Robert Walker

Published daily by the Australia's more ambitious critical mineral deal-making is exacting a high price

Conversations: Trump, Albanese and critical minerals

Prabowo’s strategy must prioritize economic openness.

But the Trump administration is trying – and failing – to play a spoiler role while China focuses on the long game.

Southeast Asia's export-oriented economies have so far proven highly resilient to the global trade shocks of punitive US tariffs and China's surging exports.

Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlande Mathe said 10 others were wounded in the random shooting in the early hours of Sunday, 21 December 2025.

Without anchoring domestic green industries to external demand, these goals are wishful thinking.

This May, Rugby Art Museum and Gallery presents a compelling joint exhibition by artists Charlie Kirkham and Robert Walker. Bringing together a body of work that reimagines mythological narratives through a contemporary lens, the exhibition moves between classical reference and modern sensibility to explore enduring themes of desire, transformation, beauty, and loss.

Governments continue to erode international trading norms and give in to short-term thinking about trade. That needs to stop.

As global fragmentation unfolds, Australians fear the foundations behind decades of prosperity are crumbling.