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Quick quiz: which southern hemisphere central bank governor from a large island continent said this in June 2012? “There are big benefits to us as consumers from the high currency…We shouldn’t wish too…
The European Union. Love it? Loathe it? All of the above? The Wall Street Journal writes that Euro chic is back in fashion. EU chic — to be precise. The 12 gold stars that form the EU flag are not exactly…
“I’d love to have the German army in Australia,” Hugh White said wistfully. The date was July 2004. The place was the bar on the fourth floor at the Department of International Relations, London School…
Think Australia is immune to global downturn, depression and despair? Think again. One would be plundering the depths of naïveté to believe that Australia can continue to exist in an oasis of economic…
In a widely reported speech on June 2nd, financial baron George Soros gave the European Union 90 days to address the debt crisis engulfing the continent. The man who “broke the Bank of England” in 1992…
At least one legacy of Kevin Rudd’s prime ministerial career has survived: his campaign to obtain a temporary seat for Australia on the UN Security Council (UNSC). Elections for the two-year position take…
Australian foreign minister Bob Carr was interrogated about Australia’s alliance with the US in three separate meetings with Beijing’s leaders last week. “Make no mistake, the re-emergence of China, and…
“I don’t envisage, not even for one second, Greece leaving the euro area. This is nonsense; this is propaganda.” That’s Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg, chairman of the Eurogroup, speaking…
The democratic executions of Nicolas Sarkozy in France and Lucas Papademos in Greece means the body count of European leaders guillotined by angry electorates has risen to 12. Sarkozy and Papademos join…
Bank of England (BoE) Governor Sir Mervyn King today courted controversy by stating the Bank “should have” done more to prevent the UK’s banking disaster. In an uncharacteristically blunt assessment of…