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Industry Minister Tim Ayres.

Government deploys anti-dumping rules amid rising trade stoush with China

Unions and firms, such as BlueScope, have expressed worry that China would react to Donald Trump’s tariffs by dumping into countries like Australia.

  • Paul Sakkal and Clancy Yeates

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Kim Beazley, chairman of the Australian War Memorial, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in February.

Give Trump beefed-up AUKUS deal, Beazley urges Albanese

The former Labor leader and ambassador to the US says Australia’s rich deposits of rare earths should be tied into the submarine pact.

  • Paul Sakkal
Australian War Memorial chair Kim Beazley has defended the decision not to award a literary prize to veteran journalist Chris Masters.

Kim Beazley defends controversial decision to deny Chris Masters a literary prize

The Australian War Memorial Council chair insisted the decision had nothing to do with the fact Masters’ book was about war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith.

  • Matthew Knott
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Diplomacy leads to friction

And sparks debate.

Part of the sign that has been added next to two displays relating to Ben Roberts-Smith at the War Memorial.

War Memorial installs plaques noting ‘gravity’ of Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case

The plaques say the Australian War Memorial is considering what context should be added to displays honouring Ben Roberts-Smith, after a landmark defamation case found he was a murderer and war criminal.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Kim Beazley

Kim Beazley: I remember being nervous before Tony Abbott’s first meeting with Obama

Some say Kim Beazley, a historian by trade, is the best PM we never had. But the affable West Australian is more focused on his new job as chair of the Australian War Memorial than he is about his own political past, or his time as ambassador to the US.

  • Peter FitzSimons
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Time to muscle up? Australia will need to spend more to ensure its own security.

‘Quite frightened’: What’s needed to defend ourselves will shock many Australians

Former Labor defence minister Kim Beazley has delivered a wise caution to Australians: we need to be more self-reliant and invest more in defending ourselves.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Kim Beazley could replace Brendan Nelson on the council of the Australian War Memorial.

Labor veteran Kim Beazley in the frame for Australian War Memorial council

The Labor elder statesman is being discussed internally by the federal government as a candidate for the Australian War Memorial council.

  • James Massola
WA Premier Mark McGowan has unveiled plans to invest $3.8 billion in renewables as part of the state’s updated energy transition plans.

Mark McGowan Romes Europe

Mark McGowan, he of hard border fame, is jetting off to London and Rome to spruik Western Australia to the world.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson.

Police Commissioner Chris Dawson announced as next WA Governor

Mr Dawson, who will be sworn in in July, has dedicated his 46-year career to public service and will become the first police officer to act in the role of Governor. 

  • Heather McNeill