Boral Resources has been ordered to pay "substantial" legal costs to the construction union after the civil trial in which the company is seeking $20 million in damages from the union was adjourned for at least seven weeks.
Victoria, the country's leader in high-rise apartments, has taken sudden steps to curb the excesses of dense, poorly-designed CBD towers with new planning controls.
The Abbott government has been accused of making a stealthy bid to replace the board of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, opening a row with Labor and disappointing disability groups.
Past winners of the AFR BOSS, University of Sydney Business School MBA scholarship say it has challenged their thinking.
The superannuation system is largely fair and it would be a mistake to change it on the basis of one or two examples of $100 million super funds, a top Treasury official said.
Electrician Alan McPhail is at the coalface of the commodities downturn crimping the national economy.
Dressed in a Mao suit and making liberal use of the word "comrade" in his interactions with the Chinese military on parade in Beijing this week, China's President Xi Jinping left little to the imagination.
The Abbott Government is moving to replace the board of the National Disability Insurance Scheme by placing an ad for the board's jobs in The Australian Financial Review without informing the current directors.
The biggest returns from science research have come from discoveries that originally had zero practical application. Governments should take note.
The Australian Financial Review higher education awards will showcase achievements of universities and other education providers.
Sluggish growth looks firmly entrenched and hopes of a sustainable rebound above 3 per cent, the basis of Treasurer Joe Hockey's long-term b...
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