Opinion
Time for finance sector to step up
As competition for servicing the fast-growing pools of Asian capital heats up, it seems anachronistic that Australia doesn’t have an equivalent to lord mayor of London Fiona Woolf, a leader charged with promoting the sophisticated money-management services in Sydney and Melbourne to Asian investors.
We want to shape our own destiny
Continued global uncertainty sharpens our desire for a sense of individual, family, and national independence and empowerment.
Australia charts its own course on independents
Around the world, charter schools – or free schools as they are called in Britain, are all the rage. They are a radical approach which is usually turned to when public education is failing.
Move out or up: city property supply solutions
David Bassanese | It’s worth remembering exactly why local property prices appear relatively high by global standards.
ASX principles push the latest twist in super boards battle
And so the debate over the make-up of superannuation boards rolls on like a goods train trying desperately to avoid a collision.
RBA redux: Stevens’ statement and the SoMP
Even though I’ve had a bit more time to reflect on RBA Governor Glenn Stevens’ statement, I’m still rather perplexed. Yes, I know I’m a rather simple soul – most Yorkshiremen are – but reading through Tuesday’s statement I was surprised to read the last sentence.
Income inequality a red hot issue again
Income inequality is again on the agendas of politicians and economists from developed and developing economies.
Caught up in South Australia’s alien landscape
Talk about not being able to breathe. In the cramped South Australian Tourism Commission meeting room, James Rickard quietly exhaled as he sat down; the presentation over. His client, David O’Loughlin, stared out through the room’s unusual bright green windows, and also let out a long, slow breath. The seconds ticked past.
Abbott must proceed with caution on public service reform
Tony Abbott must take care with public service reform, as a cowed public service will not have the confidence to deliver the reforms the Abbott government plans to introduce.
Boral CEO: CFMEU’s illegal campaign against us
We are lucky to live in a society where the vast majority of our citizens obey the laws of the land, and those few who don’t are judged in a fair and transparent manner by their peers and penalised accordingly.
Why ‘unconscionable’ ANZ ruling is wrong
Editorial | Justice Michelle Gordon’s ruling that the ANZ was guilty of “extravagant, exorbitant and unconscionable” behaviour in charging a $35 fee to customers who failed to make their minimum credit card repayments on time looks to us like the court falling for a trawling of dusty old common law doctrines by opportunistic litigation funders.
CFMEU cannot remain immune to the law
Editorial | Union officials have brushed aside the continuing revelations about corruption among unions by saying that they should be referred to the police.
