Shark pitches to spare steel

The Turnbull government is optimistic Australian exports will be spared Donald Trump's tariffs. Greg Norman is helping too.

Traders plotted to move BBSW

Traders at the CBA, Deutsche and PIMCO discussed ways to co-ordinate buying and selling in order to move a key financial benchmark.

AGL digs in over Liddell

AGL Energy has pushed back on renewed pressure from federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg over its $1.4 billion plan to replace the generation capacity to be lost with the closure of its Liddell coal plant.

Opinion

Jennifer Hewett

The new world of 5G

The UK and the US take very different approaches to Chinese tech companies, particularly in the telecommunications industry. Australia is stuck in the middle, trying to figure out its approach.

Wang Yi: "China and America working together will benefit not just our own countries but he whole world."

China warns of 'necessary response' in trade war

China's says a trade war with the US would hurt both countries, but the world's second-biggest economy did not rule out making a "necessary" response if the two countries could not resolve their differences.

Julie Bishop says Australia won't provoke in the South China Sea.

Bishop resists call for tougher stand on South China Sea

The Australian government is resisting calls for targeted sail-through operations in the South China Sea amid concern in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) it would unnecessarily ratchet up tensions in the region.

The rules of the spy game are no longer clear

Why would Vladimir Putin or his spy chiefs want to approve the assassination of a former spy who had served part of his sentence in a Russian jail and was then put out to pasture in the UK?

Personal Finance

The Hermitage in Sydney's south-west will have a number of options accessible to first home buyers.

Zoning rules cost home buyers a fortune

It's the biggest "tax" you'll ever pay. Zoning rules cost the average Sydney home buyer almost $490,000 - and it's going to get worse, says the Reserve Bank of Australia.