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Defence and social spending to blow out budget: Deloitte
Long-term spending on defence and social services means the deficit will settle at $60 billion a year, says Deloitte Access Economics.
- Ronald Mizen
PM puts carbon capture on menu in Glasgow
Scott Morrison met a dozen of Australia’s mining and clean energy executives on the sidelines of the COP26 summit to discuss emissions technologies.
- Phillip Coorey
Top silks say ICAC produced strong evidence on Berejiklian
With concerns in Canberra about the NSW corruption watchdog, top lawyers say the Berejiklian inquiry strengthens the case for a federal model.
- Finbar O'Mallon
COP26 exposes global climate divide
Western leaders used the opening of the COP26 summit in Glasgow to try to salvage support for concerted global action on climate change.
- Phillip Coorey and Hans van Leeuwen
David Rowe cartoons for November 2021
See all of David Rowe’s cartoons from November 2021.
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- David Rowe
Dancing is back: what you can do in NSW from Monday
Fully vaccinated Sydneysiders will have most of their freedoms back from Monday, November 8 after the state government brought forward its reopening road map.
Opinion & Analysis
Global dance aims for a domestic target
Scott Morrison is determined to sell Australia’s ‘commonsense position’ on everything from climate change to submarines. His target is always domestic and aimed at voters in marginal seats.
Columnist
Anything to declare? Berejiklian at best shows poor judgment
It’s now clear former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian had an obligation to declare her relationship. Her best-case scenario is that the public thinks Berejiklian showed incredibly poor judgment.
Reporter
ICAC asks the central question: why did Berejiklian stay silent?
The judge overseeing a corruption investigation into the ex-NSW premier wants to know why she didn’t inform on her secret boyfriend.
Senior correspondent
Courtesy of Biden, Macron dines out on Australia’s discomfort
The messy AUKUS deal grew worse over the weekend when Joe Biden, who initially set the scene when he forgot Scott Morrison’s name, threw Australia under the bus.
Political editor
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Global dance aims for a domestic target
Scott Morrison is determined to sell Australia’s ‘commonsense position’ on everything from climate change to submarines. His target is always domestic and aimed at voters in marginal seats.
- Jennifer Hewett
Climate promises ‘nothing but blah blah blah’ without action
Western leaders used the opening of the COP26 summit in Glasgow to try to salvage support for concerted global action on climate change.
- Phillip Coorey and Hans van Leeuwen
ICAC findings on Berejiklian unlikely until 2022
ICAC ruling expected in 2022; NSW brings forward freedoms for fully vaccinated people, but unvaccinated people will have to wait until December 15; Victoria’s cases drop below 1000. Follow updates here.
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- Timothy Moore, Natasha Rudra and Tess Bennett
Macron has slurred all Australians: PM
An unapologetic Scott Morrison says Emmanuel Macron has slurred all Australians by calling him a liar.
- Phillip Coorey
PM takes his technology sales pitch to the world
Scott Morrison believes technological advances will heal the climate policy divide between developed and developing nations.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- Carbon pricing
Why the price of carbon credits is ‘going to the moon’
This week’s UN climate summit in Glasgow is helping put a rocket under the global market for carbon credits, which have surged to record levels.
- Jacob Greber
This Month
‘I don’t like losing’: Macron ‘knew’ the subs contract was in peril
Relations between Australia and France have hit a new low after French President Emmanuel Macron branded Prime Minister Scott Morrison a liar.
- Phillip Coorey
Crisis talks over French submarine anger
Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has denied she told her former chief of staff her relationship with Daryl Maguire had ended before she became premier; Queensland records one case; two deaths in the ACT. Follow updates here.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
- Analysis
- Berejiklian inquiry
Anything to declare? Berejiklian at best shows poor judgment
It’s now clear former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian had an obligation to declare her relationship. Her best-case scenario is that the public thinks Berejiklian showed incredibly poor judgment.
- Finbar O'Mallon
Government agencies slim down for remote working
The ACCC is consolidating its offices, as other federal agencies redesign for hybrid working and state agencies evolve to regional hubs, in response to staff wanting to continue remote working.
- Tom Burton
India, China, Russia kill climate deal
Britain and the US have accused the three nations of failing to grasp the urgency of global warming after they dashed hopes of meaningful progress on the issue.
- Phillip Coorey and Hans van Leeuwen
‘Radar didn’t go off’: Berejiklian trusted Maguire despite concerns
Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian says “radar didn’t go off” after secret boyfriend Daryl Maguire gave evidence at the ICAC in 2018.
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- Finbar O'Mallon
- Analysis
- ICAC
ICAC asks the central question: why did Berejiklian stay silent?
The judge overseeing a corruption investigation into the ex-NSW premier wants to know why she didn’t inform on her secret boyfriend.
- Aaron Patrick
COVID-19 sparks at-home HIV test revolution
Atomo Diagnostics has approval from the Therapeutic Goods Administration to supply and market its HIV testing kit.
- Tom McIlroy
‘I don’t think, I know’: Macron brands Morrison a liar
Relations between Australia and France have hit a new low after French President Emmanuel Macron branded Prime Minister Scott Morrison a liar.
- Phillip Coorey
Act now to limit net zero 2050 risk to business: EY
Ahead of the landmark Glasgow climate talks, economic modelling has found Australia’s exports are exposed to decarbonisation moves.
- Tom McIlroy
October
Australia welcomes Kiwis on Monday, Singaporeans later in November
From November 21, fully vaccinated travellers will be able to fly to Australia without isolating.
- Tom McIlroy
G20 waters down 2050 pledge
Resistance by big emitters China and India is dimming the prospects of an environmental breakthrough in Glasgow.
- Phillip Coorey and Hans van Leeuwen
Japan goes to the polls as Kishida vows to fix economy
Japan is facing its tightest election race in a decade but PM Fumio Kishida is expected to emerge with a mandate to kick-start the world’s third-largest economy.
- Michael Smith
David Rowe cartoons for October 2021
See all of David Rowe’s cartoons from October 2021.
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- David Rowe