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It’s been dubbed a “super-emitter” event – but COP29 is also a super-spender, with revelations taxpayers have been slugged more than $870,000 for a pavilion to allow federal government bureaucrats to “tell their diverse stories of Australia’s climate action”.

In all the post-US election commentary we’ve seen, one question has yet to be posed: what inspiration can Australian policymakers draw from Donald Trump’s second-term economic agenda? Let’s resist the temptation to either demonise or lionise Trump’s policies by association with the man himself and consider them dispassionately.

The Business Council is calling for a national de-regulation agenda to boost economic growth by cutting red tape, and the plan outlined today by the corporate regulator, ASIC, to reduce regulatory complexity is strongly welcomed.

Should Opposition leader Peter Dutton aim to be more like incoming president Donald Trump?

The man charged with delivering Labor’s pledge to source 82 per cent of electricity from wind, solar and hydro power by 2030 says natural gas will be the “ultimate backstop” for keeping the lights on because weather-dependent generators can’t deliver consistent power.

Trump: “We’re going to terminate the Green New Scam.” “Why aren’t we creating great energy plants, great sources of energy, instead of playing this game with wind that is ruining everything, killing

Mining conglomerate Regis Resources will take Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to the Federal Court over her decision to heritage-list part of the $1bn Blayney gold mine site on the advice of a rebel Indigenous group.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart met privately with tech billionaire and Donald Trump backer Elon Musk in the days after the US election, discussing government spending cuts, freedom of speech and the fate of internet sensation P’Nut the squirrel.

The total cost of public servant wages grew faster than it has in 15 years last financial year to $232 billion, fuelling economists’ warnings that government spending is helping to keep interest rates higher for longer.

Australia’s richest person and vocal Donald Trump supporter Gina Rinehart has been spotted rubbing shoulder’s at the incumbent president’s election day event.

One woman was weeping, people were hugging, some dancing to the periodic bursts of Trump’s trademark favourite by YMCA over the sound system; most were whooping and cheering.

A scathing letter from the NSW Finance Minister warned Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek that her decision to slap a partial ban on a proposed gold mine risked driving investment out of the state.