Both sides need an energy fix
The reality is that a collapse of the national energy guarantee would leave both major parties without an energy policy months from an election.
Jobs boom puts RBA under pressure
Australia now has the lowest trend jobless rate since late 2012 - when the RBA cash rate was more than double today's 1.5 per cent.
SMSFs warned on arm's length rules
The taxman will be coming after you if you have limited recourse borrowing arrangements that offer generous concessions to your fund.
No radicals at the Hayne inquiry
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne could be forgiven for feeling a certain weariness as he skims through the banking regulator's earnest defence of banks.
SMSF adviser's priority? Himself
Financial planner James Cribb has been banned from providing advice for four years after he was nabbed in an ASIC investigation.
It's time for a 7pc GST on everything
Raising the GST can be part of an overhaul of personal and company tax rates that is now long overdue.
Afterpay surge delivers $100m payday
Shares in Afterpay Touch have now more than doubled from $6 at the start of the year, valuing the company at $2.8 billion.
Alumina shares at 10-year high on surging prices
Shares in Alumina Limited have traded at 10-year highs after a 30 per cent rise in alumina prices and a sliding Australian dollar delivered what some analysts believe were the best margins in the company's history.
Aurizon's regulatory risk looks permanent
The regulatory uncertainty that has wiped $2 billion from the value of Aurizon in the past seven months looks permanent.
BWX denies 'copycat' MBO proposal
BWX has denied claims made by its former adviser in a US legal dispute that the management buyout before the company is "anything but unsolicited"
Evolution weighs up offshore gold options
Evolution Mining executive chairman Jake Klein says the gold miner will consider using its strong cash position to add overseas assets to its Australian portfolio.
ACCC shock leaves Transurban in limbo
The ACCC's shock decision to delay its ruling on whether Transurban can bid for the WestConnex project leaves the bidding process in chaos, and the company in purgatory.
Pay attention to the bond market
Lazard Asset Management's Arif Joshi says the bond market is predicting that the Federal Reserve will turn dovish in 2019.
Best Australian fund managers for 2018
What you didn't own mattered just as much as what you did own if you wanted to outperform the market in 2017-18, the top fund managers say.
ASX edges higher on global optimism
The Australian sharemarket advanced on the back of continued global optimism buoyed by gains in bank and mining stocks.
Buffett freed by Berkshire move
Warren Buffett might finally have found the bargain he was looking for in this era of inflated asset prices.
Two brokers tapped to float Soul Patts-backed company
Bell Potter Securities and Morgans Financial have been hired to oversee an IPO of mining electrical engineer Ampcontrol, which is expected to be worth as much as $300 million.
Opinion
Aurizon's regulatory risk looks permanent
The regulatory uncertainty that has wiped $2 billion from the value of Aurizon in the past seven months looks permanent.
No radicals at the Hayne inquiry
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne could be forgiven for feeling a certain weariness as he skims through the banking regulator's earnest defence of banks.
ACCC shock leaves Transurban in limbo
The ACCC's shock decision to delay its ruling on whether Transurban can bid for the WestConnex project leaves the bidding process in chaos, and the company in purgatory.
Why Australia needs a 'hard' brexit
The best prospect for an Australia-UK trade deal is if Britain cuts ties with the EU – the sort of "hard" Brexit that Theresa May is desperate to avoid.
Super Saturday byelections get dirty
Scandal engulfs byelection candidates a week out from Super Saturday poll.
Worker board reps a 'moral hazard'
An ACTU resolution to pressure to install workers on boards threatens 'the sacred principle of board confidentiality', board directors have said.
Business split over international carbon offsets
Business is divided over the use of international offsets to allow the electricity industry to meet carbon reduction targets.
MH17 misstep will hurt 'bonehead' Kelly
Craig Kelly has jeopardised his preselection prospects by suggesting people should move on from the MH17 atrocity.
Forrest slams 'defective' anti-slavery laws
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has taken aim at Australia and other developed nations for not doing enough to stamp out modern slavery.
NY investigates Trump Foundation on tax
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has opened an investigation into whether the Donald J. Trump Foundation violated state tax laws.
Brexiters lose control of Brexit
You could call this sovereignty in action; or, perhaps, in merciful inaction. The House of Commons has withheld backing for all versions of Brexit now on offer.
US allies move to bolster global systems
From trade to regulation to security, America's traditional allies are accelerating their efforts to buttress a global system that President Donald Trump seems prepared to tear down.
Italy's illiberal new warrior
The League's anti-migrant populist Matteo Salvini is positioning himself to be Italy's next prime minister, writes Desmond O'Grady
Trump can't help his programming
A retraction of a retraction is entirely within character for a man whose entire presidency has been, to borrow his own phrase, sort of a double negative.
Personal Finance
Myer grounds suppliers, cancels the ball
How now are we meant to know who's the fairest supplier of them all?
Super funds notch up 'stellar' ninth year
The best performing superannuation funds cracked double-digit territory to continue a stretch of positive returns not seen since the post-recession uptick of the 1990s.
Hostplus upbeat on unlisted, alternative assets
Hostplus chief executive David Elia sees "no end in sight" for the outsized returns industry super funds will be able to deliver from unlisted and alternative assets.
Universities furious over Defence Department's power grab
Universities say new Defence Department proposals could destroy Australia's research reputation, threaten new investment and introduce onerous regulation for foreign-born researchers.
AI is missing the rights stuff
There is no overarching regulatory framework for technology in Australia. We must address this proactively.
Open plan is as bad as you thought
Open offices are supposed to force employees to collaborate, but new research confirms what many suspect, it doesn't work that way.
Swan calls for CEO maximum pay
ALP president Wayne Swan has called for shareholders to set maximum pay limits for CEO pay, telling the ACTU congress pay as gone out of control.
Lifestyle
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