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The ideal leader for today’s Liberal Party

The ideal leader for today’s Liberal Party

Phew! We were all waiting for the Liberal Party to call a spill and remove its leader. Surely it was only a matter of time before the party room pulled the plug on a leader languishing galaxies behind in the polls. Just throw a dart at the directory of Liberal MPs and wherever it hits is bound to be an improvement. Well, 90 per cent likely to be. Okay, ...
Donald Trump doesn’t want to talk about Epstein

Donald Trump doesn’t want to talk about Epstein

The contrast could hardly have been starker. As Donald Trump palled around with Mohammed bin Salman in the newly gilded Oval Office, Congress was voting on a transparency act that would further expose Jeffrey Epstein’s grave misdeeds. Trump, who had worked overtime to try and quash the vote, was in his element with the Saudi crown prince. Transparency? ...
Department places trade remedies under the microscope

Department places trade remedies under the microscope

The Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) has launched a month-long consultation on reforms responding to unfair trading practices. DISR noted no major change to Australia’s trade remedies system had occurred in 10 years, while the number of trade interventions has increased, and global industrial investment and trade have

The ideal leader for today’s Liberal Party

The ideal leader for today’s Liberal Party
Phew! We were all waiting for the Liberal Party to call a spill and remove its leader. Surely it was only a matter of time before the party room pulled the plug on a leader languishing galaxies behind in the polls. Just throw a dart at the directory of Liberal MPs and wherever it hits is bound to be an improvement. Well, 90 per cent likely to be. Okay, ...

Donald Trump doesn’t want to talk about Epstein

Donald Trump doesn’t want to talk about Epstein
The contrast could hardly have been starker. As Donald Trump palled around with Mohammed bin Salman in the newly gilded Oval Office, Congress was voting on a transparency act that would further expose Jeffrey Epstein’s grave misdeeds. Trump, who had worked overtime to try and quash the vote, was in his element with the Saudi crown prince. Transparency? ...

Department places trade remedies under the microscope

Department places trade remedies under the microscope
The Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) has launched a month-long consultation on reforms responding to unfair trading practices. DISR noted no major change to Australia’s trade remedies system had occurred in 10 years, while the number of trade interventions has increased, and global industrial investment and trade have