Pierpont so rightly comments, in "Crazy bonds pressure banks" (October 6), on the damage done leading up to the global financial crisis by the dumping of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999 and the failure to reintroduce it after the GFC.
A royal commission into the banks will, like the hearings, achieve nothing.
From "Big questions about NEM in wake of blackout: Garnaut", (October 7) it is evident a new approach inclusive of supportive infrastructure is crucial as we move to greater reliance on renewable energy.
There is a little discussed reason why we urgently need more renewable energy. It is this: Australia imports nearly all its automotive fuel oils. If that supply were disrupted, Australia would simply stop and starve. This is by far the biggest threat to our security that exists today.
The appearance of CBA chief executive Ian Narev before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on Tuesday enabled Mr Narev to address those issues that have been the triggers in the call for a royal commission ("Regulating profits 'dangerous'," October 5).
In "Importance of super to retirees is 'overblown"' (October 3), the Grattan Institute has proven again how out of touch they are in their b...
Peter Fish's "Bought for $1.3m, Blue Poles now worth $350m" (September 26) contrasts the huge controversy associated with the Blue Poles acq...
The South Australian power disruption makes a powerful point. Our problem is not the gradually increasing penetration of renewable energy so...
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was in so many ways a much better project for Sydney than WestConnex will ever be.
The current focus on pipeline pricing shows a misunderstanding of the role of transportation in the gas supply chain ("Cottee's hot air wins...
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