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David Rowe cartoons for July 2024
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column.
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- Mergers & acquisitions
ASIC mulls crackdown on market-moving media leaks
Under what is known in the United Kingdom as the “put up or shut up” rule, bidders that fail to act before their time limit ends would be barred for up to six months from launching a second attempt.
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- Ronald Mizen
Dutton slams energy ‘fanatics’ on both sides as he spruiks nuclear
Peter Dutton has seized on new data showing the east coast grid was heavily reliant on coal and gas during recent winter months due to a lack of wind and sun.
- Phillip Coorey
Senate urged to pass NDIS bill to get reforms back on track
Disability advocates have called for reforms to the NDIS to be passed despite protests that some recommendations could be catastrophic for the severely disabled.
- Tom Burton
Accident puts war crimes judge in wheelchair
The severe injuries sustained by Mark Weinberg, KC, are a blow to the Office of the Special Investigator into war crimes in Afghanistan.
- Michael Pelly
AUKUS navy chiefs sound alarm over China, Russia, Iran collaboration
The head of the US Navy warns that “unfettered access” to the sea for trade is at risk from authoritarian countries dubbed the “axis of upheaval”
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Construction industry needs building code in addition to ABCC
Letters from readers on how to police the building industry; ambitious climate goals; the folly of nuclear power; and rising gas prices.
An exodus from NZ means there are more Kiwis here than ever before
Concessions to give New Zealanders quicker access to permanent residency are contributing to high migration levels.
- Julie Hare
Democrats slam Vance depiction of Harris as childless cat lady
The three-year-old interview shows J.D. Vance criticising Kamala Harris for being childless; Donald Trump says he does not think Secret Service boss “had much of a choice” but to resign. How the day unfolded.
- Lucy Slade
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- White collar crime
We suspect ANZ broke the law in $14b bond sale: ASIC
Chairman Joe Longo, in a wide-ranging interview, also detailed initiatives to crack down on insider trading, interventions in the private credit market, and hit back at claims ASIC is a “toothless tiger”.
- Ronald Mizen and Jonathan Shapiro
This Month
White House, Westminster turmoil won’t jeopardise AUKUS: navy chiefs
Top commanders of the three AUKUS navies have signed a ‘Statement of Intent for Lethality’ and say politics won’t get in the way.
- Andrew Tillett
PM mulls reshuffle as colleagues urge him to tread lightly
The shake-up, which the prime minister flagged in May, is not expected to be major, given his desire to maintain the stability that has been a hallmark of the government.
- Phillip Coorey
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- Letters to the Editor
Biden should go one step further and resign as president now
Letters from readers on the US election; Michael Stutchbury stepping down; climate analysis; pension reform; and protecting healthcare from cyber threats.
‘I’d be rolling over my money’: Murray’s worry on Cbus-CFMEU links
Former bank boss David Murray says the latest CFMEU revelations reaffirm his view that all superannuation board members should be independent.
- Hannah Wootton
New gas needed for energy transition, domestic supply: minister
The Albanese government has given the green light to gas exploration in the east and west coast. But safeguards have failed to placate green groups.
- Phillip Coorey
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- Russia-Ukraine war
Russia spying? Don’t be so paranoid, Kremlin envoy says
Moscow’s ambassador in Canberra says the espionage arrests of a Russian couple living in Australia is like an episode of TV show “The Americans”, and it’s actually Russians who are unsafe.
- Andrew Tillett
ASIC hits ASX pump-and-dump crew with criminal charges
The corporate cop has hit the alleged ring leaders of an ASX penny stock pump and dump scheme with criminal charges that could come with millions in fines.
- Ronald Mizen, Maxim Shanahan, Jonathan Shapiro and Tom Richardson
CFMEU boss allegedly boasted of corrupt connections to $94b Cbus
Police allege a CFMEU official told corrupt building firms he could secure them lucrative jobs on projects financed by the superannuation giant.
- Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman and Ben Schneiders
Albanese digs in amid calls for tougher action against CFMEU
PM says the ABCC failed to curb union militancy when it existed, and that the police were best placed to combat criminal behaviour.
- Phillip Coorey
Upfront nuclear power cost will be significant: Dutton
Solar energy and gas are the most popular energy sources. Nuclear is near the bottom, just ahead of coal.
- Phillip Coorey
