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- Australian economy
Anxiety and uncertainty dominate CEO outlook
Improving productivity is the key for industry success in an uncertain, supply-constrained and slowing economy.
- Innes Willox
David Rowe cartoons for January 2024
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column. You can see all of his political cartoons for January 2024 here.
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- David Rowe
PM must call for ACCC supermarket price gouging probe: AFR readers
Almost 70 per cent of respondents to The Australian Financial Review’s reader poll believe the Albanese government should call on the consumer watchdog to investigate supermarket price gouging.
- Tom Rabe
Cost of living pressures mount on first cabinet meeting
Donald Trump’s attack on Nikki Haley put US Senator in favour; tankers are being re-routed for up to a month to avoid Red Sea danger. See how the day unfolded.
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Saving lives or inciting hate? The UN body getting Australian aid
The UNRWA, the agency vested with providing services for Palestinian refugees, is a lightning rod for criticism.
- Andrew Tillett
Byelection date set for Palaszczuk’s seat
Premier Steven Miles dismisses criticism of delay in electing a new member; Houthi attacks continue despite US strikes. Follow updates here.
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- Campbell Kwan and Maxim Shanahan
Opinion & Analysis
Labor government’s own goal on the waterfront
Readers’ letters on the docks dispute; Qantas’ plunging brand; gas pipes and mythologies; News Corp.
Contributor
Like it or not, the Middle East runs through our politics
The Dunkley by-election will be fought and lost on kitchen table issues. But it is a distant conflict that is piling pressure on political parties and even the national broadcaster.
Columnist
China ups the stakes as year of volatility looms
While Penny Wong was in the Middle East, the government’s task in Pacific got harder after China unveiled a new diplomatic alliance with Nauru.
Foreign affairs, defence correspondent
Can injections of youth ever save ageing governments?
American is being offered gerontocratic presidents. France has a 30-something prime minister. Is there a golden age to be a political leader?
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- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Labor government’s own goal on the waterfront
Readers’ letters on the docks dispute; Qantas’ plunging brand; gas pipes and mythologies; News Corp.
This Month
- Opinion
- Byelection
Like it or not, the Middle East runs through our politics
The Dunkley by-election will be fought and lost on kitchen table issues. But it is a distant conflict that is piling pressure on political parties and even the national broadcaster.
- Laura Tingle
- Analysis
- Foreign relations
China ups the stakes as year of volatility looms
While Penny Wong was in the Middle East, the government’s task in Pacific got harder after China unveiled a new diplomatic alliance with Nauru.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- World politics
Can injections of youth ever save ageing governments?
American is being offered gerontocratic presidents. France has a 30-something prime minister. Is there a golden age to be a political leader?
- Miranda Green
Byelection date set for former Qld premier’s seat
Premier Steven Miles says the byelection will be held on March 16 to coincide with local government elections.
- Laine Clark
Japanese plan to test missiles in Australia revealed
Defence Department confirms Australia is collaborating with Japan on long-range guided weapons.
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- Andrew Tillett
Labor backs dairy code keeping supermarket prices higher
Producers want the Albanese government to fast-track review of dairy code of conduct, which they say locks in high prices and makes them uncompetitive overseas.
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- Ronald Mizen
Corporations laws a ‘tangled mess’ costing business too much: report
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is being pressed to reform corporate laws after the Australian Law Reform Commission found they are overly long and complex.
- Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Why ‘plus’ size needs to go out of fashion
Readers’ letters on clothing sizes; Houthis’ trade disruption; the case for and against Israel over Gaza; helicopters for Ukraine; Santos and the rainbow serpent.
Australia’s best and worst government websites ranked
A push to improve access and make content easier to find has resulted in a major improvement in government website rankings, with one surprising result.
- Tom Burton
- Opinion
- Liberal Party
Enter the Liberal Party, working-class heroes
The Liberals have won over the battlers before. Now they have a new cause in voters’ fears that their children will never be able to afford a home.
- John Roskam
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Albanese needs to stop dithering over Ukraine aid
Retired Australian fighter jets and helicopters could be making a difference in Ukraine. Instead, they are left to languish here.
- Andrew Tillett
Burke attacks DP World boss, refuses to intervene
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke says Australians “are sick to death” of profitable companies complaining about paying the same wages as their competitors. Follow updates here.
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- Lois Maskiell
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- Australia's China challenge
China denies initiating sonar blast, blames Japan
Beijing’s top local diplomat denies a Chinese warship turned on its sonar and injured an Australian navy diver.
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- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Environmentalists clutching at straws
Readers’ letters on the Barossa gas decision; the Future Fund; super investment; US market prospects; Penny Wong, Israel and Hamas; John Howard’s Iraq defence.
- Analysis
- Liberal Party
‘They have decided to be a conservative, right-wing party’
Melbourne’s Goldstein electorate is a test of whether the Liberal Party can create a cohesive national strategy to defeat the teal independents.
- Aaron Patrick
US to relist Houthis as global terrorists
The move comes as the rebels launched attacks on ships in the Red Sea; Trump urges New Hampshire Republicans to reject Nikki Haley ahead of next week’s primaries. Here’s how the day unfolded.
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- Lois Maskiell
- Analysis
- AI
AI plan leaves Australia a digital backwater
Australia has fallen in behind its AUKUS partners, embracing a light-touch, low-key approach to revolutionary AI technology.
- Tom Burton
Trump calls for US to ‘come together’ after Iowa caucus win
Donald Trump has thanked his rivals in the Iowa caucuses after winning the first contest for this year’s Republican presidential nomination. Follow updates here.
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- Lois Maskiell
‘I’m up for it’: Albanese on boosting watchdog powers for supermarkets
The prime minister says he backs giving the ACCC stronger powers to investigate price gouging – if it asks. The watchdog says it’s up to the government.
- Ronald Mizen
