Tide turning for workplace tattoos
No longer a 'job killer', ink is even infiltrating the corporate boardroom.
Comment & Analysis
Labor's attack muted by super changes
Malcolm Maiden 12:15 AM Scott Morrison didn't balance the budget, but he outlined a path to it that is marketable.
Has the Reserve Bank cut interest rates too much?
Elizabeth Knight 3:52 PM Does Glenn Stevens have nightmares about Australia falling into a longer term deflationary rut like Japan?
ANZ shareholders pay the price
Elizabeth Knight ANZ shareholders will pay the price for a number of imprudent loans that resulted in the bank's profits falling in the half year and dividends being slashed by 7 per cent.
Opinion
RBA's big budget day hint
Michael Pascoe Reading between the lines, the RBA is saying the outlook has deteriorated on the Coalition's watch and there's no sign of the government making a difference with fiscal policy.
Big W, big problem
Elizabeth Knight With its lower price strategy failing to win over grocery shoppers, Woolworths is under even more pressure to sort out Big W.
Read Craig Wright's bitcoin pitch to Aussie investors
John McDuling The pitch deck used by the mysterious bitcoin mastermind to entice Sydney VCs into investing makes for fascinating reading.
CBA showed need for royal commission
Mark Bishop Comment: The terrible stories from victims and echoes to other scandals leave only one course.
Customers pay for Westpac's big bad loans
Elizabeth Knight Corporate loans are failing but they're not the ones paying the price.
Opinion
Why is the technology industry so terrified of tax?
John McDuling The tech industry may be seen as Australia's post mining boom saviour, but that still leaves plenty to be worried about.
Elizabeth Knight
Westpac robbed of record profit
Elizabeth Knight Four major companies have robbed Westpac of the opportunity to declare a record profit.
Michael Pascoe
Subs could sink ScoMo's credibility
Michael Pascoe If his performances over the past few days are an omen, Scott Morrison's budget show tomorrow night promises to be a dud.
What not to believe in the budget
Ross Gittins Expect plenty of crying poor and other nonsense in the budget.
Apple's iPhone challenge
James Titcomb With iPhone sales falling for the first time, the tech firm needs a game-changing new device
Problems aren't fixed with money alone
Adele Ferguson When it comes to protections for consumers, the Turnbull Government has decided to kick some pressing issues years down the road.
Fertile ground for mudslinging fest
Michael West There are no cleanskins in this showdown between ANZ and the Oswals.
Australia needs some scary ideas
Harold Mitchell One in 10 taxpayers get the benefits of negative gearing, nine in 10 miss out. It's plainly being used by those who have plenty of cash.
Ross Gittins
Future bright for young workers
Ross Gittins A lot of people are convinced it's just going to get worse and worse for workers in coming years.
If Carl Icahn is worried about China, should we be too?
Philip Wen Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has sold his entire stake in Apple on the back of concerns over China's economy and the risk of the country's influence on the stock. If he's worried, should we be too?
The not-so-cool side of Twitter
Michael West Twitter, like other multinationals, is hiding its tax affairs.
US reaches Down Under to get Bonds
Elizabeth Knight The passing of Pacific Brands' iconic Aussie brands to US hands will disappoint many. It shouldn't.
Scene set for an RBA v ScoMo showdown
Michael Pascoe If the tipsters are right, Malcolm Turnbull's double dissolution ambition has set up a showdown between the Reserve Bank and Treasurer Scott Morrison.
Clacy Yeates
Too much fuss over our AAA rating
Clancy Yeates It suits politicians and the media to exaggerate the importance of our top-notch credit rating.
Don't give up on Apple yet
John McDuling The iPhone boom may be over - but never underestimate Apple and its gigantic war chest to find the next big thing.
Liz Knight
Goodbye to Helou as Murray Goulburn overmilks it
Elizabeth Knight The crisis which has beset Australia's largest dairy processing company Murray Goulburn was laid bare on Wednesday.
Brown coal: counting the cost of burning mud
Michael Pascoe We're burning more coal, producing more carbon emissions, to produce gas which will produce less carbon than coal-fired generators when it reaches its foreign destinations.
Tweaks won't cure life insurers
Adele Ferguson The system is so stacked with problems, sweeping change is needed.
Comment
Saudi Arabia weaning itself off oil
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Saudi Arabia has vowed to end its reliance on the commodity in an attempt to avoid economic doom.
Schoolboy debating fails nation
Michael Pascoe Negative gearing warrants some serious consideration; in fact that's already been done.
Primary must work on a Plan B
Elizabeth Knight Health company's chief executive placed squarely in frame at Senate bribery hearing.
Opinion
Why you should care about US tech earnings this week
John McDuling The titans of the US technology industry are reporting their quarterly results again and so far they've been, well, terrible.
