Money
Insurance
What economists really think about cutting corporate tax
Corporate tax rates around the world are falling. Should Australia follow?
- by Jessica Irvine
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COMMENT
Opinion
ASIC boss: It's real money to real people
When the new ASIC chairman was told at a joint parliamentary committee hearing there was a perception that the corporate regulator wasn't feared, the response spoke volumes about James Shipton's approach.
- by Adele Ferguson
Letters
Canberra Times Letters to the Editor: Joyce affair is of public interest
To suggest that the actions of people in positions of power should be protected from scrutiny by "grown-ups" is taking "privacy" too far.
Don't be fooled by the plethora of brands
The four largest insurers offer 30 brands between them - and that risks confusing consumers.
- by Clancy Yeates
COMMENT
Opinion
Private health insurance is a con job
I've been writing about the high cost of private health insurance for as long as I've been an economic journalist.
- by Ross Gittins
COMMENT
Royal commission strangled before it begins
Farcical, damp squib, paper tiger, stillborn. They are just a few of the words being used to describe the long awaited and much needed Royal Commission into financial services.
- by Adele Ferguson
Letters
AFLW: Give the game patience, trust and time to evolve
Readers discuss the AFL's call for AFLW games to be more attacking and free flowing.
'The animal side got the better of me': Son gets 37 years' jail for dad's murder
Micheal Martin was unsuccessful in his first brutal attempt to kill his father. Two months later, he tried again.
- by Dan Proudman
How to beat the health insurance hikes
With private health premiums rising by almost 4 per cent, on average, from April 1, about double the rise in wages and inflation, more people are looking at how they can beat the hikes.
- by John Collett
Perth FIFO dad murdered by his ‘white supremacist’ girlfriend and her lover in life insurance plot
State prosecution lawyer Justin Walley on Thursday told the jury during his opening address Ms Attwood and Mr Edhouse, who were both unemployed, "wanted Mr Taylor out of the way" so they could openly conduct their relationship, claim his life insurance and continue to live in his house.
- by Heather McNeill
Investors cheer AMP bumper profit
Shareholders have given AMP the thumbs-up after the Australasian life insurer and wealth manager posted an underlying profit to $1.04 billion for the 2017 calendar year.
- by John Collett