by DAVID HARDAKER | Jun 6, 2025 | Opinion, The world
So Elon Musk is turning on Donald Trump and accusing him of being part of the debauched Jeffrey Epstein scene. Trump ally Steve Bannon has gone for Musk (again) and demanded that the administration investigate him. Trump plays the aggrieved party, wondering how it is...
by DAVID HARDAKER | Mar 28, 2025 | Opinion, Politics
This week Elon Musk turned up at the White House wearing a red MAGA cap emblazoned with a new slogan. No longer “Make America Great Again”, it declared “Trump was right about everything”. Meanwhile, this morning Anthony Albanese arrived at...
by Nicole Chvastek | Mar 18, 2025 | Opinion, The world
The perils of dealing with a US president awestruck by Vladimir Putin takes me back to 1992 — a very different time and a very different president. I was among reporters trying to put a question to George Bush snr during his visit to Australia. The press were at a...
by Murray Hogarth and David Hardaker | Mar 17, 2025 | Business, Opinion
Industry Minister Ed Husic called it a “dog act”. A more diplomatic but nonetheless unhappy PM Anthony Albanese called it “not a friendly act”. But there’s a robust Queensland expression to describe US moves last week to hit Australia with tariffs, with the...
by Nicole Chvastek | Mar 4, 2025 | Media, Opinion
There’s an earthquake kicking the ground out from under journalists and news publishers in the US, fuelled by Donald Trump’s deranged attacks on anyone who holds him to account. Journalists who kiss the ring are admitted to Oval Office press conferences where...
