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Why Canada’s election result is an uncomfortable one for Dutton

The Trump effect has just hit Canada’s election – and it could rub off on Australia’s.

29.04.2025 10

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Why Canada’s election result is an uncomfortable one for Dutton

The Trump effect has just hit Canada’s election – and it could rub off on Australia’s.

29.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Why Canada’s election result is an uncomfortable one for Dutton

The Trump effect has just hit Canada’s election – and it could rub off on Australia’s.

29.04.2025 9

The Age

Michael Koziol

Why Canada’s election result is an uncomfortable one for Dutton

The Trump effect has just hit Canada’s election – and it could rub off on Australia’s.

29.04.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

‘I run the world’: Trump marks 100 days with stunts, boasts and propaganda

The US president also embraced Australian football player Jordan Mailata at a ceremony for the Philadelphia Eagles, who won the Super Bowl in...

29.04.2025 8

WA Today

Michael Koziol

‘I run the world’: Trump marks 100 days with stunts, boasts and propaganda

The US president also embraced Australian football player Jordan Mailata at a ceremony for the Philadelphia Eagles, who won the Super Bowl in...

29.04.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

‘I run the world’: Trump marks 100 days with stunts, boasts and propaganda

The US president also embraced Australian football player Jordan Mailata at a ceremony for the Philadelphia Eagles, who won the Super Bowl in...

29.04.2025 9

The Age

Michael Koziol

‘I run the world’: Trump marks 100 days with stunts, boasts and propaganda

The US president also embraced Australian football player Jordan Mailata at a ceremony for the Philadelphia Eagles, who won the Super Bowl in...

29.04.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

The other poll where Trump looms large

Canadian voters will choose their next government largely based on who they think is the best person to deal with the upheaval, threats and animosity...

28.04.2025 5

WA Today

Michael Koziol

The other poll where Trump looms large

Canadian voters will choose their next government largely based on who they think is the best person to deal with the upheaval, threats and animosity...

28.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

The other poll where Trump looms large

Canadian voters will choose their next government largely based on who they think is the best person to deal with the upheaval, threats and animosity...

28.04.2025 8

The Age

Michael Koziol

The other poll where Trump looms large

Canadian voters will choose their next government largely based on who they think is the best person to deal with the upheaval, threats and animosity...

28.04.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Has he finally realised Putin is playing him, or is Trump just blowing in the wind?

Trump’s comments after meeting Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican marked a shift in tone. But the US president is prone to adopt the rhetoric of...

28.04.2025 8

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Has he finally realised Putin is playing him, or is Trump just blowing in the wind?

Trump’s comments after meeting Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican marked a shift in tone. But the US president is prone to adopt the rhetoric of...

28.04.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Has he finally realised Putin is playing him, or is Trump just blowing in the wind?

Trump’s comments after meeting Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican marked a shift in tone. But the US president is prone to adopt the rhetoric of...

28.04.2025 20

The Age

Michael Koziol

Has he finally realised Putin is playing him, or is Trump just blowing in the wind?

Trump’s comments after meeting Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican marked a shift in tone. But the US president is prone to adopt the rhetoric of...

28.04.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Hegseth has bounced into another hot mess but Trump seems inclined to sack the wrong guy

Rather than taking a hard look at his troubled defence secretary, the president is studying how he could fire the Federal Reserve chairman for failing...

22.04.2025 20

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Hegseth has bounced into another hot mess but Trump seems inclined to sack the wrong guy

Rather than taking a hard look at his troubled defence secretary, the president is studying how he could fire the Federal Reserve chairman for failing...

22.04.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Hegseth has bounced into another hot mess but Trump seems inclined to sack the wrong guy

Rather than taking a hard look at his troubled defence secretary, the president is studying how he could fire the Federal Reserve chairman for failing...

22.04.2025 30

The Age

Michael Koziol

Hegseth has bounced into another hot mess but Trump seems inclined to sack the wrong guy

Rather than taking a hard look at his troubled defence secretary, the president is studying how he could fire the Federal Reserve chairman for failing...

22.04.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Trump’s boosters laud his tariff flip-flop but consumers are not buying it

Every time the president changes direction on tariffs, his lieutenants insist he is following a grand plan. Americans know better.

14.04.2025 20

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Trump’s boosters laud his tariff flip-flop but consumers are not buying it

Every time the president changes direction on tariffs, his lieutenants insist he is following a grand plan. Americans know better.

14.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Trump’s boosters laud his tariff flip-flop but consumers are not buying it

Every time the president changes direction on tariffs, his lieutenants insist he is following a grand plan. Americans know better.

14.04.2025 10

The Age

Michael Koziol

Trump’s boosters laud his tariff flip-flop but consumers are not buying it

Every time the president changes direction on tariffs, his lieutenants insist he is following a grand plan. Americans know better.

14.04.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Trump surfs high on a wave of tariff unease, just the way he likes it

The president is projecting confidence in the face of a market rout and internal disagreement. But he has world leaders hanging on his every word.

08.04.2025 20

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Trump surfs high on a wave of tariff unease, just the way he likes it

The president is projecting confidence in the face of a market rout and internal disagreement. But he has world leaders hanging on his every word.

