Australia has been caught up in a sharp downturn being forecast for the global economy as headwinds from the US-China trade war and Brexit tensions bite into growth. The International Monetary Fund is predicting a “synchronised slowdown” with global growth in 2019 downgraded once again to 3 per cent — noting a “serious climbdown” from 3.8 percent in 2017. The ...
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Australia and US looking to challenge China’s hold on the rare earths market
Australia and the US are in discussions to try and open up the rare earths market which is currently dominated by China. Australia and the US have been in discussions to form a rare earths joint action plan to open up what has become a concentrated market that’s dominated by China. Rare earths are metals and alloys that are used ...
Read More »Michael Lavarch to review NSW Labor after ‘shocking’ allegations at Icac
Anthony Albanese and Jodi McKay announce the appointment of the Keating government attorney general The former attorney general Michael Lavarch will lead a review into New South Wales Labor after the suspension of the general secretary Kaila Murnain over claims the party accepted $100,000 in banned developer donations from Huang Xiangmo. The New South Wales Labor leader, Jodi McKay, and ...
Read More »Australia’s tortured energy debate: what is the state of play?
A look at how we got from national energy guarantee to ‘big stick’ – and what’s next There are a lot of moving parts in Australia’s tortured energy debate – and many of the parts are moving in the wrong direction. With parliament set to resume next week, and with energy back on the agenda, it is timely to recap ...
Read More »Robodebt inquiry: how the Coalition tried to defend the indefensible
If the public critics of the Coalition’s welfare debt recovery scheme thought they were in for an easy ride, they were sorely mistaken. At Senate hearings over the past two weeks, government senators have come armed with arguments to defend the program – known to most as robodebt – and to attack those who wish to see it dismantled or ...
Read More »Australia has moral duty to bring home foreign fighter families in Syria, Kristina Keneally says
Shadow home affairs minister says window of opportunity closing after Turkish invasion of Kurdish areas led to warnings of breakouts at Isis camps Kristina Keneally has warned the window to bring home Australians held in prisons and camps in northern Syria is closing, arguing the government has a moral duty to repatriate women and children taken to formerly Islamic State-controlled ...
Read More »JOINT STATEMENT BY CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM LEADERS
Offensive and hurtful comments made by Mr Kyle Sandilands (KIIS1065) regarding the Virgin Mary. On 18 September 2019, Mr Kyle Sandilands made deeply offensive remarks concerning the Virgin Mary and the faithful who believe in the Virginity of our Lady (Luke 1:27-35; Surah Maryam 19:19-22). These comments led to disruption in different Christian and Muslim communities and to a peaceful ...
Read More »Labor hounds Morrison over use of ‘Shanghai Sam’ in question time – politics live
Government faces further scrutiny of Gladys Liu’s history. Reuters reports that Australia’s cyber intelligence agency concluded China’s Ministry of State Security was behind attack. All today’s events in Canberra, live
Read More »Australians reject Coalition attacks on businesses promoting social issues
New survey finds almost 80% support CEOs having a say, but more than half believe when they do, it is out of self-interest Australians overwhelmingly support business leaders speaking out on social and political issues, according to a new survey that conflicts with government efforts to paint such efforts as corporate kowtowing to “noisy elites”. However, the new survey, from ...
Read More »Labor targets PM over Gladys Liu’s alleged links to Chinese Communist party
Scott Morrison pressed on whether Liberal MP is a ‘fit and proper’ person to be sitting in federal parliament Labor has targeted Scott Morrison over the credentials of Chinese-born MPGladys Liu, asking what steps he had taken to ensure she was a “fit and proper” person to sit in parliament. In question time on Wednesday, the shadow attorney general, Mark ...
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