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Why economists doubt a recession is coming for Australia
Australian businesses affected by Trump’s tariffs will find new export markets while the economy will be bolstered by rate cuts and a falling currency, analysts say.
Qld scraps renewables goal, backs coal, vows to hit net zero anyway
Queensland has confirmed it will scrap legislated climate targets and burn coal plants for longer in a policy shift to focus on affordability and reliability over environmental sustainability.
Why Australia’s top modeller says we are not headed for recession
Former RBA board member Warwick McKibbin has an unrivalled track record in financial crises. Betting against him is a risky trade.
‘No hope’: Shock coal plant extensions to drag on 2030 climate targets
The Crisafulli government’s plans to wind back the state’s climate goals are likely to put Australia’s Paris targets further out of reach.
Wind turbine blades find new life in sustainable infrastructure
Without effective recycling solutions, wind turbines risk becoming landfill waste, undermining sustainability efforts.
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Queensland tears up transition targets and will keep coal for longer
Queensland’s five-month-old LNP government will unveil its broad energy platform today with a plan to extend the life of the state-owned coal-fired generators.
Opinion & Analysis
Trump’s chaos kills American exceptionalism
Investor belief in US superiority drove Wall Street to sky-high valuations, but the president’s trade war is now eroding this conviction.
Economics editor
Why we shouldn’t rule out an economic doomsday
Policymakers should be war gaming the worst scenario because never before has a single signature by a single individual raised the probability of recession so sharply.
Columnist
How to profit from the market panic
Fear is natural. But in markets, these times can present the opportunity to buy quality assets trading at potentially fantastic prices.
Managing Director of Blackwattle Investment Partners
Markets have seen through Peter Navarro’s ‘tissue of lies’
The evidence against Donald Trump’s tariff adviser, and his “poorly designed and reckless” tariff hikes, is overwhelming.
Economist
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Trump’s chaos kills American exceptionalism
Investor belief in US superiority drove Wall Street to sky-high valuations, but the president’s trade war is now eroding this conviction.
Why we shouldn’t rule out an economic doomsday
Policymakers should be war gaming the worst scenario because never before has a single signature by a single individual raised the probability of recession so sharply.
How to profit from the market panic
Fear is natural. But in markets, these times can present the opportunity to buy quality assets trading at potentially fantastic prices.
Markets have seen through Peter Navarro’s ‘tissue of lies’
The evidence against Donald Trump’s tariff adviser, and his “poorly designed and reckless” tariff hikes, is overwhelming.
Yesterday
Recession talk is premature
The major parties are jostling to be perceived as the best placed to manage the international economic turmoil. Australia needs cool heads to prevail.
Trump’s game of bluff on tariffs and tax
China is threatening to “fight to the end” if America imposes yet more tariffs. The respite on global sharemarkets is likely to be temporary if trade tensions continue to escalate.
Bullock was right about Australia’s shock absorber against US tariffs
Last week, the RBA governor said the exchange rate would be an important “buffer” in Trump’s trade war. It is what economists call it an “automatic stabiliser”.
Politicians are the problem behind the cost-of-living squeeze
Weak business investment and real wage growth is a design feature of the Albanese Labor’s care economy model that the Dutton Coalition is failing to challenge.
This Month
Trump trade shock reignites inflation fears
US tariffs raise the prospect of a resurgence in price pressures just as the RBA was on the cusp of declaring victory against the post-pandemic inflation surge.
Trump dump a stiff examination of investment strategies
The complacent who have clipped the ticket during the good times will be exposed during the bad times at great cost to their customers and members.
Cyberattack exposes Labor big super weakness
Cyber breaches and Donald Trump’s sharemarket rout have exposed further flaws in Labor’s compulsory super system and its union-aligned funds.
Trump’s 19th century economic policy
Readers’ letters on Donald Trump’s tariff regime, the ASX slump and superannuation balances, ANZ cultural change.
Butler expects tariff pain on medicines and healthcare giants
The Health Minister says briefings from US officials suggest foreign pharmaceuticals could soon be targeted by a separate US trade investigation.
Labor’s hospital funding push to cost health funds $1b a year
The health minister said there had been a “shift up in profitability and management expenses of insurers” as he urged them to negotiate with care providers.
ChatGPT told Trump how to set tariffs — and now the world’s paying for it
“Vibe governing” suggests policymakers are letting AI-generated content guide major decisions, leading us into surreal, potentially dangerous territory.
10 per cent tariffs are what Trump-style mercy looks like
Donald Trump thinks we’ve been subsidising our lifestyles at the expense of his constituents. He is not entirely wrong and doesn’t care that he is slightly wrong.
Trump’s idiocy will put a 2 in front of RBA cash rate by end of year
Retaliatory tariffs are a supply shock that will not only see the global economy lurch into a deep recession but will do so with a near-term inflationary bias.
Why Trump’s tariffs won’t last long
The cumulative pressure from households, businesses, markets and Republicans on Trump will mount even faster now that the tariffs are in full flow.
Morrison-backed space start-up lands NASA tie-up
A start-up chaired by former prime minister Scott Morrison has huge goals of building an Australian spaceport and developing horizontal rocket launch technology.
Trump’s tariffs deliver a harsh truth for Australia
Too little thought has been given to the future of the Australian economy against the backdrop of a protectionist America.
