Business
The economy
Why you aren’t getting a pay rise: Blame 'superstar' companies
The productivity gains of smartphones and other new technologies are not being fully passed on to workers as wage increases, a new paper finds.
- by Jessica Irvine
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Analysis
World markets
Dangerous divergence: why the global economy is getting more vulnerable
The world is acutely vulnerable to another shock that ‘’over-burdened’’ central banks won’t have sufficient residual capacity to respond, warns the BIS.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Federal budget
Frydenberg must awaken the slumbering Treasury on cost cutting
There are many new ways to tackle spending but the government is not showing much interest.
- by Ross Gittins
Investigation
Are we all prepared to pay the price for proper wages?
Underpayment is rampant in the hospitality industry. It's baked into the price we pay when we go to many cafes. So what are we doing about it?
- by Ben Schneiders & Royce Millar
Energy
Data centre power use greater than Woolworths, Coles combined
Our love of the cloud means data centres are swiftly becoming one of the country's largest consumers of electricity.
- by Cole Latimer
Opinion
United Nations
UN survey: More women MPs in Ethiopia, Cuba and Tanzania than Australia
The UN figures show 32.7 per cent of seats in Australian parliaments were held by women last year. More than 30 nations on the index had a higher share than that, including Argentina, Ethiopia, Cuba and Tanzania.
- by Matt Wade
Energy
Electric vehicles tipped to become the smartphone of the future
Electric vehicles will be the new mobile phone, going from where people can’t imagine why they’d want one to being unable to imagine life without them, and China is set to be the driving force.
- by Cole Latimer
Opinion
Road safety
Never mind carbon, let's put a price on bad driving
The rising road toll could show its time for a dangerous driving tax.
- by Ross Gittins
Public transport
'Credibility shot': George Street businesses face third disrupted Christmas
Construction barriers along Sydney's light rail line are promised to come down by February, but businesses don't believe it.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Federal budget
S&P lifts Australia's rating outlook on surplus expectations
Australia's credit outlook has been upgraded from negative to stable by global agency Standard and Poor's for the first time in two years.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Mining
Resources sector has a 'massive' economic opportunity - report
Governments should investigate using tax incentives to encourage people to live and work in mining regions, and to encourage businesses to operate there too
- by Darren Gray