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Four ways Australians will feel Trump’s tariffs on China

Donald Trump says tariffs will make Americans as rich as hell. They are likely to push Australians into financial purgatory.

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WA Today

Shane Wright

Four ways Australians will feel Trump’s tariffs on China

Donald Trump says tariffs will make Americans as rich as hell. They are likely to push Australians into financial purgatory.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

Four ways Australians will feel Trump’s tariffs on China

Donald Trump says tariffs will make Americans as rich as hell. They are likely to push Australians into financial purgatory.

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The Age

Shane Wright

Four ways Australians will feel Trump’s tariffs on China

Donald Trump says tariffs will make Americans as rich as hell. They are likely to push Australians into financial purgatory.

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Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

Cut, Bullock, cut! Inflation figures give RBA no choice but to lower rates

Cut, Bullock, cut! Inflation figures give RBA no choice but to lower rates

Prices for everything from pets to dishwashing liquid are starting to fall. It’s a sign the Reserve Bank has little option but to start cutting rates.

29.01.2025 7

WA Today

Shane Wright

Cut, Bullock, cut! Inflation figures give RBA no choice but to lower rates

Cut, Bullock, cut! Inflation figures give RBA no choice but to lower rates

Prices for everything from pets to dishwashing liquid are starting to fall. It’s a sign the Reserve Bank has little option but to start cutting rates.

29.01.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

Cut, Bullock, cut! Inflation figures give RBA no choice but to lower rates

Cut, Bullock, cut! Inflation figures give RBA no choice but to lower rates

Prices for everything from pets to dishwashing liquid are starting to fall. It’s a sign the Reserve Bank has little option but to start cutting rates.

29.01.2025 9

The Age

Shane Wright

Cut, Bullock, cut! Inflation figures give RBA no choice but to lower rates

Cut, Bullock, cut! Inflation figures give RBA no choice but to lower rates

Prices for everything from pets to dishwashing liquid are starting to fall. It’s a sign the Reserve Bank has little option but to start cutting rates.

29.01.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

Dutton’s enthusiasm for DOGE is just old tricks with a new name

Dutton’s enthusiasm for DOGE is just old tricks with a new name

Elon Musk says he can make the American government great again with deep spending cuts. It’s a lesson that could end in trouble for Anthony Albanese...

27.01.2025 6

WA Today

Shane Wright

Dutton’s enthusiasm for DOGE is just old tricks with a new name

Dutton’s enthusiasm for DOGE is just old tricks with a new name

Elon Musk says he can make the American government great again with deep spending cuts. It’s a lesson that could end in trouble for Anthony Albanese...

27.01.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

Dutton’s enthusiasm for DOGE is just old tricks with a new name

Dutton’s enthusiasm for DOGE is just old tricks with a new name

Elon Musk says he can make the American government great again with deep spending cuts. It’s a lesson that could end in trouble for Anthony Albanese...

27.01.2025 9

The Age

Shane Wright

Dutton’s enthusiasm for DOGE is just old tricks with a new name

Dutton’s enthusiasm for DOGE is just old tricks with a new name

Elon Musk says he can make the American government great again with deep spending cuts. It’s a lesson that could end in trouble for Anthony Albanese...

27.01.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

The RBA chose to sit on its hands in 2024. Here’s why

At its first meeting of 2024, the Reserve Bank of Australia board held the official cash rate steady at 4.35 per cent. Following its final meeting...

25.12.2024 5

WA Today

Shane Wright

The RBA chose to sit on its hands in 2024. Here’s why

At its first meeting of 2024, the Reserve Bank of Australia board held the official cash rate steady at 4.35 per cent. Following its final meeting...

25.12.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

The RBA chose to sit on its hands in 2024. Here’s why

At its first meeting of 2024, the Reserve Bank of Australia board held the official cash rate steady at 4.35 per cent. Following its final meeting...

