Jason Koutsoukis
Special Correspondent at The Saturday Paper
former @NikkeiAsia opinion editor.
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2 weeks ago |
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Jason Koutsoukis
News Industry sources reveal drug companies have stopped negotiating listings on the PBS and in some cases are considering not listing in Australia as they seek to lift profits under Trump. By Jason Koutsoukis. SHARE Copy Link Bluesky Facebook X LinkedIn Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme has been effectively frozen since May, after United States President Donald Trump issued an order to change how pharmaceutical companies price drugs.
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3 weeks ago |
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Jason Koutsoukis
After Labor’s shocking election defeat in 2019, Tony Burke was one of Anthony Albanese’s earliest and most consequential backers for the Labor leadership – supporting him over factional stablemate Chris Bowen. That act of loyalty helped secure Burke’s place in the prime minister’s inner circle. Now, with ambition that is neither hidden nor denied, Burke’s influence is growing.
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1 month ago |
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Jason Koutsoukis
Tony Abbott was en route to Hungary to address a think tank backed by Viktor Orbán’s right-wing government when he made the call: he wanted Northern Territory Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price brought into the Liberal Party fold. It was May 8, just days after the Coalition’s devastating election loss.
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1 month ago |
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Jason Koutsoukis
About three months out from the election, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles summoned senior Labor Right powerbrokers to a closed-door meeting where they settled how the faction would handle the ministerial vacancy created by Bill Shorten’s exit from politics. “Albo had said to Marles, ‘Look, I don’t really want a messy fight over his replacement. Can the Vic Right do me a favour?’ ” one Victorian Labor Right source tells The Saturday Paper.
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1 month ago |
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Jason Koutsoukis
On Monday night, standing under fluorescent lights at Gladesville Sporties, a popular local sports club and restaurant in the Labor-held Sydney seat of Bennelong, Peter Dutton delivered a full-throated endorsement of his candidate, Scott Yung. This was no ordinary stop. Bennelong is sacred Liberal ground – the former seat of John Howard, Dutton’s political hero, who has returned to the trail this election to campaign hard for Dutton’s leadership.
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