Business Day

Julia Gillard's version of Gonski funding was too expensive because she wouldn't countenance cuts to elite private schools.

How Shorten is wedging Turnbull at our expense

BUSINESS
Ross Gittins

Australians spend more than $1.2 billion a year at Hungry Jack's and other fast-food restaurants owned by BRW ...

Are the profits better at Hungry Jack's?

RETAIL
Madeleine Heffernan

Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon.

Amazon tsunami about to hit Australian retailers

RETAIL
Sue Mitchell

Two boys, 12 and 13, will face court over stealing a car in Kalgoorlie. File photo.

NRMA chairman Kyle Loades sails off on a fresh adventure

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Global investors take positions in the Australian dollar when they want to take a bet on global growth, says currency ...

Inside the Aussie dollar's global domination

CURRENCIES
Myriam Robin

Higher ambition: AirAsia X flies from five Australian cities.

How AirAsia X plans to win back our trust

EXCLUSIVE
Patrick Hatch

Hunter Hall founder Peter Hall decided in late December to quit the company and sell his controlling 44 per cent ...

New bid for Hunter Hall comes with catch

BUSINESS
Brian Robins

Market Indices

Updated: February 17, 2017 - 4:36PM

Updated: February 17, 2017 - 7:10PM

Updated: February 18, 2017 - 9:15AM

Updated: February 18, 2017 - 4:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7674

Percentage up/down

-0.33% fall
Euro

Price

0.7232

Percentage up/down

0.00% steady
British Pound

Price

0.6183

Percentage up/down

-0.03% fall

Updated: February 19, 2017 - 4:06PM

Julia Gillard's version of Gonski funding was too expensive because she wouldn't countenance cuts to elite private schools.

How Shorten is wedging Turnbull at our expense

Ross Gittins

Two boys, 12 and 13, will face court over stealing a car in Kalgoorlie. File photo.

NRMA chairman Kyle Loades sails off on a fresh adventure

Colin Kruger, CBD

Don Meij admitted that up to 2400 employees may have been underpaid.

Super fund questions Domino's

Adele Ferguson

To build on the ASX's two-week advance, it's up to, among others, BHP and Westpac on Tuesday; Coca-Cola Amatil and ...

ASX needs earnings fuel to extend rally

Timothy Moore

"So what that is showing us is that the market is losing its expectation about Trump having that much impact on growth ...

Preparing for inflation, but dubious of growth

Jessica Sier

In the three months through January, sales dropped 0.4 per cent, the worst quarterly performance since 2013.

UK retail sales extend slide

Jill Ward and Lucy Meakin

"The collusive conduct between the respondents as set out above constitutes a single conspiracy by the respondents to ...

Traders named in rand-conspiracy probe

Markets Live: ASX scores second strong week

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Trump market rally helps Medibank ekes out higher profit

Brian Robins

Analyst slashes Under Armour's rating after CEO praised Trump

Nick Turner

Trump bump to cash market, derivatives boosts ASX profit

Claims ratios for add-on insurance purchased through car dealers are less than 10 cents in the dollar.

Would you sell these to your families?

Esther Han

ANZ Bank delivered first-quarter cash earnings of $2 billion.

ANZ profit soars to $2b as it reins in costs, bad debts

Clancy Yeates

Anna Bligh will head up the Australian Bankers' Association.

Anna Bligh to head banking lobby group

''You've only got to look at the arithmetic,'' said former Reserve Bank governor Bernie Fraser.

Fraser review rejects 'independence' quotas for industry super funds

Georgia Wilkins

"The risk of global market volatility, and indeed economic shock, remains heightened": CBA chief executive Ian Narev.

CBA posts record half-year profit of $4.9b

Clancy Yeates

IBM and HP have embraced social media including Facebook and Twitter as part of their internal communications.

Beware: 'private' social media comments can get you sacked

Anna Patty

"This is personal for me," said Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, whose husband died suddenly two years ago.

'This is personal for me': Facebook extends caregiving leave

Jena McGregor

Without a formal contract, Ms Fern was unclear how she would be paid.

