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1 month ago | 
michaelwest.com.au | Rex Patrick |Tony Watson |Michael Pascoe |Zacharias Szumer |Michael West
March 15, 2025 04:55 | News The United States has drawn closer to its G7 allies, overcoming differences – at least momentarily – to back Ukraine’s territorial integrity and warn Russia to follow Kyiv in accepting a ceasefire or face possible further sanctions.
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1 month ago | 
michaelwest.com.au | Rex Patrick |Tony Watson |Michael Pascoe |Zacharias Szumer |Michael West
NSW and Queensland will be under pressure to cut services or raise taxes thanks to the new GST carve-up but there’s no expectation of a broader hit to the national economy. That’s the verdict of AMP chief economist Shane Oliver, with experts largely unsurprised an independent body recommended Victoria gain a bigger chunk of revenue in 2025/26.
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1 month ago | 
michaelwest.com.au | Rex Patrick |Tony Watson |Michael Pascoe |Zacharias Szumer |Michael West
March 15, 2025 03:30 | News Australia’s multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical export industry is a prime target for US President Donald Trump if he imposes another round of tariffs on Australian products, a local think tank warns.
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1 month ago | 
michaelwest.com.au | Rex Patrick |Tony Watson |Michael Pascoe |Zacharias Szumer |Michael West
Ceasefire first call amid Ukraine peacekeeping pushMarch 15, 2025 03:30 | News A guaranteed ceasefire will need to be in place before Australia considers sending personnel to Ukraine, the country’s ambassador says.
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1 month ago | 
michaelwest.com.au | Rex Patrick |Tony Watson |Michael Pascoe |Zacharias Szumer |Michael West
German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz says he had secured the crucial backing of the Greens for a massive increase in state borrowing, clearing the way for the outgoing parliament to approve it next week.
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1 month ago | 
michaelwest.com.au | Rex Patrick |Tony Watson |Michael Pascoe |Zacharias Szumer |Michael West
Britain’s economy unexpectedly contracted in January, extending a run of stop-start data that has dogged finance minister Rachel Reeves’ attempts to ignite growth, before an update to parliament on the economic outlook. Gross domestic product fell by 0.1 per cent in January, pulled down by a sharp drop in industrial output compared with December, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday. A Reuters poll of economists had forecast a monthly expansion of 0.1 per cent.
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1 month ago | 
michaelwest.com.au | Rex Patrick |Tony Watson |Michael Pascoe |Zacharias Szumer |Michael West
A full-scale global trade war would hurt the United States in particular and could re-energise Europe’s push towards unity, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde says. The US has imposed a raft of tariffs on friends and foes alike and threatened even more measures, prompting retaliation from most and raising concern that global growth could take a major hit.
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1 month ago | 
michaelwest.com.au | Rex Patrick |Tony Watson |Michael Pascoe |Zacharias Szumer |Michael West
March 14, 2025 16:52 | News Queensland’s mining boom has bled the state of GST share while Victoria receives billions of extra dollars in the latest carve-up of tax revenue. The Sunshine State was the only jurisdiction to go backwards in funding from the GST, following the latest Commonwealth Grants Commission report into how the proceeds will be divided in 2025/26.
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1 month ago | 
michaelwest.com.au | Rex Patrick |Tony Watson |Michael Pascoe |Zacharias Szumer |Michael West
March 14, 2025 15:54 | News Australians have been urged to come together and support homegrown industries as US President Donald Trump threatens hefty tariffs on more goods. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday announced $750 million in federal funding to develop new technologies for lower emissions and better productivity in Australian metals manufacturing.
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1 month ago | 
michaelwest.com.au | Rex Patrick |Tony Watson |Michael Pascoe |Zacharias Szumer |Michael West
March 14, 2025 14:54 | News Anthony Albanese will speak with world leaders on the possibility of providing Australian peacekeepers to Ukraine. The prime minister accepted an invitation from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to join a phone call on Saturday night, Australian time, about peacekeeping efforts in a “coalition of the willing”.
