Finance

This downturn is different

Five reasons why this downturn and subsequent recovery are different. And where are we in the Australian recovery now? 30 October 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: Riho Kroll) From the get-go back in March, as […]

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Depth charged future subs

A special investigation: Naval Group, builder of Australian submarines, at centre of numerous global corruption scandals 29 October 2020 | Michelle Fahy, Michael West Media The arms company at the centre of a deadly criminal […]

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ASPI’s Broadcasting Corporation

Is ABC management complicit in letting senior on-air talent promote the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and its sponsors, without declaring conflicts of interest? 28 October 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein Two senior correspondents at Australia’s national […]

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How to sink $90 billion

So much for sovereignty. Australia is locked out of repairing key US components of our submarines’ computer systems, and the government has committed our fleet to the extraordinarily dangerous role of helping the US conduct […]

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Weaponised lobby

There are colossal conflicts of interests in Australian Defence spending, exposed even further thanks to the latest budget boost. In a MW Media investigation, Michelle Fahy looks at a department which every spends more than […]

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ASPI’s forced labour links

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute—the think tank which reports extensively on China human rights—is being funded by corporations which have used forced prison labour 12 October 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein (Image: Wendy Alvarez/APAC News) The […]

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Flight to risk

Despite worrying signs that COVID-19 infections are on the rise in developing economies the major share markets all had a week of solid gains 11 October 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: Camila Perez)   Share […]

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Hoping for the best

A Sinologist’s view on Australia’s relations with China 8 October 2020 | Professor Kerry Brown (Image: Marcus Reubenstein) My memory of the time I spent in Australia, while directing the University of Sydney China Studies Centre […]

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Budget black off track

The 2020-21 Australian Budget – spend, spend, spend as the focus remains on recovery and jobs, jobs, jobs 7 October 2020 | Shane Oliver & Diana Mousina AMP Capital (Image: supplied) The 2020-21 budget is a […]