The world, explained for Australia.
The World
Wheat is one of the most traded commodities on Earth, and the price set in Chicago or on the Black Sea coast turns up, months later, in what Australians pay for bread and pasta.
By The Daily World · 17 January 2026
The World
The Australian dollar rises and falls for reasons that are partly domestic and partly global, and the direction it moves determines a surprising amount about everyday prices.
By The Daily World · 15 January 2026
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The jump from local outbreak to global pandemic follows a recognisable pattern, and the systems designed to catch it early are better than they were, though still imperfect.
By The Daily World · 10 January 2026
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The Paris Agreement is the closest the world has come to a shared climate contract, but how it works, and what it does not require, is widely misunderstood.
By The Daily World · 8 January 2026
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AI is moving from a research curiosity to an infrastructure technology, and the economic shifts it is triggering will play out over decades.
By The Daily World · 6 January 2026
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Lithium is the element at the heart of rechargeable batteries, and the countries that control its supply are shaping the energy transition and global geopolitics.
By The Daily World · 2 January 2026
The World
When the world's most powerful central bank moves its benchmark rate, Australian borrowers eventually feel it, even though Washington has no authority over the Reserve Bank of Australia.
By The Daily World · 31 December 2025
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A handful of narrow waterways control the flow of the goods that fill supermarket shelves worldwide, and when they seize up, prices move fast.
By The Daily World · 29 December 2025