Jobless rate steady; Albemarle’s lithium blow; Davos’ fieriest speech?

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Penny Wong warns Australian cash cannot be used for hate A $6 million injection for Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA has come under scrutiny, the foreign minister says. These three things could revive China’s economy, says Kevin Rudd The ex-PM told a Davos panel that Chinese consumers and businesses could boost growth, if they got their mojo back. The big risk is a fallout with the US. Convenience retail to tip Ampol into record territory The outlook for higher gross earnings has fuelled expectations of a potential capital return for shareholders at the company’s February full-year result. Around the world ‘Taxing...