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China’s Pacific Play: A critical look at its growing influence in the Cook Islands

Beneath attractive terms lies a potential trap: as the Cook Islands become increasingly reliant on Chinese funding, it risks compromising its fiscal sovereignty.

Budgeting for Innovation: How Australia and India are shaping their economic futures

India and Australia aren’t on parallel tracks — but they are facing in the same direction.

Can Peter Dutton flip Labor voters to rewrite electoral history? It might just work

The Liberal leader is surprisingly well-placed. But remember, he is coming from a long way back.

Australian foreign aid budget rises to $5.1 billion: Do you know who are we helping?

The aid budget makes the bold claim that Australia is “reprioritising our development investments to bolster support to our region”.

Albanese government bids for votes with ‘top-up’ tax cuts for all

Delivering his fourth budget on Tuesday night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers described the tax relief as “modest”.

Budget bottom line: Albanese’s pre-election promises and their impact

If re-elected, these policies could significantly shape Australia’s economic landscape.

Balochistan’s plight highlights the double standards of Australian politicians and activists on human rights

The region remains one of the most heavily militarized in Pakistan, with security forces routinely carrying out raids, abductions, and extrajudicial killings.

Women’s sexual pleasure is still taboo – but the Kamasutra tells a different story

Composed in the ancient Sanskrit language in the 3rd century by the Indian philosopher Vatsyayana, the Kamasutra is more than a book about sexual positions.

Treasurer Chalmers promises ‘meaningful and substantial’ cost of living help in Tuesday’s budget

"In a world of retaliation and escalation, the impacts of tariffs are amplified, they linger for longer, resulting in a bigger reduction in GDP and a bigger increase in prices.”

More women at work, fewer in power: India’s leadership divide

Women still struggle to achieve equal participation in senior positions and boardrooms, despite recent advancements

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Konstas cut, Maxwell gone: Selectors swing axe as Cricket Australia makes brutal contract call

Perhaps the most surprising omission is fast bowler Jhye Richardson, who returned to the Test side during the summer after a long injury lay-off

“I told Preet Singh, if you don’t give me a letter of reference, I might end my life”: Kashyap Patel

“It was a difficult situation for me, as a man with two kids — one nine-year-old and another six-year-old — telling me if I don’t give letters, he may kill himself,”

Wyndham Mayor Preet Singh steps aside amid backlash over character reference for convicted offender

“I want to acknowledge the courage of victim-survivors who continue to speak out. Child sexual abuse is abhorrent, and I unequivocally condemn it,” he said.
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