Are tax cuts enough to win votes?
The budget and Labor's response has cast the battlelines for the long election campaign that has now started in everything but name.
Investors rethink AMP after bloodbath
After another extraordinary week for AMP, the company's shares are the cheapest they have been since it shed its mutual ownership structure and listed on the ASX in 1998.
What the budget means for you
From a savings perspective, the 2018 federal budget can perhaps best be described as one for young and old.
Please, don't leave it all to the kids
Retirees are being urged to tap into the equity in their homes to bolster their incomes, but many would prefer to leave the value intact for the next generation.
AMP woes compounded by advice fee risk
More than $663 million was wiped off the value of beleaguered wealth manager AMP over fears that a potential overhaul of financial planning laws could add to its laundry list of woes.
Labor may cap business tax cuts at $10m turnover
Labor is leaning towards reversing tax cuts for about 20,000 small and medium-sized businesses as the tax wars heat up ahead of a super Saturday of five byelections expected late next month.
Top-end taxpayers set to double despite tax cuts
The number of high-income people slated to carry a growing load of the nation's tax burden is set to double, even after the top tax threshold is lifted to $200,000.
How Saputo won Murray Goulburn
Canadian dairy giant Saputo won the keys to Murray Goulburn but it had to offer more than just the highest price.
Plumbing billionaires make global splash
Australia is more used to mining magnates but the Wilson and Munz Rich List families have built vast wealth through plumbing.
BAML poaches Credit Suisse MD for investment banking
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has poached a Credit Suisse managing director to head up client coverage in its investment banking team.
Leave infrastructure to the private sector
BHP chief Andrew Mackenzie believes the Turnbull government should save its money for health and education rather than infrastructure.
Phone wars: Telstra and Optus take each other to court
Telstra and Optus are taking each other to court in two separate cases where each is alleging the other is engaging in misleading and deceptive advertising.
How to stop your bitcoins getting stolen
An Argentinian entrepreneur has persuaded his A-list clients to not only buy up big in Bitcoin but to pay him to protect their investment. And forget about cutting off a hand to get around fingerprint security; these systems also check for a pulse.
Bank share price pain may not be over
A shift to tighter credit conditions in the economy will translate to real earnings pressure for bank stocks, meaning the big four are at risk of further share price pain.
ASX ends the week higher
The Australian sharemarket advanced almost 1 per cent for the week despite closing in the red on Friday.
The wrong way to fix retirement incomes?
There's an old political adage - usually, although perhaps erroneously, attributed to Winston Churchill - that one should never let a major crisis go to waste.
Opinion
The race for votes is just beginning
Beyond the political bluster, five byelections and the next federal election will be fought out against a much more benign economic backdrop than we have seen for some years. And that changes the politics.
The wrong way to fix retirement incomes?
There's an old political adage - usually, although perhaps erroneously, attributed to Winston Churchill - that one should never let a major crisis go to waste.
A budget week for the government to savour
The perceived turn-around in political fortunes has been truly extraordinary.
Perpetual sees its future in funds management
The appointment of Rob Adams as chief executive of Perpetual sends a strong signal to the market that the board, led by former ASIC chairman Tony D'Aloisio, sees the company's future in the manufacture and distribution of funds management products.
Libs lead in Longman: new poll
The government's hopes of bucking history and winning a seat off Labor has received a boost, although company, income tax cuts remain unpopular.
Labor mulls carbon targets for big industrials
Environment and energy spokesman Mark Butler said if each major sector of the economy needed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, a way would need to be found to determine what that the targets should be.
Budget surplus is key to Coalition re-election
A potential key to the Coalition winning the next election is the ability to serve up a shock budget surplus on a rolling 12-month basis, which is within reach.
Shorten's claims on doctors and nurses don't stack up
A key claim from Bill Shorten's budget reply speech about a doctor earning $200,000 paying the same amount of tax as a nurse on $40,000 is misleading.
Government's tobacco tax grab double ATO's estimates
Government estimates on the tax grab from a planned crackdown on illicit tobacco are double estimates by the Australian Taxation Office of the tax gap from illegal sales.
Investors bet on peace with North Korea
It's the hottest property market in the world right now. And the views into North Korea are unbeatable.
Malaysia's Brexit moment
Malaysia's shock election result has left analysts and foreign governments scrambling to recalibrate how they view the region.
Trump reveals Kim Jong-un meeting date
Donald Trump will try to sweet-talk the North Korean leader out of his nuclear weapon drive when the two meet in Singapore.
Anwar Ibrahim set for early return to Malaysian politics
Mahathir Mohamad says Malaysia's king will pardon coalition partner who helped him to victory.
Trump's next few weeks are make or break
Iran, North Korea, China: The President has set the stage for a big few weeks for himself and the world.
Personal Finance
Super tweaks you need to know about
There was relief all round that there were no big changes to superannuation in the federal budget. But this doesn't mean you don't need to take a close look at all the "mini measures" and how they would affect you.
Exit fees 'tip of iceberg' in switching super
Like most things in the overly complex world of super, exit fees are just one cost of changing funds and they are not the largest.
Key budget changes to your super
Don't be lulled into a super snooze - make sure you're up to speed with the changes that started last year, some still in the pipeline.
The boy from Tumbarumba who sent a phone into space
The Planet Labs co-founder has earned his stripes as an entrepreneur in the hugely competitive US tech scene but has a dim view of those who don't follow their own rules, he explains over lunch with the AFR.
The ATO is watching cash-only cafes
The ATO is targeting tax agents and considering sophisticated new surveillance tactics in its bid to crackdown on black economy cash transactions, according to tax specialists.
Move over Millennials, Gen Z is taking over
The new kids on the block are racially diverse, sexually diverse, ultra-socially conscious and hyper-sensitive.
Lynas Corp CEO eyes ASX100 return
The woman from Brisbane moved company headquarters and her family to Malaysia to ensure the rare earths miner's turnaround.
Lifestyle
The rise and rise of French bulldogs
Frenchies are the latest dog fad but their owners could be in for a nasty, and expensive, shock.