25.12.2024 4

The Age

Shane Wright

The RBA chose to sit on its hands in 2024. Here’s why

At its first meeting of 2024, the Reserve Bank of Australia board held the official cash rate steady at 4.35 per cent. Following its final meeting...

25.12.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

Why my bosses are both out of a job. But spa builders are doing OK

Earlier this month, my occupation disappeared. There I was, strutting around Parliament House as a print journalist, pen behind my ear, a dog-eared...

18.12.2024 2

WA Today

Shane Wright

Why my bosses are both out of a job. But spa builders are doing OK

Earlier this month, my occupation disappeared. There I was, strutting around Parliament House as a print journalist, pen behind my ear, a dog-eared...

18.12.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

Why my bosses are both out of a job. But spa builders are doing OK

Earlier this month, my occupation disappeared. There I was, strutting around Parliament House as a print journalist, pen behind my ear, a dog-eared...

18.12.2024 3

The Age

Shane Wright

Why my bosses are both out of a job. But spa builders are doing OK

Earlier this month, my occupation disappeared. There I was, strutting around Parliament House as a print journalist, pen behind my ear, a dog-eared...

18.12.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

Might look like Chalmers is spending like a drunken sailor, but this is what’s really going on

Jim Chalmers has delivered a set of budget numbers covered in red – that’s bad news for Anthony Albanese and also for Peter Dutton. In the run-up...

18.12.2024 2

WA Today

Shane Wright

Might look like Chalmers is spending like a drunken sailor, but this is what’s really going on

Jim Chalmers has delivered a set of budget numbers covered in red – that’s bad news for Anthony Albanese and also for Peter Dutton. In the run-up...

18.12.2024 4

The Age

Shane Wright

Might look like Chalmers is spending like a drunken sailor, but this is what’s really going on

Jim Chalmers has delivered a set of budget numbers covered in red – that’s bad news for Anthony Albanese and also for Peter Dutton. In the run-up...

18.12.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

Might look like Chalmers is spending like a drunken sailor, but this is what’s really going on

Jim Chalmers has delivered a set of budget numbers covered in red – that’s bad news for Anthony Albanese and also for Peter Dutton. In the run-up...

18.12.2024 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

A terrible set of numbers for a treasurer and Reserve Bank governor

Jim Chalmers and Michele Bullock have plenty to ponder after the poor September quarter national accounts showed an economy in real trouble. For...

04.12.2024 4

WA Today

Shane Wright

A terrible set of numbers for a treasurer and Reserve Bank governor

Jim Chalmers and Michele Bullock have plenty to ponder after the poor September quarter national accounts showed an economy in real trouble. For...

04.12.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

A terrible set of numbers for a treasurer and Reserve Bank governor

Jim Chalmers and Michele Bullock have plenty to ponder after the poor September quarter national accounts showed an economy in real trouble. For...

04.12.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

A terrible set of numbers for a treasurer and Reserve Bank governor

Jim Chalmers and Michele Bullock have plenty to ponder after the poor September quarter national accounts showed an economy in real trouble. For...

04.12.2024 5

The Age

Shane Wright

Why tax reform is the national debate we can no longer afford to avoid

Independent MP Allegra Spender made a piece of history last week – one that, hopefully, will wake up the government and Coalition to deal with one...

26.11.2024 4

WA Today

Shane Wright

Why tax reform is the national debate we can no longer afford to avoid

Independent MP Allegra Spender made a piece of history last week – one that, hopefully, will wake up the government and Coalition to deal with one...

26.11.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

Why tax reform is the national debate we can no longer afford to avoid

Independent MP Allegra Spender made a piece of history last week – one that, hopefully, will wake up the government and Coalition to deal with one...

26.11.2024 3

The Age

Shane Wright

Why tax reform is the national debate we can no longer afford to avoid

Independent MP Allegra Spender made a piece of history last week – one that, hopefully, will wake up the government and Coalition to deal with one...

