7-Eleven's new boss 'delighted'
A wages scandal, unhappy franchisees and a brand under siege don't put off new chief executive.
RBA gives exporters no relief on AUD surge
Exporters from universities to tourism operators face a period of acute pain caused by the rebounding dollar, with a drop in the jobless rate tempering the Reserve Bank of Australia's ardour for more official interest rate cuts.
Call to stir Australians into action over sugar tax
Health groups want Australia to follow Britain's lead and introduce a tax on sugary drinks.
Craig Thomson reprimanded for lying
Former Labor MP Craig Thomson faces a reprimand but no other penalty over a 2012 speech in which he was accused of deliberately misleading parliament.
The case against the effects test
The effects test is a solution in search of a problem.
Dividend payout dream world can't last, says RBA
The RBA has warned dividends have risen much faster than earnings and the ratio of dividends to earnings is at record levels.
Effects test: the case for
The claim that changing the law will chill competition is just wrong.
'What this is really about is a personality clash'
It's the worst kept secret in the tax world: Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan and his chief scrutineer Ali Noroozi, don't see eye to eye.
Punishing super savers won't fix broken tax system
Changing super rules to squeeze a handful of wealthy people will simply hurt the many trying to prepare for retirement.
Jobless rate drops to 5.8pc
The jobless rate fell in February to 5.8 per cent as fewer people looked for work sharply reducing chances of any RBA rate cut.
Investors said don't expand overseas, CEOs reveal
Two chief executives, Richard Goyder and Alison Watkins, revealed they have been pressured by large shareholders not to invest overseas.
