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'If you don't have the chance to fail, you simply can't win.' Illustration: Peter Riches

We must have the courage to fail in a troubled world

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

It's fair to say Mrs Rinehart's 25-minute conversation with Flint covers a lot of fertile conservative ground.

Gina Rinehart's bizarre Youtube clip

CBD
Sarah Danckert

Hala Gorani.

Donald Trump's sexist comments not helpful for diversity

BUSINESS
Nassim Khadem

Telstra will shed 300 jobs as part of a restructure of its retail business.

Telstra to 'consolidate and strengthen' by shedding 300 jobs

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Anna Patty

A woman eating instant noodles at Beijing Railway Station. The industry grew in parallel with an economic boom that was ...

China's progress is killing the instant noodle

WORLD BUSINESS
Adam Minter

Justice Iain Ross, president of the Fair Work Commission, addresses the AFR Retail Summit on Thursday.

Fair Work boss backs wages for penalties swap

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Mathew Dunckley

More than 90 per cent of people find unsolicited charity calls annoying.

The unwanted phone call received weekly by one-quarter of Australians

CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Lucy Cormack
1 hr ago

Market Indices

Updated: September 29, 2016 - 4:42PM

Updated: September 29, 2016 - 6:09PM

Updated: September 30, 2016 - 12:55AM

Updated: September 30, 2016 - 12:55AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7677

Percentage up/down

-0.20% fall
Euro

Price

0.6833

Percentage up/down

-0.41% fall
British Pound

Price

0.5900

Percentage up/down

-0.15% fall

Updated: September 30, 2016 - 12:40AM

'If you don't have the chance to fail, you simply can't win.' Illustration: Peter Riches

We must have the courage to fail in a troubled world

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

It's fair to say Mrs Rinehart's 25-minute conversation with Flint covers a lot of fertile conservative ground.

Gina Rinehart's bizarre Youtube clip

CBD
Sarah Danckert

Andy Vesey, AGL CEO.

Shareholders reject AGL boss' mega-million pay cheque

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

The energy sector climbed 6.3 per cent to its best day since July 2015.

OPEC deal sparks energy stocks rally

Jessica Sier
1 hr ago

Energy shares are gearing up for a big day after an OPEC deal.

Woodside may not capitalise on OPEC deal

Jessica Sier

The Aussie dollar surged as high as 1 per cent overnight as the greenback faltered.

$A hits three-week high

Jens Meyer

Better times ahead for energy stocks.

Markets Live: BHP soars to 10-month high

Jens Meyer

The 'rascal' actor who took over $3.4b share fund

Tom Redmond and Nao Sano

Banker's $53m pay clawback leaves Wall Street nervous

Olivia Oran and Ross Kerber

Deutsche Bank dismisses capital concerns

NZ housing threatens financial stability

Bendigo Bank managing director Mike Hirst said the loan book would boost the bank's exposure to WA.

Bendigo buys WA government loan book

Georgia Wilkins

Deutsche Bank fired Mr Donaldson in September 2014 after it uncovered irregularities in the way he was valuing his ...

Rogue Deutsche Bank trader banned for life

Georgia Wilkins

Wellls Fargo John Stumpf has forfeited $53 million in pay following the sales scandal under his watch - but pressure ...

Banker's $53m pay clawback leaves Wall Street nervous

Olivia Oran and Ross Kerber

Die Zeit reported on Wednesday that the German government is working on a contingency plan for Deutsche Bank. Possible ...

Deutsche Bank dismisses capital concerns

A report accuses Australia's major super funds for signing off on bonuses for fossil fuel expansion, despite pledging ...

Super funds accused of propping up fossil fuel 'expansion' bonuses

Georgia Wilkins

Pubs have started switching off CUB taps as part of a union-led boycott.

'I'm not drinking it now': VB on the nose as pubs join brewery boycott

Nick Toscano

A neutral grooming policy to prohibit the wearing of dreadlocks cannot constitute race discrimination, the employer ...

Splitting hairs: Banning dreadlocks in workplace legal, US court finds

Josh Dye

Luke Driver, with his sons, Jack, 2, and Xavier, 8 months, often works from home.

One in three Australian workers now regularly works from home

Nick Toscano

'The bottom line is that the weight of evidence suggests that there has been some cooling in the housing market,' wrote ...

