Negative interest rates 'defy normal logic'
S&P; Global chief economist and Australian expat Paul Sheard thinks negative interest rates are a joke.
ATO gains new powers to tweak tax laws
Tax commissioner Chris Jordan looks set to finally win far-reaching powers to unilaterally fix unintended consequences in tax and super laws.
Roxy Jacenko: 'It was like I was on trial'
Roxy Jacenko, the publicist wife of convicted insider trader Oliver Curtis, says her husband is innocent despite the guilty verdict.
How Russia is weaponising information
An online 'auction' of weapons believed stolen from the NSA signals an intensifying cyber war between the US and Russia.
How Silicon Valley beat Telstra
While Telstra's shareholders wore the cost of the mistake, the founders and early investors in a web-TV company walked away with millions.
Expats applaud super cap backdown
The proposed capping of non-concessional super contributions at $500,000 comes with unintended consequences.
Time to bury 'trickle-down economics'
Halting Donald Trump-style political revolts in modern democracies means delivering inequality-busting reform, says a Labor think tank.
Aussie innovation sweeps US universities
Smart Sparrow's online science teaching technology hit it big in the US. Now the Australian-developed innovation is coming back home.
Flinders to help 26,000 students become entrepreneurs
!n a bid to boost South Australia's lagging economy, Flinders University will teach all students innovation.
Politics a drag on spending: survey
Spending growth across the economy is the lowest in four years, dragged down by political uncertainty.
