Labor’s multi-billion dollar Future Made in Australia package has been thrown into doubt less than a day after Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down his budget, with the Coalition signalling it would oppose a central measure. The government will spend $23bn over the next 10 years to bolster domestic manufacturing andContinue Reading
Proposed green manufacturing subsidies will not be a “free for all”, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says, as the Albanese government faces criticism over the policy by its own hand–picked Productivity Commission boss. On Friday, Danielle Wood, an ex-Grattan Institute chief who now serves as the government’s chief productivity adviser, joined economistsContinue Reading
NSW Planning Minister Paul Scully has called on Australian and international companies to “step up” and invest in Sydney’s Aerotroplis and Bradfield City Centre, with less than 1000 days until Western Sydney International Airport opens. Speaking to attendees at Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue’s Airport City Summit, which marked 10 yearsContinue Reading
Joe Biden has again slipped up and flashed his infamous note cards at a press conference – but one detail this time has sparked particular backlash. The US President was holding a press conference at the White House on Wednesday with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol when the 80-year-oldContinue Reading
Listen to what Xi says. Look at what Xi’s doing. “If Xi says he is readying for war, it would be foolish not to take him at his word.” This warning by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies was made late last month after China’s supreme leader raised the prospectContinue Reading