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3 weeks ago |
crikey.com.au | Bernard Keane
One of the very thin silver linings of the second Trump presidency has been the removal of any pretence or subtlety in relation to charges that have been levelled against the United States for generations. Trump has pulled the mask off America, and the leering face behind it isn’t pretty. An imperialist power? You bet — Trump wants to take over Canada, Greenland, the Panama Canal and Gaza. Support for ethnic cleansing and genocide?
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3 weeks ago |
crikey.com.au | Bernard Keane
The March quarter national accounts from the Australian Bureau of Statistics are a study in how external factors can affect GDP growth. And in affecting GDP growth, productivity takes a hammering, too — in ways that no policymaker can ever control. Three external factors hammered the economy in the March quarter, which grew by only 0.2%.
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3 weeks ago |
crikey.com.au | Bernard Keane
“The women in this party are so assertive now that we may need some special rules for men to get them pre-selected”. For a man with more square centimetres of eyebrow than there are federal female Liberal MPs, Alan Stockdale — showing the fine political antennae of someone last in active politics in the 20th century — sure knows how to upset people. Female people, particularly. The kind that aren’t found very much in his party.
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3 weeks ago |
crikey.com.au | Bernard Keane
The falling out between ketamine-toting Elon Musk and Mad King Donald over the latter’s “big beautiful bill” isn’t merely the inevitable plot pivot of the Trump soap opera — it’s a clash with real-world, and whole world, ramifications. Musk, despite his billions, his dreams of conquering Mars, and his drug habit, is forced by his businesses to maintain some link with planet Earth, a link Donald Trump severed at some point in the Clinton years.
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3 weeks ago |
crikey.com.au | Bernard Keane
The United States — and a bevy of defence and security commentators and think-tankers — are demanding that Australia massively increase its defence spending to help fight a war with China. Crikey has taken a look at the key numbers around this vexing issue. How much do we spend on defence? Is it spent well? And who benefits?
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Trump is preparing to blackmail Australia over AUKUS and lift the cost Albanese has a great chance to escape a disastrous deal But he can't see opportunity staring him in the face https://t.co/pW7qL32qnd
RT @SilentlySirs: ⚠️🇵🇸 Real footage, not AI-generated. Gaza, just an hour ago — tens of thousands of displaced, starving civilians searchin…
The Coalition confirms it's the party of genocide and ethnic cleansing.
The sanctioning of democratically elected officials of a key ally, Israel, is a very serious development. Labor should be clear who initiated this process, on what basis they have done so and who made the decision. https://t.co/7IkjZCl2h3
