Peter Martin

Almost two-thirds of the top economists surveyed gave this budget an A or a B – up from the 40% who gave top marks to Jim Chalmers’ predecessor. But they were more critical when it came to inflation.

Fourteen countries in US-led Indo-Pacific trade talks are nearing an agreement on supply chain coordination and may announce a deal as soon as next week, according to people familiar with the discussions.

The US is hitting a roadblock of its own making as it seeks to revive ties with China’s military: sanctions it imposed on the current defense minister back in 2018.

The idea that cutting prices can stoke inflation is correct in theory, but rarely in practice.

Beijing still hasn’t given a formal response to the US request for a meeting between Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu at an upcoming forum in Singapore, a senior US defense official said Thursday.

China has rejected a Pentagon invitation for top-level talks to strengthen military communications and ease tensions in the region.

China declined a U.S. request for the countries’ defense chiefs to meet this week, following concerns Beijing raised over sanctions Washington imposed on its top general.

Labor is setting up a new Centre for Evaluation to work out which policies work. Yet it is still not completely open to the idea of analysing huge projects – like funding new AFL stadiums or huge

China declined a US request for the countries’ defense chiefs to meet this week, Beijing’s latest rebuff of the Biden administration’s efforts to restore ties with key officials amid heightened tensions. The US had proposed in May that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meet his counterpart Li Shangfu in Singapore…

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