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Obstacles for Kogan after lacklustre listing

Elizabeth Knight   In a business where margins remain wafer thin, there is no room for mishap or bad luck.

The campaign's other big lie

Peter Martin   There's no evidence that South Australia or any other state will "benefit enormously from the free trade agreements the Coalition has signed", in large part because the Coalition has ensured there isn't.

Turnbull – Australia's Clayton's prime minister

Elizabeth Knight   It looks like Malcolm Turnbull is about to celebrate the ultimate Clayton's political victory. He gets the title but Bill Shorten gets de facto control.

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Malcolm, stop fighting to defend banks

Adele Ferguson   As Labor, the Greens and even One Nation back a royal commission into the banking system, Malcolm Turnbull would do well to take a stand.

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The winter of our discontent

Tracey McNaughton   Chill winds are blowing, and not just down Pitt Street and Collins Street.

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Minority government, more of the same

Michael Pascoe   It is sad that we've deteriorated to Kardashian politics, but the reality is a minority government won't make much difference.

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Hold the political panic

Michael Pascoe   Why exactly are we self-flagellating over a close election?

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Banks still facing the blowtorch

Clancy Yeates   Even if banks avoid a royal commission, political pressure is unlikely to let up.

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Voters reject economics as usual

Ross Gittins   Assuming the government scrapes back in, this surprisingly poor election result for the Coalition carries hard lessons for politicians and those who seek to influence the policies they pursue: business people, economists and econocrats.

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Won't somebody please think of the children?

Ross Gittins   There's a great weakness in the (otherwise sound) argument that borrowing for infrastructure is a good thing.

Labor, Liberal to put franchisors in firing line

Adele Ferguson   There is a dark side to the labour market in Australia and it is undermining the economic fabric and giving this country a bad name globally.

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Outages will hit Telstra where it hurts

Elizabeth Knight   Telstra's network outages are no longer just a problem for customers, they've become a real problem for the company.

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Malcolm Turnbull's biggest regret

Michael Pascoe   Malcolm Turnbull must wonder about what might have been and regret the missed opportunity to call a snap election when he knifed Tony Abbott.

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The big four profit off our laziness

Michael Pascoe   Australians are paying billions to the big four banks because we are too lazy to shop around.

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In search of a prime minister for all Australians

Harold Mitchell   With one day to go the media is at fever pitch speculating about the election.

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Banks turning sour on dairy debt

Adele Ferguson   Murray Goulburn's decision to open 2017 farmgate prices below market expectations will put farmers in the gun and banks on high alert.

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Brexit strengthens forces haunting global economy

Neil Irwin   What makes Brexit so concerning is that it accentuates and deepens six global forces that have been building for years.

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More than fear and greed

Tristram Sainsbury   Most Australians would probably class our relationship status with China as 'it's complicated'.

Brexit shock part of a bigger tale of global flux

Britain's vote to leave the European Union points to deep economic and political problems.

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Is Britain just the first domino?

Andrew Ross Sorkin   There's no need to panic yet. Of far greater concern will be if other EU countries attempt their own exits.

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The new world order for business

Clancy Yeates   Everyone from banks to fast-food chains claims to be ''disruptive''. How much of this is hot air?

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Ignore the pollie waffle deficit kerfuffle

Michael Pascoe   From an economic point of view, it's worth keeping some perspective about what the Liberals and Labor are carrying on about.

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Trump a bigger worry than Brexit

Michael Pascoe   It's one thing for the UK to seek a diminished role, it would be another altogether for the world's greatest power to elect a sectarian bully.

Business lobbies sell out Aussie shareholders

Ross Gittins   One thing we've learnt from this election campaign: whoever's interests our business lobby groups represent, it's not Australian shareholders.

MIND OVER MONEY

How investors should react to Brexit

Caitlin Fitzsimmons   Don't rush out and sell stocks or buy gold on the back of the Brexit vote. You might even want to do the opposite.

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Let's have a grown-up debate

Ross Gittins   A more adult election campaign, not one ruled by scare campaigns, would deliver a better outcome for us all.

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Bugger Britain – it's the world that counts

Michael Pascoe   If the Poms want to shoot themselves in their economic foot, I don't care. But I do care about the isolationist small-mindedness that seems to have driven the Brexit vote.