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- Property investment
I’m hearing a salty little whisper about Melbourne. It’s more than a Sydney wind-up
Sunday’s opening of the Metro Tunnel is a timely reminder that, despite the serious challenges Melbourne is facing, good things are happening in this city.
- Chip Le Grand
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Debt crisis declared as Wilson decries ‘human cost’ of repayments
The new opposition leader says the state’s debt levels pose an existential threat to Victoria’s economy.
- Chip Le Grand and Daniella White
- Exclusive
- Victorian budget
Coalition’s tax promises put $11b hole in Victorian budget, government warns
The opposition has rejected the government modelling, saying it misrepresents its tax policies and more than doubles their impact on the budget.
- Chip Le Grand
- Opinion
- Gold
Gold still glitters, even after its shock slump overnight
The precious metal had its biggest one-day fall in more than a decade, but most of the factors that drove its price to record highs are still in place.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Opinion
The US is headed for a government shutdown, and that’s just fine by Trump
Neither Republicans nor Democrats want to be blamed for the disruption a shutdown would create – but it would give the US president even more power over spending decisions.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- France
Block Everything: France faces a financial crisis as it descends into chaos
Emmanuel Macron just appointed his fifth prime minister in two years to end a standoff in parliament that could worsen the country’s unsustainable finances.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
French government in crisis after vote to oust PM
Emmanuel Macron will be forced to appoint a new prime minister within days to counter demands for his resignation and fresh elections.
- David Crowe
- Opinion
- Trump's America
The world is more scared of Trump than America is
The Trump circus is in full swing, but Wall Street is surprisingly brushing it off.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
The radical scheme to slash France’s public holidays
President Emmanuel Macron has been hit by a political storm after his bid to remove two holidays, amid concern about the nation’s $5.9 trillion debt.
- David Crowe
‘Going to be a reckoning’: The ticking time bomb in Trump’s big beautiful bill
British historian Niall Ferguson has a cardinal rule: When a country’s interest payments on debt eclipse its military expenditure, the collapse of empire cannot be far away. That’s now a problem for Trump’s America.
- Michael Koziol