Fashion models risk underpayment and exploitation in gig economy

Anna Patty

Adani's $16.5 billion Carmichael mine needs to be re-assessed by federal government.

The coal war: Inside the fight to build Australia's biggest coal mine

INVESTIGATION

Don Meij admitted that up to 2400 employees may have been underpaid.

Domino's scandal: franchisee selling visas

Adele Ferguson

Domino's

The Domino's effect: the unappetising truth behind your $5 pizza

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION

About one in six Australians aged over 18 have an Airbnb account, which is accessible via the app.

The 'luxury' Bondi Airbnb that really was too good to be true

EXCLUSIVE
Lucy Cormack

Medibank chief Craig Drummond: "I want to change the trajectory of the past eight years."

Medibank health insurance rebuild to take three years

Brian Robins

Claims ratios for add-on insurance purchased through car dealers are less than 10 cents in the dollar.

Would you sell these to your families?

Esther Han

Australians spend more than $1.2 billion a year at Hungry Jack's and other fast-food restaurants owned by BRW ...

Are the profits better at Hungry Jack's?

Madeleine Heffernan

Don Meij admitted that up to 2400 employees may have been underpaid.

Super fund questions Domino's

Adele Ferguson

Coles, Woolworths & Officeworks

Millions thrown at supermarket price war

Catie Low

Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon.

Amazon tsunami about to hit Australia

Sue Mitchell

Baby Bunting CEO Matt Spencer and baby Anika age 16 week

Baby Bunting shares dive on growth outlook

Madeleine Heffernan

When do you become a senior citizen? It might be time to think of people younger than 74 as "pre-old", medical experts ...

One way to fix an ageing society - get old later

Yoshiaki Nohara

Luci Ellis says it is not all about owning your own home.

Calm down on housing affordability, says Reserve

Peter Martin

Australia

How Australia can avoid becoming the 'white trash' of Asia

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

The number of jobs rose by 13,500 in the month, but that was entirely due to growth in part time work, with full-time ...

Full-time jobs plunge as unemployment rate ticks down to 5.7%

Peter Martin

The Moree solar farm in NSW uses similar technology to the planned Victorian plants.

Victoria to get its first large-scale solar plants

Adam Morton

Santos reporting an underlying profit of $US63 million once a previously announced $US1.1 billion impairment is stripped out.

Santos loss declines thanks to rising oil price

Brian Robins

"This is a great outcome which cements our position as the leading independent Australian coal company," Whitehaven ...

Whitehaven lifts profit but keeps dividend powder dry

Peter Ker

Former Masters stores will be relaunched as homeware retail outlets.

Signs down, lights out on Masters. Now the rebirth

Simon Johanson

Childcare

Kids boost bottom line for childcare landlords

Simon Johanson

The group said that after two years of strong growth, speciality sales in its shopping centre portfolio were slowing.

GPT declares healthy profit despite slowdown in speciality retail sales

Simon Johanson

A man in Seoul, South Korea watches a broadcast of Kim Jong-un after North Korea's most recent ballistic missile test.

China sends a message to Donald Trump with North Korea coal ban

Hooyeon Kim and Ting Shi
34 mins ago

Tomato ketchup is one of a swathe of food brands owned by Kraft Heinz.

Unilever rejects $186 billion Kraft Heinz bid as 'without merit'

Martinne Geller

Jay Y. Lee has been arrested over his alleged role in a corruption scandal

Samsung chief arrested in corruption investigation

Choe Sang-Hun

Men are flocking to day spas for much needed R&R.

Hands on: 10 of the best day spas for ultimate relaxation

Luxury

A beautiful beast of steel and copper.

Are expensive coffee machines worth the hype?

Fine Drinks

Pockets of Melbourne have an apartment glut.

Nicole helps… keep an apartment buyer safe

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Young Australians often struggle to buy a home without financial help from their parents.

How to help adult children buy a home

Daryl Dixon

Roslyn Campbell says being a social entrepreneur has taken a toll on her health.

The lives and lies of social entrepreneurs

Cara Waters

Fibre optic cables from the NBN waiting to connected.

How businesses are making do in long wait for NBN

Paul Wallbank

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