After all, Australia largely embraces American social ... Elon Musk will be behind some pretty big cuts to government programs, Alexander Downer predicts. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty ...

eight nuclear powered submarines in Adelaide? Will Australia have met its net zero target? Or will the second coming have happened? Of those three propositions the most likely is the second coming.

Although Australia would be on most lists, my successor as foreign minister Alexander Downer, for one, would always insist that we were not a mere ‘middle’ but a ‘pivotal’ power. For me and most in ...

With billions of dollars set to be funnelled into the Osborne submarine project, that funding could be used to revive South Australia’s ambition once again writes Alexander Downer. Let’s be ...

Former foreign minister Alexander Downer has discussed US President Donald Trump signing an onslaught of executive orders on day one of his presidency. “It will reflect very badly on existing ...

Alexander Downer, a former foreign affairs minister in Australia, wrote the foreword to the report and said that immigration has “become one of the most contentious issues in the western world”.

Not only was that ambition an important contribution to the living standards of the general public but it was axiomatic to building and maintaining South Australia’s industrial base. Tom ...