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Trade wars
China has spooked the West in the war that may never end
The West is splashing out hundreds of billions of dollars to maintain its edge in the fight over the world’s most critical technology. But China is playing the long game.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Childcare
Costly childcare’s a slippery slope. So why haven’t we learnt?
The faults in Australia’s childcare model have been obvious for years. It’s time for a sweeping overhaul.
- by Matt Wade
Opinion
Public transport
As much as I’d love it, free public transport is a bad idea
Public transport should never be a money train. But asking for a full fare-free system would be driving a hard bargain.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Inside China
The Chinese giants that have set off alarm bells in the US
A flood of small packages driven by companies like Shein and Temu is causing Washington big headaches.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Chinese investment in Australia plunges to record lows
A report warned that as Chinese investment in Australia reached record lows, a more worrying threat was emerging.
- by Anne Hyland
Opinion
Live music
Kids have not ‘gone soft’ when it comes to music festivals
The rapid decline of music festivals in Australia is symptomatic of a bigger problem – and it’s not the fault of young people.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Shipping
Stuck ships and supply chain inflation
Global supply chains don’t have as much slack as they did, say, last summer, after pandemic disruptions were mostly a thing of the past, because Baltimore isn’t the only problem.
- by Paul Krugman
LNG giants escape export clampdown this winter as supplies lift
East coast gas producers will avoid facing unprecedented orders to break export contracts and redirect supplies to Australian buyers this winter.
- by Nick Toscano
Former RBA boss warns Australian living standards in firing line
Philip Lowe says the current tax system is hurting Australia’s productivity, with the GST rate too low and income tax too high.
- by Millie Muroi
Parliamentary inquiry to shine light on financial abuse
A parliamentary committee has launched an inquiry into the hidden problem of financial abuse in Australia, which has been described as a form of domestic violence that often goes undetected.
- by Colin Kruger
Opinion
Rich List
Read it and weep: The Forbes billionaires just got a lot richer
Billionaires now account for $US14.2 trillion of the world’s wealth. To put this into perspective, this is larger than the gross domestic product of any country other than the US and China.
- by Elizabeth Knight