged weapons lobbyist flogging war with China to a US congressional committee Meanwhile…
Tourist mecca fighting to turn tide on Mother Nature
It’s feared the planned replenishment of Australia’s famous Gold Coast beaches could be pushing sand uphill, as the city fights to turn the tide on Mother Nature. The wildly popular…
Antisemitism: trinity of envoys clouds contest for social cohesion
Controversy over Special Envoy Jillian Segal’s plan to combat antisemitism begs the question: Should the government fold the special envoys into one Social Cohesion role? Ali Reza Junespour writes. The…