The US president had unsettled the election campaign from the outset. But in the past couple of weeks,the tangerine titan has become totally toxic.
Donald Trump believes his tariff folly will isolate its superpower adversary. But it will be the US,not China,that could find itself outside the tent.
It’s taken too long for parties to take the housing shortage seriously. Sunday’s campaign launches offer some hope that might be about to change.
Excited by dominance in meaningless midterm polls,misled by the false analogy of Trump’s political success,the Coalition allowed itself to think it could win without doing the work required.
The consequences of this war are unpredictable,but we know one thing already:trade is conducted for mutual benefit – it’s win-win. Its cancellation is lose-lose.
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.
Under Donald Trump,the country that created the global free market is bringing it to an end,not soberly but vengefully. The entire episode would be comically clownish if it weren’t so serious.
China may be facing a 34 per cent economic penalty on exports,but Peter Hartcher says the US president has handed Xi Jinping a big favour on a silver platter.
Voters want to know what the contenders for the prime ministership will do to protect the national interest. Neither Albanese nor Dutton so far have any answers for them.
Election offerings so far,from both sides,are coherent,but insignificant. As one political observer quipped,it’s like a “battle of the Band-Aids”.