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Andrew Forrest's Fortescue joins hydrogen push with CSIRO tie-up

Andrew Forrest's Fortescue joins hydrogen push with CSIRO tie-up

Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has partnered with the CSIRO to develop new hydrogen fuel technologies.

  • by Cole Latimer

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'This won't reduce power bills': Industry rubbishes forced divestment plan
Energy

'This won't reduce power bills': Industry rubbishes forced divestment plan

Energy groups say the government's proposed powers to force power generators to sell off assets won't help reduce power prices and could be unconstitutional.

  • by Cole Latimer
Five factors that could turn Australia's property market slump into a crash
Property prices

Five factors that could turn Australia's property market slump into a crash

The property market slump has been more dramatic than most forecasters thought, but it could get worse.

  • by David Scutt
Government blocks CKI's $13b pipeline bid
Analysis
Energy

Government blocks CKI's $13b pipeline bid

The government has handed down its final decision on Hong Kong utility CKI's takeover bid for gas pipeline company APA, outright rejecting the proposal.

  • by Cole Latimer
IMF sees Australia risks 'tilted to downside' on China, trade war
RBA

IMF sees Australia risks 'tilted to downside' on China, trade war

The balance of risks to Australia's economy are "tilted to the downside" due to a deteriorating global outlook, the International Monetary Fund said, urging the central bank to keep interest rates low.

  • by Michael Heath
New Australian homes are the smallest they've been in 22 years
Property development

New Australian homes are the smallest they've been in 22 years

Despite the trend, Australia still has the second-largest homes of any country, behind the United States.

  • by Marnie Banger
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Benefits from big data at risk from untrustworthy, bungling politicians
Opinion
Data analysis

Benefits from big data at risk from untrustworthy, bungling politicians

Government penny-pinching doesn’t give the data gatherers enough funding.

  • by Ross Gittins
National economy at risk unless oversize truck permit delays fixed
Trucking

National economy at risk unless oversize truck permit delays fixed

The federal government released the review into Australia’s oversize over mass access arrangements this week.

  • by Hamish Hastie
Move over Silicon Valley, tech startups blow in to Windy City
Startups

Move over Silicon Valley, tech startups blow in to Windy City

Chicago, a city that symbolises America’s industrial heartland is trying to reinvent itself, with help from tech entrepreneurs.

  • by Clancy Yeates
Labor's imputation policy is 'criminal' warns leading fund manager
Sharemarket

Labor's imputation policy is 'criminal' warns leading fund manager

Geoff Wilson has launched a fresh attack on Labor's tax policy on dividends.

  • by Mathew Dunckley
'Serenity now, insanity later': Credit Suisse sends a warning on the Australian economy
RBA

'Serenity now, insanity later': Credit Suisse sends a warning on the Australian economy

Australia’s economy is humming like a well-oiled machine in 2018, but Credit Suisse sees trouble on the horizon.

  • by David Scutt