Australia's Economy

Australia confronts an Indonesian nickel glut
Australia confronts an Indonesian nickel glut
Australia’s undercooked economic relationship with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations was naturally a focal point of discussion during the ASEAN–Australia Special Summit…
Economic diplomacy: Strategic funding comes in from the cold
Economic diplomacy: Strategic funding comes in from the cold
Soft dollars While the multiples of defence to aid and intelligence to diplomacy spending have received a lot of attention in recent years as they have relentlessly widened,…
Middle East turmoil and a US pause offer Australia LNG opportunities
Middle East turmoil and a US pause offer Australia LNG opportunities
The United States has just overtaken Australia as the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG). By 2030, US production is forecast to be more than double Australia…
The role of Singapore, Malaysia and Australia in ASEAN centrality
The role of Singapore, Malaysia and Australia in ASEAN centrality
A special Interpreter series ahead of the 2024 ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne, 4-6 March. Read more articles in this thread. The ASEAN-Australia Special…
What a new Indonesian president may mean for Australia
What a new Indonesian president may mean for Australia
A special Interpreter series ahead of the 2024 ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne, 4-6 March. Read more articles in this thread. Indonesia will elect its…
Economic diplomacy: To market, to market, with China
Economic diplomacy: To market, to market, with China
Trading up Australia’s international economic engagement kicked off in 2003 with then foreign minister Alexander Downer telling his Cabinet colleagues that he was set to claim…
Australia and Africa: Economic diplomacy is out of sync with investment ties
Australia and Africa: Economic diplomacy is out of sync with investment ties
Two West African nations report that Australia – and not France, the United States or China – is their largest foreign investor. Large Australia-linked energy and minerals…
Economic diplomacy: Pulling the right global value chain
Economic diplomacy: Pulling the right global value chain
Stepping up Late last month, the Albanese government took important steps towards dealing with two of the most debated developments in international economic relations since…
Fighting risk in everything, everywhere, all at once
Fighting risk in everything, everywhere, all at once
A big debate has kicked off about the interaction of security and the economy as being far more complex in the present than in the Cold War era, when the United States and Soviet…
Fiscal policy an essential tool for controlling the economy
Commentary
Fiscal policy an essential tool for controlling the economy
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review, 17 September 2023.