Housing market is cooling, HSBC says

Jessica Sier

'Cross the line and you are out for life.'

Better call Sol: The king of Australia's cash registers

Catie Low

The golden goose, TPG, has lost its wings.

Who clipped the wings on the goose that laid the TPG golden egg?

Lucy Battersby

More than 90 per cent of people find unsolicited charity calls annoying.

The unwanted phone call received weekly by one-quarter of Australians

Lucy Cormack
1 hr ago

Coles-branded bread is part of the recall.

Coles and Woolworths bread recalled after metal pieces found inside

Esther Han

Chloe Schmidt.

The cherry-flavoured tablet that 'set off a monster' in Chloe

Esther Han

The NSW Office of State Revenue says it has now identified 7-Eleven businesses that had registered to pay payroll tax.

7-Eleven head office paid payroll tax, says state revenue office

Mathew Dunckley

ACCC chairman Rod Sims said complaints the changes would lessen competition were unfounded.

ACCC takes swipe at Coles and Woolworths

Sarah Danckert

Officeworks's new line of kids products is proving popular with schools and day care centres, the company says.

Officeworks stakes new territory in puzzles and pastels

Catie Low

Pizza Hut franchisees are hoping to take the company for $80 million.

Cheesed off Pizza Hut franchisees get second bite of the pie

Bianca Hall

On Tuesday Justice Lindsay Foster put on hold Lowe's application for a court-ordered winding up until the parties go to ...

Woolworths win in Masters battle with Lowe's

Sarah Danckert

The jobs vacancies data has proven top be a reliable leading indicator of labour demand.

Job vacancies jump to four-year high

According to the report, Sydney house prices have risen 45 per cent since 2012

Sydney at risk of 'housing bubble', warns UBS

A policy to apply lower poker machine tax rates to clubs than pubs has cost taxpayers $13.5 billion over 20 years.

Gambling is killing one Australian a day

Jason Scott and Michael Heath

China's weakness has prompted a downgrade.

WTO cuts growth outlook citing weak China

Police direct traffic around the CBD in Adelaide on Wednesday afternoon.

Parts of South Australia may face prolonged power outage

Brian Robins

Demand from carmakers in China will support growth in zinc consumption for years to come, producers such as Heron ...

China's rusty cars fuel this year's hottest metal rally

David Stringer

Clive Palmer has suffered a setback in Brisbane Supreme Court.

Clive Palmer loses legal bid against QN liquidators

UPDATED
Jorge Branco

28 O'Connell Street, Sydney, has been sold to the Coombes Property Group.

Office sector benefits from 'staycation' investor

Carolyn Cummins

John Gandel has sold his stake in Charter Hall

Billionaire John Gandel offloads $500m Charter Hall holdings

Carolyn Cummins

Hotel Indigo to launch in Australia

Carolyn Cummins

A woman eating instant noodles at Beijing Railway Station. The industry grew in parallel with an economic boom that was ...

China's progress is killing the instant noodle

Adam Minter

Takahiro Kusakari, chief investment officer of Sawakami Asset Management Inc., right, sits in front of a computer at the ...

The 'rascal' actor who took over $3.4b share fund

Tom Redmond and Nao Sano

Wellls Fargo John Stumpf has forfeited $53 million in pay following the sales scandal under his watch - but pressure ...

Banker's $53m pay clawback leaves Wall Street nervous

Olivia Oran and Ross Kerber

The doors open and close with the assistance of an electric motor.

Boom! This 5.6 tonne Mercedes-Maybach is actually bombproof

Luxury Cars

New laws have made "a huge difference".

'Expect to be prosecuted': Radical approach to cycle safety

On Your Bike

Appropriate reactions to a falling market include, first of all, to sell.

What to do in a falling share market

Marcus Padley

Illustration: Simon Letch

Ask Noel: can I increase my pension by buying a jetty?

Noel Whittaker

Former Prime Minister John Howard: is he a benevolent sexist?

The benevolent sexist: is there such a thing?

James Adonis

Co-founder Amber Cordeaux using Humense's human-to-human virtual reality software with a Vive headset.

Alibaba's investment wing just backed this small Sydney company

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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