Opinion
Planet Labor’s relevance search
Bill Shorten should be comfortably elected by his parliamentary colleagues on Thursday as their preference for new Labor leader.
Free speech is Abbott’s first victim
Mark Latham | The Abbott government’s commitment to a new era of free speech turned out to be as bogus as its taxpayer-funded travel expenses.
Tricky timing for new Fed chief Janet Yellen
Janet Yellen’s pending rise to the most powerful econocrat job in the world comes at a time when the US Federal Reserve finds itself in uncharted and potentially risky territory.
Troublemakers need to face how they put Asia at risk
Asia’s summits have given Tony Abbott a valuable insider’s view of how the region is trying to deal with tensions and challenges.
Sinodinos aims high with super reforms
Arthur Sinodinos is doing his best to play down the speed with which the Coalition will reform the corporate governance of superannuation funds.
Deleveraging could mean decades of repression
When it comes to the detail of debt deleveraging, to issues such as delivery, duration and discrimination, economics truly is the dismal science.
Rebound in confidence a positive sign
Is the worst already over for the Australian economy? And if so, can we thank Prime Minister Tony Abbott?
Israeli documentary remarkable for its integrity
In this year’s Academy Awards Israeli documentary The Gatekeepers was favoured, but in the end it lost out to Searching for Sugar Man made by the Swedish director Malik Bendejelloul.
Biswas stroke of Newcrest fortune
Don Mercer has delivered an agenda for change at the top of Newcrest Mining that goes most of the way to satisfying concerns expressed by the gold company’s major owners. But it is not quite the through refresh his investors have been promoting.
Aggressive banks a signal to be wary
The real victims of aggressive bank lending are largely the borrowers.
Killer looks on Paris catwalk as epic Ellery battle rages on
The rivalry between department stores Myer and David Jones requires no introduction. But their epic battle over Australian fashion designer Kym Ellery is one for the annuls.
Bumpy road ahead as global growth is rebalanced
The world economy is like a see-saw. What was down comes up and what was up comes down. This creates new difficulties and new opportunities.
Coalition irons out portfolio creases
Tony Abbott has quietly handed the administration of almost all of the Native Title Act 1993 back to the Attorney-General’s Department from his own department in a low-key reshifting of responsibilities.
It’s not just about trade deals but also reforms at home
The challenge is to drive Australia’s free trade agenda forward. But in addition to locking down trade deals, there are still reforms to be taken at home.
