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Donald Trump’s policy to introduce tariffs will have a negative impact on the Australian economy but there are ways to diversify and increase Australia’s capacity to deal with Trump’s tariffs, writes Craig Hill. EVEN THOUGH TRUMP SAYS he’s going to do a lot of things, in reality he is usually constrained by the checks and balances in […]
Dodgy and unethical behaviour in the Australian Passport Office cost taxpayers hundreds of millions. Why did DFAT try to keep it secret? The Australian Passport Office (Image: AAP/Diego Fedele) The auditor-general has, in the face of extraordinary resistance from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), revealed extensive and serious misconduct within the Australian […]
Australian foreign affairs officials can’t — or won’t — say how many Australians have been evacuated or killed as a result of the last 12 months of war in the Middle East. Crikey asked the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for the information on Friday, October 11, and what followed was a protracted […]