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Fight China with boycotts, sanctions: Liberal MP
The Morrison government’s China expert, Ted O’Brien, wants Australia to form new alliances that could use boycotts and sanctions to combat China’s economic warfare.
- Matthew Cranston
Business push for cloud computing to be tax deductible
Shifting what was a service into the category of an asset could be worth billions to the economy and speed up Australia’s digitisation.
- Matthew Cranston
Coal miner warns Asian lenders won’t fill the void if local banks exit
A major Australian coal miner has warned that Asian banks won’t bankroll the industry if Australian banks withdraw from coal lending entirely.
- Peter Ker
NSW and Qld won’t follow Victoria’s tougher emissions cuts
Victoria will go it alone on its 45 to 50 per cent emissions reduction targets by 2030, with NSW and Queensland saying they won’t follow its lead.
- Mark Ludlow and Elouise Fowler
‘Every time the phone rings, my heart sinks’: Indians abroad despair
The Indian diaspora in Australia is in a state of shock – in constant fear and feeling helpless.
- Jill Margo
Vaccine rate needs to quadruple to reach herd immunity by Christmas
Leaked analysis shows Australia would need to administer 142,000 coronavirus vaccine doses daily to reach 70 per cent herd immunity by Christmas.
- Finbar O'Mallon
Opinion & Analysis
Subsidy battle brewing over electric cars
Despite their contested green credentials, electric cars are forecast to become as cheap as regular cars by 2030 without subsidies.
Senior correspondent
Tax debate is yet to catch up with new politics of deficit
Debt might be the new black, but the left can’t forget about the need for higher taxation.
Contributor
Fed policy risk is the biggest challenge for investors
Ultimately, the US Federal Reserve may be forced to slam on the brakes, risking undermining what should be a long-lasting inclusive recovery.
Contributor
How to get Australia’s borders open again
Australia will have to drop the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to quarantine if it wants to take advantage of rising immunity rates and allow travellers into the country again.
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Subsidy battle brewing over electric cars
Despite their contested green credentials, electric cars are forecast to become as cheap as regular cars by 2030 without subsidies.
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- Aaron Patrick
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Tax debate is yet to catch up with new politics of deficit
Debt might be the new black, but the left can’t forget about the need for higher taxation.
- 57 mins ago
- Ben Oquist
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- Inflation
Fed policy risk is the biggest challenge for investors
Ultimately, the US Federal Reserve may be forced to slam on the brakes, risking undermining what should be a long-lasting inclusive recovery.
- Mohamed El-Erian
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
How to get Australia’s borders open again
Australia will have to drop the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to quarantine if it wants to take advantage of rising immunity rates and allow travellers into the country again.
- Driss Ait Ouakrim, Nathan Grills, Ameera Katar and Tony Blakely
- Opinion
- China relations
The West must learn to match China’s weaponised economics
China is using economic heft to create the dependency and appeasement that the empires of old achieved through war. But Beijing is also sensitive to collective push-back.
- Ted O'Brien
Yesterday
- Opinion
- The AFR View
JobKeeper profiteering by big business is fake news
Premier Investments is right to repay JobKeeper. But the idea the big end of town has outrageously profited from the wage subsidy is not true.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Making Tasmania less healthy, wealthy and educated
The bigger problem with the Tasmanian election result is the Liberal Party’s failure to seek a mandate to undertake the structural reform needed to fix the state’s serious underlying problems.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Superannuation
Retirees should splash on themselves, and save the economy
There is a boost to the economy if cautious retirees could be encouraged to open their savings wallets more often.
- Jeremy Cooper and David Knox
- Opinion
- Childcare
Childcare is reform, not welfare
It’s all about getting well-qualified women back into the workforce, not a means-tested handout.
- Craig Emerson
Proxy changes spark new super war
Company directors praised new regulation for proxy advisers. But advisers say the rules are unwarranted. “We shouldn’t be using the Treasurer’s office to regulate against the hurt feelings of company directors.”
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- Hannah Wootton and Yolanda Redrup
University of Newcastle sues over spoilt blood
Who plugged in – or didn’t plug in – a low-temperature freezer is at the centre of a court case involving Newcastle University.
- Max Mason
This Month
- Opinion
- The AFR View
The budget shouldn’t rewrite the fiscal rule book
Economic prosperity comes from productivity but this truth is being lost amid the alluring notion there is a free lunch in borrowing from the future.
- The AFR View
Australia likely to reach herd immunity in December: report
Australia’s low rate of infection and vaccination mean it will achieve herd immunity much later than countries such as Canada, Germany, the US and the UK.
- Jill Margo
- Opinion
- China relations
New Zealand’s engagement with China is clear-eyed
The Ardern government has every right to pursue New Zealand’s national interest in engaging with China. Its stance on Five Eyes is smart and principled, and not merely self-serving.
- Grant Wilson
How Australia adopted America’s bible of psychiatry
It’s time for a robust review into how America’s mental illness diagnostic manual, which has been fully adopted here, is affecting Australians.
- Jill Margo
The science behind the voices in your head
Hearing voices in your head is not always a symptom of mental illness.
- Tanveer Ahmed
April
- Opinion
- The AFR View
The long shadow of COVID-19 will demand agility
Australia may face a semi-shuttered world for some time. That puts an enormous premium on sharp policy making at home.
- The AFR View
Crunch time on labour shortages
By strangling immigration indefinitely, the Morrison government is placing politics above economic recovery. It’s a gamble that could backfire badly.
- Jacob Greber
Hempton lashes Deutsche link to new ASIC chair
Bronte Capital founder John Hempton has lashed the appointment of ex-Deutsche Bank general counsel Joseph Longo as Australia’s top corporate cop.
- Lucas Baird, Jonathan Shapiro and John Kehoe