26.11.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

A treasurer stares at a government’s political mortality

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has looked his government’s political mortality in the face – and he is worried. In a rousing off-the-cuff speech to the...

15.11.2024 2

WA Today

Shane Wright

A treasurer stares at a government’s political mortality

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has looked his government’s political mortality in the face – and he is worried. In a rousing off-the-cuff speech to the...

15.11.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

A treasurer stares at a government’s political mortality

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has looked his government’s political mortality in the face – and he is worried. In a rousing off-the-cuff speech to the...

15.11.2024 5

The Age

Shane Wright

A treasurer stares at a government’s political mortality

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has looked his government’s political mortality in the face – and he is worried. In a rousing off-the-cuff speech to the...

15.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

There still be inflation sea monsters ahead for Captain Bullock

There’s a scene in Russell Crowe’s best film, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, when his ship rounds Cape Horn. He and his crew...

05.11.2024 4

WA Today

Shane Wright

There still be inflation sea monsters ahead for Captain Bullock

There’s a scene in Russell Crowe’s best film, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, when his ship rounds Cape Horn. He and his crew...

05.11.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

Want to know how you’ll die? Increasingly, the chances are it will be dementia

Freddie Mercury posed a question for the ages when he asked who wants to live forever. The Queen frontman only made it to 45, but extending...

31.10.2024 10

WA Today

Shane Wright

Want to know how you’ll die? Increasingly, the chances are it will be dementia

Freddie Mercury posed a question for the ages when he asked who wants to live forever. The Queen frontman only made it to 45, but extending...

31.10.2024 10

The Age

Shane Wright

Want to know how you’ll die? Increasingly, the chances are it will be dementia

Freddie Mercury posed a question for the ages when he asked who wants to live forever. The Queen frontman only made it to 45, but extending...

31.10.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

There’s your inflation rate – then there’s the Reserve Bank’s rate

When it comes to inflation, there’s the world inhabited by Australian shoppers, and then there’s the one called home by the Reserve Bank. The...

30.10.2024 3

WA Today

Shane Wright

There’s your inflation rate – then there’s the Reserve Bank’s rate

When it comes to inflation, there’s the world inhabited by Australian shoppers, and then there’s the one called home by the Reserve Bank. The...

30.10.2024 4

The Age

Shane Wright

There’s your inflation rate – then there’s the Reserve Bank’s rate

When it comes to inflation, there’s the world inhabited by Australian shoppers, and then there’s the one called home by the Reserve Bank. The...

30.10.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

An RBA focused on real cost-of-living pressures? That’s bananas

Back in 2006, when Ian Macfarlane was at the helm of the Reserve Bank of Australia, a Liberal MP asked what the impact of a spike in banana prices...

17.10.2024 3

The Age

Shane Wright

An RBA focused on real cost-of-living pressures? That’s bananas

Back in 2006, when Ian Macfarlane was at the helm of the Reserve Bank of Australia, a Liberal MP asked what the impact of a spike in banana prices...

17.10.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

An RBA focused on real cost-of-living pressures? That’s bananas

Back in 2006, when Ian Macfarlane was at the helm of the Reserve Bank of Australia, a Liberal MP asked what the impact of a spike in banana prices...

16.10.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

Australians are mad at the supermarkets, but not mad enough to shop elsewhere

The old saying that you can drag a horse to water but can’t make it drink should be updated. No matter what you do to encourage Australian shoppers...

02.10.2024 1

WA Today

Shane Wright

Australians are mad at the supermarkets, but not mad enough to shop elsewhere

The old saying that you can drag a horse to water but can’t make it drink should be updated. No matter what you do to encourage Australian shoppers...

02.10.2024 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

Australians are mad at the supermarkets, but not mad enough to shop elsewhere

The old saying that you can drag a horse to water but can’t make it drink should be updated. No matter what you do to encourage Australian shoppers...

02.10.2024 2

The Age

Shane Wright