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Distinguished professor smeared

Daily Telegraph’s claim of “Aussie link to China military lab” a tale of skewed facts and innuendo that preceded a campaign of violent threats against a world-renowned scientist 9 December 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein Eminent Australian […]

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ABC doubles down after racist clip

Rather than apologize for a children’s comedy show depicting Chinese people eating rats, cockroaches and maggots, the national broadcaster says it was “explaining the eating culture” of ancient China 25 November 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein What […]

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Agency of foreign influence

ASPI rakes in millions of dollars from the US Government and Australia’s Department of Defence en route to record year for revenue 24 November 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein (Image by Marcus Reubenstein) The Australia-China relationship […]

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The fog of Defence contracts

Department of Defence secretly investigates itself, does not make public the review’s existence or its terms of reference, and keeps any resulting report secret. Defence recommends buying hundreds of vehicles from Thales, despite no need […]

Finance

No shot in the arm

The market reaction to positive news on a COVID-19 vaccine tempered by a significant spike in US infections and the threat this posed to the economy with no progress on more fiscal stimulus 30 October […]

Economy

Never tear us apart

IMF research finds nations with low public confidence in government response to COVID-19 are also nations where people are ignoring social-distancing protocols   13 November 2020 | Era Dabla-Norris, IMF (Image: United Nations covid campaign) […]

Economy

A better outlook

Still far from upbeat about the economy the Reserve Bank of Australia is more optimistic about conditions than three months ago 6 November 2020 | Richard Colleville The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) quarterly Statement […]

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Abetz committee shuts down critics

Top Chinese community leader highly critical of Eric Abetz silenced by Senate committee, while pro-Trump Chinese media outlet welcomed to make public comment EDITOR’S NOTE: After publication of this article the Senate released a transcript […]

Economy

Big bounce!

Australian building approvals surged in September while residential property prices recorded their first gains in five months 2 November 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein Australian residential building approvals have surged by 15.4 percent in September, well […]

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 […]