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Beware of dodgy home battery installers

Could a huge take-up of the battery offer see a flood of unqualified installers coming out of the woodwork as it did for Kevin Rudd’s pink batts scheme?

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Trump’s tariffs:Friends with few benefits and foes with plenty

The Australian government was confident about an exemption from Trump’s trade imposts but as it turned out,that privilege was reserved only for enemies.

  • Peter Hartcher
Donald Trump holds up his chart of “reciprocal tariffs” at the announcement event in Washington.

Australia must bolster other partnerships as Trump pursues magical thinking

The effects of Donald Trump’s tariffs on China and our other Asian trading partners will have inescapable economic consequences for us.

  • The Age's View
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Australia offered Trump critical minerals. This is how he sold us fool’s gold

The government needed to present Trump with a deal he couldn’t refuse. But what could Australia offer him?

  • Matthew Knott
Arthur Sinodinos presents his credentials to US President Donald Trump in February.

Only a handful of Australians have stood in the Oval Office with Trump. Arthur Sinodinos is one of them

Our former envoy to Washington says instead of abandoning the alliance with the US,we should impress on Trump that he needs us more than we need him.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Elon Musk and his DOGE team don’t actually care about whatever work government workers may have done,the implication is that it’s still not enough.

As Trump sacks scientists,let’s hire them. His drain is our brain gain

Donald Trump has handed us a golden opportunity. But we’d better act fast.

  • Danielle Cave
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Allegiant Stadium:The view from up on high.

Even in Las Vegas,being behind the scenes in the chairman’s room is surreal

From K Rudd to T Pain,police escorts to media moguls,there was plenty of action off the field at Allegiant Stadium for the NRL’s gala kick-off.

  • Jordan Baker
Treasurer Jim Chalmers,US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent,director of Trump’s National Economic Council Kevin Hassett and US Ambassador Kevin Rudd in Washington DC,where they discussed trade and tariffs.

‘Trump’s call’:Australia’s diplomatic assault over tariffs hits roadblock

Kevin Rudd put on a breakfast spread for Treasurer Jim Chalmers and his US counterpart in Washington. But the key decision-maker was missing.

  • Michael Koziol
Some mishaps on the election trail:Kevin Rudd busts in on a choir;Tony Abbott inexplicably eats an onion;Scott Morrison’s rugby tackle trouble;and,Paul Keating’s cake plan falls flat.

‘You ignorant bastards!’ Perils of the election campaign trail

Very rarely,everything goes smoothly on the election campaign trail. Often,things go very,very wrong.

  • Tony Wright
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has no intention of removing Kevin Rudd from his Washington post.

‘Mayhem’:Trump tariff threat forces Australia to pause big tech levy

The Albanese government has decided to go slow on a scheme to hit digital platforms if they refuse to pay local media outlets for news articles.

  • Paul Sakkal andDavid Crowe