Hans van Leeuwen
@hansvanleeuwen.bsky.social
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Journalist and writer, Aussie-origin but a long-time Londoner
France's fight over the "Zucman tax" on wealth isn't just a policy debate - it could yet determine the fate of the new Lecornu government, and it epitomises the country's polarised politics.
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Year by year, fewer and fewer Australians are coming to live and work in the UK. It used to be a rite of passage… why is this changing, and what does it mean?
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/09/28/australians-used-to-flock-to-britain-now-the-expat-dr/
3 days ago
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The tooth is out there.
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Why a row over ‘VIP dining rooms’ could sink Trump’s foe at the Fed
An over-budget renovation may finally provide the excuse the president needs to oust Jerome Powell
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/17/the-25bn-renovation-job-that-has-enraged-donald-trump-hans/
3 months ago
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Australians shown here joyously helping themselves to the full menu of anglophone swearwords, rather than taking the selective approach of their British and American cousins.
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3 months ago
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The economics behind the rise of the remarkable young politician who could be New York’s next mayor…
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How $29 sandwiches pushed New York to socialism
Soaring cost of living and unaffordable rent have fuelled the rise of Left-wing mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/06/26/how-20-dollar-sandwiches-pushed-new-york-to-socialism/
3 months ago
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Streets empty, but glass half-full?
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Israel’s economy takes a direct hit as it fights to reshape the Middle East
‘Covid vibe’ descends on shops and restaurants in Jerusalem with public services expected to be squeezed
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/06/23/israel-economy-hit-as-it-fights-to-reshape-middle-east/
3 months ago
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At this time of year, nostalgia kicks in for one of my most favourite moments of my six years as the Australian Financial Review's Europe correspondent... the swan upping, on the western reaches of the Thames.
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This one’s for Her Majesty: Inside the annual royal swan count
The AFR’s London correspondent attends the annual tally of the royal flock, and finds a glorious pageant of almost self-parodic English eccentricity.
https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/travel/this-one-s-for-her-majesty-inside-the-annual-royal-swan-count-20210727-p58d7g
4 months ago
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It looks like Australia's arm is about to get seriously twisted...
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Pentagon launches review to decide if US should scrap Aukus
Ending nuclear submarine deal would be blow to security alliance with Australia and UK
https://www.ft.com/content/4a9355d9-4aff-49ec-bf7e-ea21de97917b
4 months ago
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Some intentionally provocative parting thoughts as I wrap up my half-dozen years at the @FinancialReview … Europe could end up more like 1980s Qld than 1930s Germany
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Europe could end up more like 1980s Qld than 1930s Germany
There’s a problem with being on the lookout for a rerun of the 1930s: you could miss what’s actually happening.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/europe-could-end-up-more-like-1980s-qld-than-1930s-germany-20250403-p5lor2
6 months ago
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I went to meet Lord Michael Hintze to find out about his new venture. But I got a lot more than that.
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Hedge fund veteran Michael Hintze on the rise of machines, and returns
It has been a year since the billionaire investor sold his storied London fund. Now he’s back with a new fund in the midst of a rapidly shifting market.
https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/hedge-fund-veteran-michael-hintze-on-the-rise-of-machines-and-returns-20250327-p5lmuq
6 months ago
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I wanted to meet the Man in Seat 61 and find out what makes him tick ... so we took a rather extraordinary train ride together.
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Meet the train fanatic making global rail travel a whole lot easier
The founder of the online guide seat61.com, Mark Smith has turned his singular passion for train travel into a worldwide resource.
https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/travel/meet-the-train-fanatic-making-global-rail-travel-a-whole-lot-easier-20250321-p5llc9
6 months ago
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Aristocrat's battle in Britain, where the buffalo roam...
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Aristocrat takes gaming groups to UK court over Buffalo brand
The ASX-listed giant is hauling a group of offshore gaming companies into a UK courtroom, alleging that they have ripped off one of its most popular slot games.
https://www.afr.com/companies/games-and-wagering/aristocrat-takes-gaming-groups-to-uk-court-over-buffalo-brand-20250319-p5lkxu
7 months ago
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A century ago, London's Dagenham went through a building boom that saw its population increase tenfold in a decade. Now the builders are back... including the Aussies.
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Inside Macquarie’s $237m punt on the east London riverside
It has taken four years, but the wealth giant’s British build-to-rent vehicle Goodstone Living seems to be finding its feet – on the site of a famous former Ford factory.
https://www.afr.com/property/residential/inside-macquarie-s-237m-punt-on-the-east-london-riverside-20250319-p5lkm1
7 months ago
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Yesterday's Trump-Putin call was more innocuous than expected, perhaps - but it's where things might go next that has Europe fearful and NATO on the rocks.
