Ben Westcott

Canberra

Bloomberg's Australia government reporter, covering politics and foreign policy. Formerly @CNN and @SCMPNews. Opinions are my own. [email protected]

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Australians’ Trust in US Hits 20-Year Low, Still Back Alliance

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Ben Westcott

Australians’ trust in the US has fallen to the lowest point in two decades in a survey following President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, even as support for the military alliance with Washington remains strong. Just 36% of respondents said they trusted the US to “act responsibly in the world,” a 20 percentage-point drop from the previous year and the weakest reading since the Lowy Institute poll began in 2006, the Sydney-based think tank said Wednesday.
Australia’s PM Says He Trusts Donald Trump in Second Debate

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Ben Westcott

Anthony Albanese(Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he trusts US President Donald Trump despite recent surveys showing growing disapproval of the American leader in Australia just weeks before the May 3 election. In their second televised debate on Wednesday, both candidates for Australia’s next prime minister were grilled about whether they believed they could trust Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping.
澳大利亞人對美國信任度降至20年低點但澳總理稱信任川普

1 week ago | hk.news.yahoo.com | Ben Westcott

【彭博】-- 澳大利亞總理Anthony Albanese稱他信任美國總統唐納德·川普，儘管近期調查顯示澳大利亞民眾對這位美國領導人的不滿情緒在與日俱增。目前距離澳大利亞5月3日大選只剩下幾周時間。在周三的第二場電視辯論中，澳大利亞下任總理的兩位候選人都被問道，他們是否認為可以相信川普和中國國家主席習近平。 Albanese表示，他信任這位美國總統並且「沒有理由」不信任中國領導人，而反對黨領袖Peter Dutton說，他對兩位領導人都沒有足夠深入的了解，無法發表意見。Albanese補充說，澳大利亞和中國有「不同的政治體系」，但兩國之間的貿易對經濟至關重要。澳大利亞將在下個月初舉行大選，Albanese領導的中左翼工黨政府目前看到民調支持率出現回升。與此同時，Dutton支持率在經歷了艱難的開局後奮力尋求反彈。澳大利亞發現自己陷入了美國和中國之間日益加劇的經濟和戰略緊張局勢，美國是澳大利亞最親密的安全盟友，而中國是澳大利亞最大的貿易夥伴。...
Australia’s PM Says He Trusts Donald Trump in Second Debate

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Ben Westcott

NowMomoa and Chief of War co-creator Thomas Pa’a Sibbett explain how (and why) they spent years bringing hardcore Hawaiian history to life in their new AppleTV+ series. Some actors are leading men, others are character actors, and still others are just characters. I’m pretty sure that third kind …
Indonesia Rules Out Military Base for Russian Aircraft

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Ben Westcott |Chandra G. Asmara

Richard Marles(Bloomberg) -- Indonesia said it won’t allow Russian planes to be stationed on its territory, after earlier reports that Moscow had requested permission to access a provincial base in the archipelago stoked concern in neighboring Australia. Indonesia’s Defense Ministry said no such request had been made by Russia or been considered. “We follow a free and active foreign policy,” Frega Wenas, a spokesman for the ministry, told reporters on Wednesday. “We’re friends with everyone.
Australia’s Leaders Vow Housing, Tax Cuts at Dueling Rallies (3)

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Ben Westcott

Australia’s two major parties held their 2025 election campaign launches within hours of each other on Sunday, revealing plans to allow residents to tax deduct their mortgages and setting aside billions of dollars to build new houses for first-time home buyers. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised to allow all first-time home buyers to purchase their residence with as little as a 5% deposit under a reelected center-left Labor government.
Australia’s Leaders Vow Housing, Tax Cuts at Dueling Rallies (3)

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Ben Westcott

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Australia PM’s Approval Rating Rises as Trump Looms Over Vote

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Ben Westcott

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Australia PM’s Approval Rating Rises as Trump Looms Over Vote

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Ben Westcott

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s net approval rating has reached its highest point in 11 months ahead of an election on May 3, as the fallout from US President Donald Trump’s trade war looms over the vote. Albanese’s center-left Labor government also maintained its narrow lead over the Liberal-National Coalition opposition at the campaign mid-point, by 52% to 48% on a two-party preferred basis, in the latest Newspoll survey published in The Australian newspaper on Sunday.
Australia's Leaders Vow Housing, Tax Cuts at Dueling Rallies

1 week ago | financialpost.com | Ben Westcott

(Bloomberg) — Australia’s two major parties held their 2025 election campaign launches within hours of each other on Sunday, revealing plans to allow residents to tax deduct their mortgages and setting aside billions of dollars to build new houses for first-time home buyers. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised to allow all first-time home buyers to purchase their residence with as little as a 5% deposit under a reelected center-left Labor government.