08.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Trump surfs high on a wave of tariff unease, just the way he likes it

The president is projecting confidence in the face of a market rout and internal disagreement. But he has world leaders hanging on his every word.

08.04.2025 10

The Age

Michael Koziol

Trump surfs high on a wave of tariff unease, just the way he likes it

The president is projecting confidence in the face of a market rout and internal disagreement. But he has world leaders hanging on his every word.

08.04.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Trump’s ‘reciprocal tariffs’ look to be a hoax. Here’s how you can tell

For weeks, the US president has insisted it would be a matter of “whatever they charge us, we charge them”. But it has become clear that isn’t...

03.04.2025 9

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Trump’s ‘reciprocal tariffs’ look to be a hoax. Here’s how you can tell

For weeks, the US president has insisted it would be a matter of “whatever they charge us, we charge them”. But it has become clear that isn’t...

03.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Trump’s ‘reciprocal tariffs’ look to be a hoax. Here’s how you can tell

For weeks, the US president has insisted it would be a matter of “whatever they charge us, we charge them”. But it has become clear that isn’t...

03.04.2025 9

The Age

Michael Koziol

Trump’s ‘reciprocal tariffs’ look to be a hoax. Here’s how you can tell

For weeks, the US president has insisted it would be a matter of “whatever they charge us, we charge them”. But it has become clear that isn’t...

03.04.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Elon Musk bet it all on a judicial election in Wisconsin. He just lost

Trump’s billionaire sidekick said the poll would “determine the fate of western civilisation”. It might also alter his image as a rainmaker for...

02.04.2025 10

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Elon Musk bet it all on a judicial election in Wisconsin. He just lost

Trump’s billionaire sidekick said the poll would “determine the fate of western civilisation”. It might also alter his image as a rainmaker for...

02.04.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Elon Musk bet it all on a judicial election in Wisconsin. He just lost

Trump’s billionaire sidekick said the poll would “determine the fate of western civilisation”. It might also alter his image as a rainmaker for...

02.04.2025 30

The Age

Michael Koziol

Elon Musk bet it all on a judicial election in Wisconsin. He just lost

Trump’s billionaire sidekick said the poll would “determine the fate of western civilisation”. It might also alter his image as a rainmaker for...

02.04.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ is a trillion-dollar promise that can’t all be true

As the event and its mixed messages about tariffs nears, the Donald Trump’s White House appears to have liberated itself from reality.

01.04.2025 10

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ is a trillion-dollar promise that can’t all be true

As the event and its mixed messages about tariffs nears, the Donald Trump’s White House appears to have liberated itself from reality.

01.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ is a trillion-dollar promise that can’t all be true

As the event and its mixed messages about tariffs nears, the Donald Trump’s White House appears to have liberated itself from reality.

01.04.2025 8

The Age

Michael Koziol

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ is a trillion-dollar promise that can’t all be true

As the event and its mixed messages about tariffs nears, the Donald Trump’s White House appears to have liberated itself from reality.

01.04.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

It’s jaw-dropping gall from team Trump, who just can’t admit a mistake

The Trump administration’s attempt to manage the Signal group chat scandal has run the full gamut of downplay, disparage and deny – but not...

26.03.2025 6

WA Today

Michael Koziol

It’s jaw-dropping gall from team Trump, who just can’t admit a mistake

The Trump administration’s attempt to manage the Signal group chat scandal has run the full gamut of downplay, disparage and deny – but not...

26.03.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

It’s jaw-dropping gall from team Trump, who just can’t admit a mistake

The Trump administration’s attempt to manage the Signal group chat scandal has run the full gamut of downplay, disparage and deny – but not...

26.03.2025 10

The Age

Michael Koziol

It’s jaw-dropping gall from team Trump, who just can’t admit a mistake

The Trump administration’s attempt to manage the Signal group chat scandal has run the full gamut of downplay, disparage and deny – but not...

26.03.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

‘He wants to break us’: Canada’s newbie PM calls snap election as Trump looms large

Canadians will go to the polls at the end of April in an election that will be as much about their neighbour as it is their own country.

24.03.2025 10

WA Today

Michael Koziol

‘He wants to break us’: Canada’s newbie PM calls snap election as Trump looms large

Canadians will go to the polls at the end of April in an election that will be as much about their neighbour as it is their own country.

24.03.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol

‘He wants to break us’: Canada’s newbie PM calls snap election as Trump looms large

Canadians will go to the polls at the end of April in an election that will be as much about their neighbour as it is their own country.

24.03.2025 10

The Age

Michael Koziol

‘He wants to break us’: Canada’s newbie PM calls snap election as Trump looms large

Canadians will go to the polls at the end of April in an election that will be as much about their neighbour as it is their own country.

24.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

Having battled US bureaucracy, I reckon there’s plenty for Musk to do

What in the World, a free weekly newsletter from our foreign correspondents, is sent every Thursday. Below is an excerpt. Sign up to get the whole...

24.03.2025 10

WA Today

Michael Koziol

Having battled US bureaucracy, I reckon there’s plenty for Musk to do

There is so much inefficiency in American life. If only Musk would focus his many talents on the real problems, not the stuff of culture wars and...

23.03.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Koziol