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Trump’s deal with Putin will terrify the West
If Russian president Vladimir Putin can get his US counterpart, Donald Trump, dancing to his tune, eight decades of trans-Atlantic solidarity could be ruptured.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/putin-trump-phone-call-brings-europe-s-day-of-reckoning-ever-closer-20250319-p5lkn0
7 months ago
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A veteran of the Perth mining scene is sitting right at the heart of two of Trump's biggest geopolitical interests: Greenland and Ukraine.
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This Perth entrepreneur is surfing the Trump wave
Barely two years ago Tony Sage hit a low, losing control of Perth Glory soccer club. Now, thanks to Trump, he’s facing an open goal in Greenland and Ukraine.
https://www.afr.com/companies/mining/meet-the-perth-entrepreneur-who-s-riding-the-trump-wave-20250315-p5ljrr
7 months ago
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The Russian president is at a crossroads in his quest to reconquer Ukraine. How he responds will reveal if he’s a cunning card sharp or a delusional dreamer.
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Ukraine-Russia war: Vladimir Putin is cornered but can still outfox Trump
The Russian president is at a crossroads in his quest to reconquer Ukraine. How he responds will reveal if he’s a cunning card sharp or a delusional dreamer.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/putin-is-cornered-but-can-still-outfox-trump-20250312-p5lj5u
7 months ago
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Canada, Europe or Australia-UK? The three playbooks for responding to Trump's tariff assault.
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Starmer follows Albo not Europe as UK responds to Trump tariffs
Like his Australian Labor counterpart, the British PM has opted not to hit back with retaliatory tariffs, and instead wants broader trade talks with the US.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/starmer-follows-albo-not-europe-as-uk-responds-to-trump-tariffs-20250313-p5lj66
7 months ago
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All eyes on Putin now?
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US resumes military support for Ukraine as talks yield ceasefire plan
US and Ukrainian officials emerged from talks in Saudi Arabia with a plan for a 30-day ceasefire, putting the ball in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s court.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/us-resumes-military-support-for-ukraine-as-ceasefire-plan-emerges-20250312-p5litt
7 months ago
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The Trump carousel goes round again?
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Zelensky ‘ready to work’ with Trump to secure peace deal
The Ukrainian leader called for peace “as soon as possible” under “Trump’s strong leadership”, after the American abruptly and unilaterally froze military aid.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/zelensky-ready-to-work-with-trump-to-secure-peace-deal-20250305-p5lgxy
7 months ago
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If you don't enjoy the slightly contrarian take, at least you can marvel at my torturing of the card-table metaphor.
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Trump says Zelensky has a bad hand. But he still holds an ace
The US president can put the Ukrainians in peril, but cannot force them into peace. This gives Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron a chance to deal the Europeans back in.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/trump-says-zelensky-has-a-bad-hand-but-he-still-holds-an-ace-20250303-p5lgcv
7 months ago
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A meeting of more than a dozen Western leaders in London has tried to plot a path past Trump's plan to parley only with Putin.
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Starmer, Macron seek to wrest Ukraine initiative back from Trump
European leaders have hatched plans to develop their own Ukraine peace deal that they’ll sell to the US president, including a peacekeeping ‘coalition of the willing’.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/starmer-macron-seek-to-wrest-ukraine-initiative-back-from-trump-20250303-p5lgbx
7 months ago
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Could Europe defend itself if the US really did pull out of protecting the continent?
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As Trump sides with Putin, Europe’s urgent race to rearm
If the US military ships out, the Europeans will need speed, cohesion and piles of money – not exactly attributes they’re famous for.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/as-trump-sides-with-putin-can-europe-defend-itself-20250227-p5lfmt
7 months ago
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Don’t like Trump’s $8m ‘gold card’ visa? Try Europe for $413,000
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Don’t like Trump’s $8m ‘gold card’ visa? Try Europe for $413,000
The president wants to charge almost $8 million for a visa. Yet for as little as $413,000, you can buy a flat in a Mediterranean country and get permanent residency too.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/don-t-like-trump-s-gold-card-visa-europe-can-help-20250115-p5l4i8
7 months ago
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I’d love to take this photo back to 2012, explain what’s going on, and watch their reaction.
7 months ago
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Here's my attempt to make sense of the week. Was Trump being strategic, tactical or just impulsive? And what should Europe do about it?
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Trump has smashed the Western alliance. Here’s what could happen next
With his broadsides against Ukraine, Trump has turned the world order on its head, leaving Europe reeling. Why is he doing it, and how can US allies respond?
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/trump-has-smashed-the-western-alliance-here-s-what-could-happen-next-20250221-p5ldxj
7 months ago
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Donald Trump has launched a blistering broadside against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, raising fears that the White House plans to end the three-year-old war on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s terms.
