Forget the banks, they're amateurs compared with health insurers
Forget the banks, they're relative amateurs. If you want outrage, check out the private health insurance rip-off as demonstrated by NIB and Medibank.
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Michael Pascoe
Michael Pascoe is a BusinessDay contributing editor. He comments on companies, markets and the economy.
Why penalty rates should be sharply higher
This is interesting: the Fair Work Commission has pretty much agreed with the Productivity Commission's recommendations on penalty rates, so penalty rates should be sharply higher for everyone on shift work.
They're coming after your frequent flyer points
Here's something else to worry about: the legion of cyber fraudsters and identity thieves are trying to steal your frequent flyer points – and they're succeeding.
Unskilled and unable: Trump's great jobs lie
For all the turmoil marking the first weeks of President Trump, the big boot is yet to drop. That's when the angry heartland realises the factory jobs aren't coming back, whatever Trump promised.
I've been Trumped – and it is so very embarrassing
"Alternative facts" make it hard to develop a rational attitude about government revenue, expenditure and the future of Australia.
The climate bombshell the politicians didn't touch
Never mind the politicisation of energy and carbon policy – the market and legal system is moving rapidly to instil the discipline and punishment the government isn't game to discuss.
Look! ScoMo unleashes a Liberal revolution
The federal Treasurer and the Finance Minister threw several years of Coalition dogma out the window and it's been reported as if it's just another day at the office.
The end of Australia's political consensus
Government at any price is the lowest common denominator of politics. The nation ends up paying for it.
Trump simply doesn't get it
Donald Trump doesn't get it, apparently is incapable of getting it.
Australia is investing billions in a madman
Donald Trump's statement that the US should have taken Iraq's oil after invading their country in 2003 is a worry on a number of fronts.
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