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• 总理表示，在全球燃料危机的中旬“是最不适合损害”澳大利亚与亚洲贸易伙伴关系的时机。 • 总理 Anthony Albanese 确认，下个月的联邦预算将不会对现有的天然气出口合同征收新税，同时他批评了呼吁向生产商征税的“民粹主义”竞选活动。 • 正如上周报道，鉴于担心此举可能会疏远澳大利亚在柴油和汽油供应方面所依赖的亚洲贸易伙伴，Albanese 倾向于拒绝引入 25% 天然气出口税的压力。阅读更多...

Individuals such as Matt Goodwin and Lord Frost benefited from largesse of self-styled ‘illiberal democracy’UK politics live – latest updatesThe last 16 years of Viktor Orbán’s rule have been kind to a number of British political figures – from the Tory peer David Frost to Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin and James Orr.All benefited from largesse extended by the self-styled “illiberal democracy” established by the Hungarian leader’s ruling Fidesz party, which took a particular liking for those on the harder right of British conservatism. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Health secretary warns of dangers of protest vote as he pitches NHS as key battleground in May electionsVoters in May’s local and devolved elections risk putting the NHS in jeopardy if they vote for populist parties, Wes Streeting has said, as he sought to make the health service a key battleground.“The founding principles of the NHS are at greater threat than at any time since the NHS was founded in 1948,” the health secretary said. Continue reading...

Nationals leader’s solution to the high cost of living is to force us to buy more expensive, locally made goodsMatt Canavan’s “economic revolution” is a populist mirage masquerading as an answer to a generational challenge that will define our prosperity in the decades to come.That challenge is: how do we create a new economy that is more resilient, secure and affordable, without undermining our prosperity?Patrick Commins is Guardian Australia’s economics editor Continue reading...