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Trump calls Zelensky ‘a dictator’ who misused billions
Trump’s social media rant came after Zelensky suggested the US president had fallen into the “disinformation space” pushed by Moscow.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/zelensky-says-trump-is-living-in-russian-disinformation-space-20250220-p5ldl6
7 months ago
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Here's a first glimpse of what Sanjeev Gupta thinks about losing his South Australian steelworks.
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Gupta says Whyalla seizure ‘unprecedented’, ‘unexpected’ and ‘wrong’
In an internal memo to his executives, the British industrialist defended his time running the steelworks, suggesting legal action to recover debts owed to him.
https://www.afr.com/companies/manufacturing/gupta-says-whyalla-seizure-unprecedented-unexpected-and-wrong-20250220-p5ldl9
7 months ago
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Scott Morrison is reluctant to talk about Australian politics. But in the course of a conversation about Trump, he did have a few observations on how the MAGA moment would play out Down Under.
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Dutton is no Trump-lite as election looms, Morrison says
The former prime minister says the opposition leader isn’t trying to mimic the US president, and the Australian political system wouldn’t let him.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/dutton-is-no-trump-lite-as-election-looms-morrison-says-20250219-p5ldar
7 months ago
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The tectonic plates are shifting so fast in this hemisphere.
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US, Russia forge new path on Ukraine after historic talks
The two sides agreed to lay the groundwork for peace, something unthinkable a month ago. Zelensky was excluded from the talks, as the Kremlin set out its red lines.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/russian-and-us-officials-discuss-ending-ukraine-war-without-ukraine-20250218-p5ld8n
8 months ago
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Sanjeev Gupta's post-Greensill endgame seems to be moving ever closer. Will he get over the line?
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Gupta poised for $800m sale of Tahmoor coal mine, debt deal nears
Sanjeev Gupta says selling the NSW mine will aid the Whyalla steelworks. He said he’s also near a deal to clear up to $US4b of his global debts.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/gupta-poised-for-800m-sale-of-tahmoor-coal-mine-debt-deal-nears-20250213-p5lbt4
8 months ago
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After seven days of the Sam Kerr trial, I was back in court on Wednesday to see another Aussie expat involved in a legal wrangle.
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Lex Greensill scores a rare win in the British courts
The businessman and his failed financing empire is at the centre of a series of legal claims that has drawn in IAG and creditors who lost billions of dollars.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/lex-greensill-scores-a-rare-win-in-the-british-courts-20250213-p5lbpd
8 months ago
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Sam Kerr won her courtroom battle, but not the culture war. The jury was unanimous, but public opinion is divided.
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Justified or double standard? Sam Kerr loses the culture war
A jury unanimously decided Kerr was not guilty of a racial offence. But the court of public opinion remains divided: is it racist to use “white” as an insult?
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/justified-or-double-standard-sam-kerr-loses-the-culture-war-20250212-p5lbdt
8 months ago
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Regulating social media and AI is becoming a significant geopolitical fault line, it seems.
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‘Terrible mistake’: Vance warns nations not to pressure US tech giants
At a summit in Paris, Donald Trump’s vice-president lays bare the growing divisions between the US, Europe and China over promoting and policing AI.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/terrible-mistake-vance-warns-nations-not-to-pressure-us-tech-giants-20250212-p5lbd6
8 months ago
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A jury finds soccer superstar Sam Kerr not guilty. The judge says her behaviour was partly responsible for the allegation. Kerr herself says she wants to move on.
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Matildas captain Sam Kerr found not guilty of racist slur
The jury was unanimous, but the judge said the soccer star’s behaviour “contributed significantly to the bringing of this allegation”.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/matildas-captain-sam-kerr-found-not-guilty-of-racist-slur-20250212-p5lbd2
8 months ago
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A new perspective on the Sam Kerr story from her fiancee, appearing in the witness box on day four.
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Sam Kerr ‘spoke her truth’ to white police officer, fiancee says
US soccer star Kristie Mewis tried to explain to a London court why the Matildas captain called constable Stephen Lovell “f---ing stupid and white”.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/sam-kerr-spoke-her-truth-to-white-police-officer-fiancee-says-20250207-p5la9q
8 months ago
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Schoolyard racism and serial killings: Sam Kerr defends her outburst
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Schoolyard racism and serial killings: Sam Kerr defends her outburst
The Perth-born soccer star, defending a charge that she racially harassed a London policeman, told court why she had been “triggered” by him and a taxi driver.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/schoolyard-racism-and-serial-killings-sam-kerr-defends-her-outburst-20250206-p5l9y1
8 months ago
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Policeman rejects claims he engineered Sam Kerr racial charge
The officer denies ignoring the soccer star’s fears about her taxi driver, and of adding to his own statement to get his charge to stick.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/policeman-rejects-claims-he-engineered-racial-charge-against-sam-kerr-20250205-p5l9lq
8 months ago
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Australia's infrastructure investment giant, owned by a bunch of super funds, has taken an historic step, as the Aussie superannuation sector just gets bigger and bigger.
