Prepare for automation, or risk greater inequality: McKinsey
We're not adjusting fast enough to the changes already underway.
We're not adjusting fast enough to the changes already underway.
Competition is driving down power prices faster than regulatory bodies but governments are unlikely to abandon plans to reform the gas and electricity market.
Australia has power prices worse than some third world countries and needs to turn away from coal, a global renewable energy guru says.
For once the headlines have been underplaying bad news. That stubbornly weak wage price index (WPI)? The reality is worse.
The RBA said the economy was some way off full employment and inflation returning to the midpoint of its target, signalling policy will stay on hold
As stock markets tumbled this week, confusion reigns and sage advice is sought.
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has hit out at calls for him to push up interest rates, saying he won’t be swayed by increases overseas.
Victoria and South Australia may hit the electricity price market as high temperatures drive up power costs.
Australia's housing-market extravaganza is over. That's the call the nation's biggest mortgage-lender is making when it comes to its own money.
New data could build on claims the big four banks are exploiting loyal customers.
The RBA has signalled that the next increase in interest rates is some time off, opening the year with a statement in which the key word is “gradual”.
Retail sales fell by half a percent in the crucial December trading period - more than double what ecconomists expected.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the official cash rate on hold at a record low 1.5 per cent at its first meeting of the year.
Tasmania’s government wants to leave the National Electricity Market, which could leave Victoria vulnerable in future heatwaves.
Job ads point to still-healthy demand for labour despite months of rapid employment growth.
New vehicle sales hit another record for a January month as sports utilities flew off the lots.
Australia’s infrastructure boom is getting stronger for longer.
Heatwaves have pushed Australia's electricity system to the point of failure, but new technology could use this heat to generate clean energy.
American author and economic forecaster Harry Dent has made a living out of boom-bust financial prophecies. He says Australia is about to face a major crash.
The BusinessDay survey predicts lacklustre economic growth, a share market that will struggle to keep pace with inflation and a stubbornly high Aussie.
Homeowners should prepare themselves for higher borrowing costs, according to the 2018 BusinessDay Scope economic survey.
We asked 26 of Australia's leading economists for their opinions on the year ahead.
No-one got 2017 as right as Bill Evans. The Westpac veteran picked economic growth of 3 per cent, nominal growth of 5.4 per cent and a steady cash rate.
"The claims are just special pleading from the banks and its lobby groups," said Bill Mitchell from the University of Newcastle.
The Greens want to renationalise Australia’s electricity system, making the poles and wires publically owned again.
Instead of spending money on building the 10th biggest defence industry in the world, let’s build the world’s smartest five-year old’s that can read
New rules forcing farmers to advertise farmland for at least 30 days before it can be sold to foreign buyers are a response to community concerns, the NFF says
Ever wanted to buy part of a power station? Now you can, as Engie auctions off the Hazelwood brown coal-fired power plant, piece by piece.
The NSW Active Kids Rebate scheme is an example of a government wanting to be loud and proud about spending money, never mind the inherent waste.
The Australian government has announced a raft of restrictions on future foreign ownership of Australia’s electricity assets.
The chef and TV star is set to expand his restaurant empire to include seven more Biggie Small stores.
Illuminating the darkened world of sex work.
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