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Back to SearchEp. 159: A PM's Chief of Staff on the world facing Australia
Episode 159
Darren welcomes Dr John Kunkel for the first time to the podcast. John is Senior Economics Adviser at the United States Studies Centre. He has worked…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 158: Trump’s influence on the Australian election?
Episode 158
Australia’s federal election delivered a clear and in many ways stunning victory for the incumbent centre-left Labor government led by PM Anthony Alb…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 157: Catching up on SE Asia (incl. Trump and China)
Episode 157
With four episodes on tariffs this month, the podcast has already broken its monthly episode record. Nevertheless, news is also happening elsewhere, …
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep 156: Tariffs - exemptions and the state of play
Episode 156
The Trump administration has announced exemptions to the massive reciprocal tariffs on China for smartphones, computers and other electronics. In his…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 155: Tariff 'pause' - rapid reactions
Episode 155
President Trump has paused the so-called 'reciprocal' element of his tariffs for everyone but China, meaning a baseline rate of 10% is in place, whil…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 154: Linking markets to geopolitics in tariff responses
Episode 154
Last episode having offered his rapid reactions in the hours after President Trump’s tariff announcement, on Friday 4 April Darren was joined by Dr. …
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 153: Trump tariffs - Rapid reactions
Episode 153
President Trump's "Liberation Day" has come and gone, and hours after the momentous announcement of tariffs being imposed on basically the entire wor…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 152: Aussie reactions to Trump, & PRC warships; NZ-Cook Islands
Episode 152
It’s time to return to the news, and Stephen Dziedzic of the ABC returns to discuss three big stories that he’s been reporting on in recent weeks. Fi…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 151: Incoming govt brief, 2025 edition
Episode 151
While the calling of a federal election has been delayed by Tropical Cyclone Alfred, it must still happen in May, and so this episode the podcast off…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 150: Gutting USAID; a MAGA-friendly development policy?
Episode 150
One of the major casualties of Trump administration’s brazen efforts to reduce the size of the US federal government is its dismantling of the U.S. A…
1 year, 6 months ago