Politics

President Joe Biden has given Kyiv permission to use the US Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) for strikes inside Russia.
World
The Washington Post

Moscow warns US missile move puts NATO at war with Russia

President Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use American longer-range missiles for strikes inside Russia presented another grave provocation by the West, according to a spokesman for Vladimir Putin.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at the G20.
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Politics
Ellen Ransley in Rio de Janeiro

Xi laments ‘twists and turns’ in meeting with Albanese

After holding $20bn of Australian trade hostage for two years, China has called for Australia’s support to stare down Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs.

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DAVID FRENCH: If Trump’s Cabinet picks help him usher in the chaos that is the water in which he swims, then the question won’t be whether voters rebuke MAGA, but how much damage it does before it fails again.
US Politics
The New York Times

How Donald Trump is already starting to fail

DAVID FRENCH: If Trump’s Cabinet picks help him usher in the chaos that is the water in which he swims, then the question won’t be whether voters rebuke MAGA, but how much damage it does before it fails again.

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Anthony Albanese will make the case in two interventions at the G20 in Brazil.
Politics
Ellen Ransley

Albo urges G20 to address Middle East, Ukraine, and climate

Australia urges G20 leaders to address wars in the Middle East and Ukraine while maintaining focus on climate change amid global uncertainty.

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Woolworths has highlighted the growing pressures it’s facing from new competitors such as ALDI and Amazon.
Business
Jackson Hewett

Market pressures spark price check on Woolworths’ future

JACKSON HEWETT: Woolworths has responded to its ACCC grilling by pointing out the market power of one of its growing competitors.

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Tanya Plibersek and Jonathon Duniam.
Politics
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Labor urged to reject ‘damaging’ Nature Positive deal

Labor’s Nature Positive laws will inflict ‘great damage’ on WA’s economy even without a climate trigger, industry says.

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EDITORIAL: Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Federal Government won’t give in to temptation, even as the polls have Labor and the Coalition neck and neck with an election just a few months away. 
Opinion

Labor must resist vote buying spend-a-thon

EDITORIAL: Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Federal Government won’t give in to temptation, even as the polls have Labor and the Coalition neck and neck with an election just a few months away. 

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Veteran radio broadcaster Alan Jones, 83, has been arrested over indecent assault and sexual touching allegations spanning two decades.
Australia
Aaron Patrick

King of the airwaves’ arrest will end power over politics

AARON PATRICK: With an influence beyond the airwaves, the left has long despised Alan Jones. His arrest at his Sydney apartment on Monday morning will end his power over conservative politics in Australia.

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Outgoing US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy used one of her final public engagements to laud Australia as Washington’s “most glorious friend”.
Australia
Nicola Smith

Australia ‘number one’ US ally in risky environment

Australia is ‘no longer deputy sheriff’ to the United States but a ‘teacher and partner’ in an increasingly dangerous strategic environment, outgoing US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy said on Monday.

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Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers
Australia
Nicola Smith

Economy showdown looms over final parliamentary sitting

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to give a ‘substantial’ statement on the state of the nation’s finances this week, as a showdown over the economy looms over the final parliamentary sitting of the year.

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Donald Trump’s presidency could actually mean a fast-tracked AUKUS subs deal, according to one defence expert.
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Australia
Latika M Bourke

Trump could make AUKUS more expensive, but faster

A former Bush administration adviser and Pentagon staffer has made a bold prediction on President-elect Donald Trump and AUKUS, claiming things could get more expensive, but faster.

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Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Labor will not be spending up big before the next election.
Politics
Katina Curtis and Dan Jervis-Bardy

Chalmers makes big call on pre-election tax splash

Jim Chalmers has downplayed the prospect of new cost-of-living relief as the Government struggles to get key parts of its agenda through what could be the final sitting fortnight of Parliament.

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Pete Hegseth has denied any wrongdoing after sexual assault allegations against him were made public.
World
Eric Tucker

Trump’s Pentagon pick paid woman after sex assault claims

A former Fox News host, picked by President-elect Donald Trump as the new Pentagon boss, has denied any wrongdoing after he paid off women after sexual assault claims.

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The five-cent piece could be an endangered species after Jim Chalmers left the door open to scrapping Australia’s smallest small change.
Politics
Katina Curtis

Future of five cent coin up in the air

The five-cent piece could be an endangered species after Jim Chalmers left the door open to scrapping Australia’s smallest small change.

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Why was Donald Trump’s re-election greeted by resounding drops in volatility all across the world’s most important markets?
US Politics
The Economist

The Economist: Why financial markets are so oddly calm

Why was Donald Trump’s re-election greeted by resounding drops in volatility all across the world’s most important markets?

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