Mark Mulligan
@MulliganMark
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World Editor at AFR, father, Uni lecturer, one-time Labor adviser and former FT correspondent. Hawks! Hablo Español. Not allowed to tweet what I really think.
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Joined May 2012
Publishers in London are scratching their heads about why Jamie Oliver’s editors didn’t see this one coming
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British publishers are scratching their heads as to how Penguin Random House UK could have left the celebrity chef’s kids’ book exposed to an A-grade furore.
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Why Europe’s rightward shift won’t faze Aussie business
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Both sides of politics in Europe will back industrial policies designed to onshore or diversify supply chains – and that’s the space where Australia plays.
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What, no sausage sizzle? Five things about the UK election that would baffle Aussies
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Voting isn’t compulsory, it’s first past the post, there are no TV ads, no sausage sizzles. This all means that parties campaign differently than Down Under.
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Angry, broken Britain set to push its PM off a cliff
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If Rishi Sunak can’t prevent a complete hammering at 100-plus mayoral and council elections, his party might kick off yet another leadership spill.
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Saturday read #3. A final curtain for Melanie who left more than rollerskates & chips of Woodstock. WindBackWednesday recalls a conversation that threw back the (mistaken) hippie curtain. "I was being tied to Brigitte Bardot not other songwriters.” https://t.co/g3pR8a7Kwi
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Time will show that the brand damage to @Qantas by their shabby treatment of loyal customers will prove irreparable. Look forward to reading this one.
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The former Rear Window editor has signed a deal with Simon & Schuster to release a narrative non-fiction book by the end of this year.
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Who would have thought? Brexit has completely failed for UK, say clear majority of Britons – poll
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Only one in 10 feel leaving the EU has helped their finances, while just 9% say it has benefited the NHS, despite £350m a week pledge
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Will COP28 fail after dropping fossil fuel pledge?
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For the Albanese government, and many others, the test of success or failure at COP28 is not necessarily a fossil fuel phase-out, but simply making progress.
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Thank you, Mick! Get your copy of The Sun Will Rise today! https://t.co/wGHdrNXS3C
The @financialreview correspondent @mishazelinsky has written a new book about the war in #Ukraine called “The Sun Will Rise”. It is a great read and highly recommended.
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Seriously, what a clown show. If they’d got the majority they’d crowed about getting in the midterms, this wouldn’t be happening.
Four UPDATES on US Speaker Of House Vote: 1) Jim Jordan says he accepts he lost after he has lost a secret ballot in committee. 2) Steve Scalise says that the House will wait until Monday to continue to figure this mess out. 3) Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy: "I'm concerned
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In this Fact Check, we look at Israel’s changing narrative on the deadly bombing of Gaza’s al-Ahli Arab Hospital.
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“In emails and conversations after meeting with Trump, Pratt described Trump's remarks to at least 45 others, including six journalists, 11 of his company's employees, 10 Australian officials, and three former Australian prime ministers, the sources told ABC News. “While Pratt
Breaking ABC: Months after leaving office, Trump allegedly discussed potentially sensitive information about U.S. nuclear submarines with a member of Mar-a-Lago — an Australian billionaire who then allegedly shared the information with scores of others.
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Me: “I’m concerned that if the India-Canada imbroglio continues to escalate, then we could see western nations begin to choose sides & it is likely to be Ottawa, placing New Delhi’s partnerships with countries like US, Australia, & UK in greater jeopardy."
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The US and its allies are cultivating India as an economic and diplomatic partner. But its prime minister’s authoritarian streak is becoming harder to ignore
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I believe that long-term rates, e.g, 30-year rates, will rise further from here. As such, we remain short bonds through the ownership of swaptions. The world is a structurally different place than it was. The peace dividend is no more. The long-term deflationary effects of
I have been surprised how low US long-term rates have remained in light of structural changes that are likely to lead to higher levels of long-term inflation including de-globalization, higher defense costs, the energy transition, growing entitlements, and the greater bargaining
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It’s not just the ‘Remainers’ whingeing - Britain really is broken
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Post-Brexit gloom has spread from the Remainers to the Tory tribe. Some hope Britain can respond with pragmatism, but this pessimism could breed paralysis.
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