Australia’s non-traditional exports to China, including the now-threatened shipments of wine, have enjoyed runaway success since the China–Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) was concluded in 2015. The big three exports of iron ore, coal and …
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Bad assumptions make for bad policies and poor investment decisions. One big one we need to test is the notion that China’s post-pandemic economy is going to rescue the world. That assumption is flavouring much …
The Covid-19 pandemic has sent the world into perilous, uncharted territory from which no country will emerge unscathed. More than half of the global population is under some form of lockdown. All economies, rich and …
Two competing narratives might explain why China’s authoritarian communist rulers have so far displayed a relatively hands-off attitude towards the increasingly violent protests in Hong Kong, now in their sixth straight month and entering a …
I was fortunate enough to work closely with Bob Hawke, initially as his principal private secretary (chief of staff) and later as secretary of two federal government departments responsible for key microeconomic reforms, including telecommunications …