Ms Wrightson said Senator Babet, whose term is not up this election, would not join the party. She pointed to Mr Trump's more isolationist approach as doing something "very, very good for the ...

That would put the collateral value of the Treasury’s gold reserves at roughly $750 billion, up from about $11 billion, according to Wrightson ICAP.

“Look at what we’ve got now, and the bar isn’t very high, I must say,” Ms Wrightson said. “You’ve got to aim for the stars and hope for the best, and the Australian people certainly ...