Janet Yellen rides out Trump tariffs at Cafe Sydney
Yellen was spotted lunching at Cafe Sydney, the popular tourist restaurant sitting at the base of Circular Quay, with her ...
Albanese vows to defend media bargaining code from US trade pressure
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese listed the policies that are ‘not up for negotiation’ with the US, including the news media ...
Under threat Labor MP backs Hunter offshore wind
Meryl Swanson, Labor’s battleground MP in the seat of Paterson, has dropped her opposition to a controversial offshore wind ...
Rio Tinto’s agitator sneaks payment in the fine print
On Thursday in the United Kingdom (early Friday morning here), Rio Tinto shareholders will vote on a proposal by activist ...
C’est parti! France’s Vinci bids for $3b Cairns, Mackay Airports
In addition to GIP and Sojitz-Japan Airlines, bankers hopeful of securing buy-side mandates had been circling France’s Vinci, ...
Glencore seeks taxpayer bailout for Queensland copper smelter and refinery
The Swiss mining giant warned its Mt Isa copper smelter and Townsville copper refinery in Queensland were struggling and ...
Trump’s tariffs call for regional foreign policy response
The significance of building a regional coalition was observed when Trump pulled out of the TPP in 2017. Eleven countries, ...
Beijing vows retaliation as Trump targets China again
The latest impost, stacked on top of an earlier 20 per cent tariff, threatens to further ratchet up tensions between the world’s two largest economies.