Despite the trade minister’s response, there’s nothing unusual about Emmanuel Macron’s demand for progress, says John Quiggan.

Billions of dollars have been spent on infrastructure schemes that have failed to deliver any measurable improvement in water flows or the state of the environment, writes John Quiggin.

Gautam Adani might be willing to lose a large share of his wealth to show that he can’t be pushed around, or he might want more public money, writes John Quiggin.

With the shadow boxing continuing, Labor seems likely to inherit the Adani coal mine headache.

The majority of Australians want action on climate change and understand that the economic benefits Adani has long promised are illusory.