Dagger aimed at Melbourne's NIMBY heartland
Densification of Melbourne's leafy eastern suburbs will help "transform the economic and social fabric" of Victoria, a new strategy says.
Ben Potter writes on policy specialising in industrial relations, climate, productivity. Based in our Melbourne newsroom, Ben is a senior writer on national issues and competitiveness.
Densification of Melbourne's leafy eastern suburbs will help "transform the economic and social fabric" of Victoria, a new strategy says.
South Australia's long suffering energy users face three nerve-wracking summers.
Electricity networks warned they could drive customers away if they try to adjust tariffs too far in their own favour.
The Productivity Commission's Karen Chester explains how a too-expensive plane ticket to visit a dying parent sparked an era of "great economic reform".
About 100,000 household storage batteries would have covered the outage in SA last week. The cost would be about $1 billion, showing how fast technology is moving.
Coal fired power station could be re-opened next summer to ease South Australia's blackout-prone electricity system
Alcoa Australia's at-risk Portland smelter has been forced to switch off its number one potline, adding to the uncertainty around its future
BHP Billiton and other large firms demand political leaders take urgent action to fix South Australia's energy problems.
BHP chief Andrew Mackenzie says Olympic Dam's latest outage and SA energy failures are putting jobs at risk.
Blood products giant CSL will begin human trials of three "breakthrough medicines" over the next 12 months and is excited by government inno...
Nick Xenophon's largest donor has had his wish to have Australian suppliers preferred in government procurements granted.
Boron Molecular is exploring alternatives in North Carolina, South Carolina and Singapore.
Why we must ditch the myth that making something "you can drop on your foot" is better than "sheila's work".
Residents of a a housing development in Fremantle will be among the first apartment-dwellers in the nation to be able to trade their surplus...
Suncorp Insurance and AAMI customers will be able to buy health insurance backed by NIB Holdings from early next year.
Donald Trump's 45 per cent tariffs on Chinese exports to the United States would plunge the world into a deep recession.
Energy experts say the "fabulous lunch" of traditional power suppliers is coming to an end.
The company founded by late British motor racing legend Tom Walkinshaw will be Australia's largest carmaker within a year, his son Ryan Walk...
Our cities are eating themselves, chewing up fringe land needed for food production.
Treasurer Scott Morrison has declined to rule out a sugar tax, only hours after Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce said it was "bonkers mad".
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