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IFM lands British pension giant as its first overseas shareholder
Nest will take a significant stake in the fund manager that, so far, has been owned by Australia’s largest superannuation funds and manages $230 billion.
https://www.afr.com/companies/infrastructure/ifm-lands-british-pension-giant-as-its-first-overseas-shareholder-20250204-p5l9be
8 months ago
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What's this trial of Aussie soccer star Sam Kerr all about? If you want it in 600 words, try this: ‘F—ing stupid and white’: Sam Kerr in the dock
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‘F—ing stupid and white’: Sam Kerr in the dock
Bodycam footage of an emotional Matildas captain, shown in court, has captured the moment she allegedly racially harassed a police officer.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/f-ing-stupid-and-white-sam-kerr-in-the-dock-20250203-p5l9a6
8 months ago
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Meet Nigel Dunnett, the star British gardener with big plans for Melbourne...
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This star British gardener has big plans for Melbourne
Horticulturalist Nigel Dunnett is about to embark on his first project outside Britain – the Laak Boorndap garden in the new Melbourne Arts Precinct.
https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/design/this-star-british-gardener-has-big-plans-for-melbourne-20241108-p5kp35
8 months ago
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On the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation, a dwindling band of survivors was asked to keep the flame of memory burning in these dark times.
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Auschwitz ceremony evokes pain of the past, fears for the future
On the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation, a dwindling band of survivors was asked to keep the flame of memory burning in these dark times.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/auschwitz-ceremony-evokes-pain-of-the-past-fears-for-the-future-20250127-p5l7lm
8 months ago
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Penny Wong and Mark Dreyfus at in southern Poland for the Auschwitz commemoration, but the long shadow of Australian politics has followed them here...
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Stop ‘grotesque’ politicising of antisemitism: ministers at Auschwitz
In Poland for a Holocaust remembrance service, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus took aim at those he says are politicising recent attacks on the Jewish community.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/stop-grotesque-antisemitism-politicking-ministers-say-at-auschwitz-20250127-p5l7d7
8 months ago
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'I cannot cope with an antisemitic Australia', says the 94-year-old, as he prepares for a trip to Auschwitz, where his father was killed.
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International ‘dark forces’ at work in antisemitic attacks, Lowy warns
The Westfield founder says it’s hard to find another explanation for the suddenness and scale of the recent spate of incidents in Australia.
https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/international-dark-forces-at-work-in-antisemitic-attacks-lowy-warns-20250124-p5l6w9
8 months ago
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I'm still getting re-accustomed to the scattergun statements, and the random and seemingly spontaneous trains of thought.
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Trump calls for OPEC to lower oil prices
“With oil prices going down, I’ll demand that interest rates drop immediately,” Mr Trump said. “And likewise, they should be dropping all over the world.”
https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/trump-calls-for-opec-to-lower-oil-prices-20250124-p5l6v7
8 months ago
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Hard to imagine Milei being more spikily confident or provocative at Davos than last year, but he managed it.
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Argentina’s Milei tells West: Join Trump’s ‘international alliance’
The firebrand, chainsaw-wielding libertarian says a new axis is forming that wants to stamp out bloated bureaucracy and woke ideology in the rest of the West.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/argentina-s-milei-tells-west-join-trump-s-international-alliance-20250123-p5l6uz
8 months ago
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Let's talk about Trump, says everyone in Davos to everyone else. Well, with one exception.
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CEOs at Davos feel ready, even heady, for Trump 2.0
At the World Economic Forum, much of the global corporate elite is responding with surprising optimism to the new president’s radical and hyperactive agenda.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/ceos-at-davos-feel-ready-even-heady-for-trump-2-0-20250122-p5l6a4
8 months ago
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First official leader reactions to Trump Day One, from the pulpit at Davos.
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China, Europe warn Trump against trade war, call for ‘cool heads’
China’s vice-premier used a Davos speech to paint Beijing as a bulwark of stability and solidarity. European leaders vowed to protect the bloc’s interests.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/china-europe-warn-trump-against-trade-war-call-for-cool-heads-20250122-p5l69t
8 months ago
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There's usually a lot of virtue signalling at Davos, so it'll be interesting to see how things go in the shadow of Trump... will it be defiance, or despondency, or will people set their sails to the new prevailing wind?
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Has Trump killed DEI? Davos might have the answer
The World Economic Forum summit, where the liberal cosmopolitan elite gathers to network and self-congratulate, will be an early litmus test for Trump 2.0.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/has-trump-killed-dei-davos-might-have-the-answer-20250116-p5l4qb
9 months ago
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Well, I'm going to Davos again (fifth time) but I'm not sure I'll hear too many Australian accents...
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9 months ago
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