Australia

Australia's economic growth forecasts have received a major downgrade due to Donald Trump's trade war, which could give the RBA more cause to cut rates.

The nation's federal budget is being prepared in the shadow of global trade uncertainty and the aftermath of a tropical cyclone lashing a major city.

The Treasurer says ex-cyclone Alfred has torn more than a billion dollars from the nation’s coffers, but the Coalition appears unready to take advantage.

KATINA CURTIS: A more proportional split in grants allocations than the Coalition’s egregious pork-barrelling doesn’t mean Labor’s cash splash shouldn’t be scrutinised.

The return of Donald Trump to the White House has heightened anxieties about the delivery of the trilateral deal, which will cost up to $368 billion by the 2040s.

AARON PATRICK: Victoria has finally decided to act, but evidence that the CFMEU is rapacious, amoral and unreformable has persisted for decades.

The Greens have announced a four-day work week policy that could see businesses lose worker’s time, with no impact on their pay, a move the Party says will help men ‘pick up the vacuum cleaner at home’.

Police will investigate more CFMEU-linked allegations of corruption and violence towards women as a state government is accused of covering-up criminal behaviour.

A senator vying for re-election has positioned himself as a safeguard in a minority government as his campaign kicks off.

Short-term budget relief could hurt Australians in the long haul, economists warn, as politicians prepare to open their chequebooks ahead of the election.

NICOLA SMITH: The domineering and erratic actions of the Trump White House are shaping up to be a wild card in Australia’s Federal election, and independent female candidates could be the winners.

JACKSON HEWETT: The White House is delivering more tariff twists and turns than an out-of-control Tesla and for many US consumers, America is most definitely not great again.

Albo and Chalmers say they’re inspired by Labor’s 80s and 90s free-market ideals. So why did they adopt interventionist ALP moves from a decade before?

The longest serving British High Commissioner to Australia has warned against pursuing an AUKUS plan B, saying it would sacrifice four years of momentum. 

Businessman Robert Potter found combat in the warzone similar to World War I - and science fiction movies.