A world on the move

Global migration flows have risen to record levels since the pandemic, driven by economic opportunity and conflict, and are facing a widespread policy backlash.

PNG’s people miss out on the boom

PNG is wracked by social disorder and political crisis, not least because its fast growing population have secured little benefit from the resources boom which has enriched foreign firms and countries at the expense of its once pristine environment.

Enforcing foreign investment rules

Treasury has stepped up enforcement of Australia’s foreign investment regime to find the right balance between protecting national interests and encouraging investment inflows.

A lot of hot air?

Summit season is in full swing, with a host of global issues discussed at the East Asia, BRICS and G20 leaders’ gatherings over the last month and APEC summit scheduled for November in San Francisco.

How economic allies helped Australia evade China’s blockade

China’s campaign of economic coercion against Australia failed because of support from other Asian trading partners who turned to Australia to secure their energy supplies.

Australia 1 China 0

It’s too soon to declare an end to China’s economic war against Australia, but the signs are all pointing in that direction, with the meeting between trade ministers of the two countries this week coinciding with the first shipments of Australian coal to China in two years.

The year of economic warfare

Major powers around the world have launched a range of economic attacks against each other in recent years, most notably Russia’s leverage of energy supplies to punish the supporters of Ukraine.

An ill wind

Australians may be struggling with high energy costs, but global spikes in energy prices have proved a boon for the nation’s economy.

New ports of call for Australian goods

China’s share of Australia’s trade is falling and being replaced by other trading partners in Asia, bringing important diversification to Australian markets.

Putin flounders in Asia

Western sanctions are degrading Russia’s basket case economy and Putin’s appeal to Asia does nothing to mask his military humiliation in Ukraine.

Sanctions on Russia could prove a windfall for Australia

Australia is Russia’s closest competitor in global markets and is the obvious winner as Putin’s pariah state loses exports due to international sanctions.

Russia slides into the red

While Vladimir Putin cowers in his bunker, increasingly isolated from reality and the rest of the world, the devastation his troops are wreaking on Ukraine is being equaled by the desolation and isolation of his own fiefdom as Western sanctions begin to bite.