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‘We were going down fast’: how Benjamin Franklin saved America
Apple’s new drama series Franklin, starring Michael Douglas as the founding father, recalls a vital time in US history as he travelled abroad for help“A long life has taught me that diplomacy must never be a siege but a seduction,” says Michael Douglas’s Benjamin Franklin, raising a wine glass in a world of candlelit tables, baroque music and powdered wigs. “Think of America as a courted virgin. One that does not solicit favours but grants them. And nothing speaks to romance quite as loudly as a...
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Fast lane for low-risk investment under reworked rules
A global economy entering a “new phase”, geopolitical threats and the energy transition mean Australia’s foreign investment settings need to move with the times, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says. He will outline changes on Wednesday to add resources to screen foreign investment proposals that may pose a national security risk, while allowing low-risk foreign investments to […]