Surge in super fund borrowing helps fuel house price
David Murray mounts a compelling case that super funds should be stopped from borrowing.
Facing up to real-world problems
We have to deal with the world as it is, not the world of entitlement that we would all like
ASX's sweet spot can't last
A heady mix of falling yields and continued faith in the reflation trade has buoyed the ASX in recent days – but it doesn't look sustainable.
Why we're addicted to interest-only loans
APRA knows that if more borrowers are choosing not to repay their loans, its a sign of future problems.
Big banks justified in hiking rates
Three cheers for the brave bankers bold enough to hike home loan rates in a bid to tackle the beast that is the great Aussie housing bubble.
APRA move good news for bank stocks
The ASX is up 16 per cent over the past 12 months, but as usual there is always something to worry about.
APRA isn't worried about investors
Interest-only loans are 40pc of new mortgages, high compared with overseas, in part due to negative gearing. APRA isn't worried about invest...
National's Joyce proves the best vaccine against Pauline
One Nation's tactics are to claim local credit for the hard grafting of the Nationals. Now Barnaby Joyce is calling them out.
China's twin-track futures
China's approach to digital technology gives an idea of how its future economic reforms might go.
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philip baker
APRA move good news for bank stocks
The ASX is up 16 per cent over the past 12 months, but as usual there is always something to worry about.
tony boyd
The bust that made Westpac
The first 200 hundred years of the bank now known as Westpac were trailblazing and nail biting - but it was a crisis in 1992-93 that made the bank what it is today.
phillip coorey
National's Joyce proves the best vaccine against Pauline
One Nation's tactics are to claim local credit for the hard grafting of the Nationals. Now Barnaby Joyce is calling them out.
adele ferguson
ASIC needs more power over white-collar crims
A Senate report says ASIC should get the power to disgorge profits from white collar criminals, among other recommendations.
jennifer hewett
Chinese dream, Australian nightmare
How can it have happened that a two bedroom apartment that sells for just over $1.7 million in East Melbourne looks cheap to me?
michael smith
APRA isn't worried about investors
Interest-only loans are 40pc of new mortgages, high compared with overseas, in part due to negative gearing. APRA isn't worried about investors though.
matthew stevens
The world's worst-timed industrial action
This year's Oscar for the worst-timed industrial action will, without contest, go to the once-all-powerful Queensland coal mining union.
laura tingle
Missing the point about 'Pauline's people'
One Nation's political power ultimately rests on getting voters, but what do we really know about people who vote for Pauline Hanson?
christopher joye
Big banks justified in hiking rates
Three cheers for the brave bankers bold enough to hike home loan rates in a bid to tackle the beast that is the great Aussie housing bubble.
lucy kellaway
Codes of conduct in breach of common sense
Employer codes of conduct breach the principles of common sense. And they are only ever used as PR stunts and an excuse to sack people
