• COMMENT

The Turnbull government's voluntary tax transparency code should be dumped.

• COMMENT

At first glance, Treasurer Scott Morrison's speech on housing affordability might look like an improvement on his predecessor's "get a job, a job that pays well" advice. It's not.

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Tracker home loans could put an end to the tiresome cat-and-mouse game on mortgage pricing that follows every change in official interest rates.

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The $107 billion charity sector is a sacred cow, but also a black box.

The regional TV industry, like Bill Murray’s weatherman in Groundhog Day, is trapped in a seemingly endless time loop, say frustrated network CEOs.

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Getting rid of most bank notes could give central banks another weapon to lift growth and to prepare for the next recession, leading economists says.

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The clouds are gathering and getting lower by the moment but we can learn from the magpies.

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On Thursday morning the board of Crown Resorts will be in the firing line.

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There are some encouraging signs that the economy is starting to pick up and will pick up more over the next couple of years.

• COMMENT

What if the bet on Barangaroo plays out badly for James Packer?

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The arrest of Crown Casino staff in China reinforces the importance of Australian businesses understanding the playing field and the rules of the game when doing business in China.

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What a funny little business the sudden interest in "tracker home loans" is – an apparent desire to have a home loan that immediately follows Reserve Bank cash rate movements just when there's a very good chance the next RBA move will be up.

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Our banks are often ranked among the world's most profitable lenders, but there's one area where they appear to be lagging some big global peers: the incentives they pay staff.

• COMMENT

After a lot of arm twisting, Westpac's life insurance arm has been outed as the insurer declining one-in-three total and permanent disability (TPD) claims made by its customers.

• ANALYSIS

This week, the warring factions of the $2.3 trillion superannuation sector converged on Canberra to fight to keep the $6 billion business of selling life insurance products to super fund members.

• COMMENT

Australia's cultural treasures and Australia's sporting capacities cannot be separated from our financial and social future.

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A good chunk of Scott Morrison's budget problems could have vanished, just as they vanished for Peter Costello during mining boom at the start of the century.

• COMMENT

The industry has serious issues and some insurers are making cannon fodder out of customers when assessing claims.

• COMMENT

For decades the $44 billion life insurance industry has been allowed to operate like the Wild West.

• COMMENT

Despite all those hours questioning the big four banks, the politicians still missed plenty.

A valued client for a broker mate of CBD had what he called a value-add experience.

• COMMENT

For Gina Rinehart it certainly pays to be Australian - and a rich one with impeccable government connections.

• COMMENT

Sight and hearing disorders are only a problem when the Treasurer is only hearing the parts of the RBA's advice that appeal to his ideological bent.

• COMMENT

National Australia Bank isn't the only big corporate donor to quietly put the brakes on cash payments to political parties in recent months.

• COMMENT

The world is facing up to the realities and challenges of a new era of economic malaise. But are Australian leaders really listening?

• ANALYSIS

It felt surreal listening to Nick Abboud, the former head of collapsed retailer Dick Smith, at his final day testimony.

• COMMENT

There is truth to the big four bank's claim that they face higher funding costs, but, as always, there's a catch.

• COMMENT

The ABS and NAB have different ideas about how many first home buyers there actually are.

• COMMENT

If the latest American Express PR campaign is anything to go by, more than a quarter of reward-points-chasing credit card users are even more hopeless with their money than previously thought.

• COMMENT

Charlie has been leaping around since last Saturday shouting "a champion team will always beat a team of champions".