New Aussie Ambassador to US; long-term finance worries; Guzman-Uber deal

Monday 26 January 2026

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appoints a long-time bureaucrat to the plum, but difficult, job of Ambassador to the US. 

• Australians are increasingly concerned about their long-term financial prospects. 
• Delivery wars are heating up with Guzman doing a deal with Uber Eats. 
• China’s Xi Jinping fires his head of military, consolidating his own power. 
• Elon Musk ponders buying Ryanair.

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