Economy
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Bob Brown is right – it’s time environmentalists talked about the population problem
Politicians don’t like talking about it. Colin D. Butler The Conversation By and large, neither do environmentalists – but former…
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Fifth of countries at risk of ecosystem collapse, analysis finds
One-fifth of the world’s countries are at risk of their ecosystems collapsing because of the destruction of wildlife and their…
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Boris Johnson wants a Turkey deal for Christmas
LONDON — Just one thing stands in the path of a trade deal between the U.K. and Turkey: the EU.…
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The Core of the ECB’s New Strategy
In a world where governments want the prices of certain forms of energy to rise, the concept of price stability…
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High paying Australian jobs bosses can’t find staff for
High-paying jobs with stacks of benefits, including free accommodation and a car, are going unfilled by fickle Australians. Benedict Brook…
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What are you really eating?
Many exotic animals are banned from import into Australia because they’re threatened with extinction, and trading them is illegal under…
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Homelessness largely left out of the federal budget, as sector braces for the full impact of the pandemic
A lack of new funding for social housing in the federal budget will push more Australians into poverty, according to…
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As China And Russia Grow Closer, America’s Energy Sector Loses
In the intervening months, that Chinese executive has probably had a change of heart: Ken Silverstein Forbes Presidents Xi and…
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Critical Minerals and the New Geopolitics
ABU DHABI – The climate crisis and the Fourth Industrial Revolution – with its breakthrough technologies such as artificial intelligence…
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ANZ to pay $10 million fine over ‘unconscionable’ periodic payment fees
The court found between August 2003 and September 2015, ANZ charged fees to personal and business customers over periodic or…
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Duterte’s China gambit fails to deliver the goods
MANILA – When will Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s China-friendly foreign policy start to pay dividends? Richard Javad Heydarian Asia Times…
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Defying EU’s ultimatum, British MPs approve controversial post-Brexit bill
Despite deep disquiet even from some members of the ruling Conservatives, the House of Commons passed a bill to regulate…
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The budget must address aged care — here are 3 key priorities
This should not come as a surprise. Poor regulation has taken the “nursing” out of “nursing homes” and allowed care…
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Green leader Adam Bandt says coal and gas should be phased out by 2030
Mr Bandt said Australia’s reliance on coal and gas should be phased out entirely over the next decade, as he…
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How the Beirut blast plunged Lebanon into a crisis ‘worse than war’
He came of age fighting in Lebanon’s 15-year civil war, saw the mass explosion that killed ex-prime minister Rafic Hariri…
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How Orbán broke the EU — and got away with it
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Lili Bayer Politico As it grew over the decades, the European Union took…
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