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Australian strategy for the Asia Pacific
Jiye Kim | May 19, 2025Australia must realign its economic strategy to handle mounting pressure from US tariffs and global trade volatility by deepening ties with key Asian partners and investing in emerging sectors like space technology to safeguard its national prosperity and regional influence.
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Death of taxes
Henry Campbell | May 9, 2025No politician wants to introduce taxes, but Australia may have to as costs increase and revenue declines if Trump’s tariffs plunge the world into recession.
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Labor’s productivity plan
Roy Green | May 8, 2025The Albanese government’s second and possibly third term in office provides another opportunity to undertake the major structural changes required to secure Australia’s future as an inclusive and dynamic knowledge-based economy.
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The productivity problem
Lachlan Vass | May 5, 2025Australia’s productivity performance has been poor for decades, but neither party wants to tackle the issue, despite its importance to economic growth.
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Rough seas ahead
Sergi Basco | April 25, 2025Businesses and global markets thrive in times of certainty, but Donald Trump’s willingness to drive a coach and horses through prior practice and common sense mean that the IMF’s world trade uncertainty index is currently 7 times higher than it was in October 2024, far higher than even during the pandemic.
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Open for business
Graeme Dobell | April 6, 2025As Trump imposes tariffs to shut out the world, Australia could show the Indo-Pacific how open it is by killing the last of its tariffs, completing our trek from being a highly protected economy to one of the most open in the world.
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A capital idea
Joseph Zeller | March 23, 2025To secure a prosperous future, Australia must address capital allocation within its economy, orienting to revitalise its domestic manufacturing industry.
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Australia’s economic (mini) miracle
John Quiggin | March 22, 2025Despite COVID and the current cost of living crisis, the most striking feature of the Australian economy in the 21st century has been the exceptionally long period of fairly steady, though not rapid, economic growth.
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Manufacturing security
Bronte Munro | March 14, 2025As the geopolitical landscape continues to shift, Australia must be able to sustain itself and contribute advanced capabilities by improving its much-reduced industrial capability.
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Australia should steel itself for an uncertain future
Katie Miller | March 13, 2025A UNSW academic accepts that Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminium will hurt Australia’s economy and argues that policymakers should focus on strategic adaptability and trade diversification if America seems set on autarky.
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Be the change we want to see
ANU Editorial Board | March 11, 2025Complaining about President Donald Trump’s tariff imposts won’t change anyone’s mind, but Australia can take on the leadership role Trump’s America has abdicated – by abolishing, rather than raising, tariffs.
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Handling Trump’s tariff war
Katie Miller | March 8, 2025Several short-term strategies, including flexible contracting, diversification, and nearshoring, can help the Australian economy mitigate the risks and costs of US tariffs.