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Military veteran Johnston rises in Defence shake-up
Bedding down AUKUS and recruiting new personnel are key challenges for the new Defence chief amid warnings China will be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027.
- Andrew Tillett
Can one of our dirtiest coal plants reap a green bonanza?
Verdant Earth has lofty ambitions to turn the moribund Redbank into a major clean energy precinct using biomass. Environmentalists are still unhappy.
- Ben Potter
EU ‘disappointed’ on frozen trade talks, big on SMRs
Labor should “re-engage” over trade co-operation, said EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson, who advocated the benefits of nuclear power.
- Jacob Greber
Australian households are world-leaders in interest rate pain: IMF
Variable-rate mortgages and high household debt make Australian consumers highly sensitive to interest rates, the IMF says, but house prices are still rising.
- Michael Read and John Kehoe
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Energy transition alliance could save grid revamp $6b
A radical collaboration between networks and customers could save an estimated $6 billion in grid upgrades.
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200 rescues but NSW floodwaters begin to subside
Queensland escaped forecast heavy storms on Sunday, but there are still dozens of warnings in place along rivers near Sydney.
- Nick Bonyhady
Opinion & Analysis
Why Japan is a good business partner for AUKUS
Beyond its technical capabilities, Tokyo’s strategic seriousness about the China threat is the biggest asset it will bring to the nuclear submarine pact.
Foreign policy expert
Political brawls sweep the supermarket aisles
Supermarkets are once again an appealing target for politicians wanting to demonstrate their good intentions on helping consumers with cost-of-living pressures.
Columnist
Why we need a different conversation about national security
In a time of misinformation and cultivated mistrust, talking directly with Australians outside the Canberra security bubble is essential.
Geopolitical analyst
JAUKUS shows Australia is seeking security in Asia
Ironically, turning AUKUS into JAUKUS would move the pact closer to satisfying the national strategic interest test formulated by its chief Australian critic, Paul Keating.
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JAUKUS shows Australia is seeking security in Asia
Ironically, turning AUKUS into JAUKUS would move the pact closer to satisfying the national strategic interest test formulated by its chief Australian critic, Paul Keating.
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Government needs to remove the barriers to business dynamism
Industrial relations and overbearing regulators are making life harder for Australian businesses, but it doesn’t need to be that way.
- Allegra Spender
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AI could stretch Australia’s electricity supply to the limits
It would be ironic if world-changing technology like AI ended up prolonging the life of coal-fired power.
- Patrick Gibbons
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- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Australia should demand accountability for deaths of Zomi and Galit
Consistency calls for Iran and Qatar to be held to account for the first Australian to be tragically killed in the Israel-Hamas war on October 7.
- Alex Ryvchin
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Senior US diplomat lets the AUKUS cat out of the bag
US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell has spelt out publicly the expectations Washington has of Australia to fight alongside it in the Taiwan straits.
- James Curran
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- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Albanese and Biden’s opportunism on aid deaths is contemptible
The confected outrage over the deaths of Australian Zomi Frankcom and her fellow Gaza aid workers goes way beyond the reaction to earlier wartime tragedies.
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Chinese investment in Australia slumps to record lows
Chinese M&A in Australia has crashed, particularly in mining as it shifts corporate firepower towards Belt and Road countries.
- Jessica Sier
Home insurance premiums are up 56pc, but insurers are making a loss
Insurers have made no money on home insurance policies in four years, and the industry warns premiums will continue to soar as natural disasters become more frequent.
- Michael Read
As prostate cancer surges, Australia breaks new ground
As low and middle-income countries await a surge in prostate cancer, Australia is driving ahead with cutting-edge treatments and new ways of solving old problems.
- Jill Margo
‘Sideways’ inflation threatens US rate cut forecasts: Fed official
Minneapolis Federal Reserve boss Neel Kashkari said policymakers need renewed confidence that inflation will cool before beginning a rate-cutting cycle.
- Timothy Moore
The kids aren’t all right. Are phones really to blame?
In his new book Jonathan Haidt claims phones are the cause of the international epidemic of adolescent mental illness. And with that one tricky word, “cause,” he opens himself up to what’s likely to be a world of pain.
- Judith Warner
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- Tax reform
Tax reform fail threatening the social compact of a nation
A new tax review will have to look at what this generation can do for the Australians of the future.
- Ken Henry
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Tax review to avoid an ‘intergenerational tragedy’
Incremental change is a waste of time. Ken Henry says someone has to grab this thing and get on with it.
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Lowe sees ‘strong case’ for RBA board members to stay
Philip Lowe has undercut Jim Chalmers’ push for new RBA board members, saying the existing directors are best placed to steer inflation back to target.
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- John Kehoe, Joshua Peach and Anthony Macdonald
‘Young people have been screwed’ on tax: former Treasury boss
Ken Henry has warned the social compact with workers shouldering a rising tax burden faces an “existential crisis”, unless reformers can persuade the public for major changes.
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- John Kehoe
Treasurer must act on PwC
Readers’ letters on the PwC scandal and trust in the accounting profession; the rights of deportees; the manufacturing of solar panels in Australia; and the art of writing letters.
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Do you want a jackhammer to go with your electric car?
It should be possible to roll out simple street charging power outlets at a cost similar to what you’d pay to install a dedicated charger in your own home.
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