The Albanese government has doubled down on its attempts to push back against China’s chokehold on the critical minerals supply chain, announcing it will pour $585m of taxpayer funds into projects producing key inputs for batteries, renewables and electric cars. Queensland-based Alpha Hpa, which specialises in the production of ultra-highContinue Reading
Labor president and former treasurer Wayne Swan has blasted Productivity Commissioner Danielle Wood as “completely out of touch” over her assessment that the government’s Future Made in Australia plan risked making Australia’s economy more inefficient and could create businesses reliant on government subsidies. On Friday, Ms Wood, the former GrattanContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has hit back at Karl Stefanovic after he compared Palestine and Hamas to a block of Cadbury’s Top Deck chocolate. The Prime Minister was quick to tell the Today show host he’d got it all wrong when asked about a recent speech that suggested Australia could be aContinue Reading
WILMINGTON: The Biden administration pledged on Monday to provide up to USD 6.6 billion so that a Taiwanese semiconductor giant can expand the facilities it is already building in Arizona and better ensure that the most-advanced microchips are produced domestically for the first time. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said theContinue Reading
President Joe Biden has reached out to the leaders of Egypt and Qatar, urging them to pressure Hamas into negotiating a hostage deal with Israel. This move comes after Biden’s call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to intensify efforts towards achieving a cease-fire in the ongoing conflict in Gaza.Continue Reading
A federal judge in Texas on Friday rejected a challenge by Republican-led states to a Biden administration program that allows hundreds of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to apply for emergency entry into the United States.US District Court Judge Drew Tipton in Victoria, Texas, said theContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden is “considering additional sanctions” on Moscow after the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in an Arctic prison, he said Monday.“We already have sanctions, but we are considering additional sanctions, yes,” Biden, who has already directly blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin and his “thugs”Continue Reading
Busloads of pro-Palestinian supporters have descended on Parliament House, calling on the federal government to condemn Israel and restore funding to the United Nations agency responsible for aid in Gaza. The protesters, who came from around the country, took part in a smoking ceremony outside the Aboriginal Tent Embassy withContinue Reading
JUPITER: US President Joe Biden said Tuesday he had decided on a response to a drone strike that killed three American troops in Jordan while insisting he did not want a wider war in the Middle East.Facing growing pressure in a US election year, Biden said he held Iran responsibleContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said Thursday that air strikes by Pakistan and Iran on each other’s territory showed Tehran was not “well-liked” in an increasingly tense region.“As you can see, Iran is not particularly well liked in the region,” Biden told reporters at the White House, adding that “we’reContinue Reading