Australia’s road toll isn’t coming down even as speed and mobile detection cameras generate increasing amounts of revenue. What should be obvious to politicians and police around Australia is that cameras are NOT a replacement for “patrol cars on the…
On September 12, a range of US organisations, including the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia, wrote to the US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent. In the now required fashion, they first expressed their, “appreciation for President Trump’s steadfast commitment to…
There have been millions of words written about Trump, and I will just add my own personal views to the pile. Trump appears to believe in the blunt application of power and leverage in negotiations, and moreover the view that…
There have been media comments that the UK and Australia would be early in the queue for tariff deals with the US – presumably on the basis that we are either the US’s closest allies or easy targets … it’s…
We have gone rapidly from a period of “US Exceptionalism”, their words not ours, to one where a US recession appears imminent – based on the actions of one man, economic gibberish and the inability or unwillingness of the US…
It is still not well known that Australia generally runs a trade deficit with America and have done for decades. But this still didn’t stop Trump levying a 10% tariff on Australian exports into the US – with Norfolk island,…
Having stunned the world with perhaps the most illiterate economic speech of the century – understanding that he has still got nearly 4 years to go and enough time to do even worse – Trump announced a range of International…
If I had to write a performance review of Jim Chalmers, it would probably include something like, “nice chap, intelligent and plays well with others, but no impact.” And so, probably to plan, today’s Federal Budget was a non-event, except…
In the UK, if I want to know more about a company that I am going to engage as a supplier, contractor or consultant I simply go to the search functions on Companies House and search by Company name or…
It’s a business where “trust is a must”; you need to be absolutely sure that your defence materiels provider can be relied upon, particularly given the complex nature of many modern weapons, and the need for almost continuous software updates.…
