PM suffers historic defeat but who won?
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For a government which claimed it no longer cared whether it was rolled on the floor of the House, it fought to the bitter end to stave off the historic and humiliating defeat.
For a government which claimed it no longer cared whether it was rolled on the floor of the House, it fought to the bitter end to stave off the historic and humiliating defeat.
The Greens have backed extra sitting weeks to start dealing with the royal commission but are pushing for changes beyond those suggested by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne.
The Morrison government is aiming to ram through legislation to stop superannuation funds from wining and dining corporate clients to win default fund mandates from employers.
Don't be distracted by 'disruptor' tech stocks, says Antipodes Partners' chief investment officer Jacob Mitchell.
Loans to housing investors slumped to a seven-year low in December as banks remained cautious and a declining residential market dampened appetite for credit.
Labor hammered the government in question time on Tuesday, with last minute legal advice threatening the fate of a bill on asylum seeker medical transfers.
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The accelerated plunge in home loans caused UBS analysts, who had expected a gentler fall in lending of 3 per cent over December, to downgrade their peak-to-trough forecast of home prices from a fall of 10 per cent to 14 per cent.
Cosmetics king Napoleon Perdis will learn by the end of the week whether his eponymous make-up empire has attracted interest from potential buyers.
Transurban's WestConnex win means it now has nine projects due in the next five years. CEO Scott Charlton knows he now needs to deliver.
Super Retail Group CEO Peter Birtles' stellar 13-year career has been marred by a second underpayments scandal which will cost the company $43 million this year.
The packaging group run by major shareholder and Rich Lister Raphael Geminder has taken the knife to asset values by up to $340 million.
Loans to housing investors slumped to a seven-year low in December as banks remained cautious and a declining residential market dampened appetite for credit.
Australian shares closed higher on Tuesday as muted gains by the index heavyweights ended a two-day run of losses.
Business conditions have marginally rebounded in January but are still trending down creating further pressure on interest rates.
The ASX is up 0.4 per cent to 6085 with energy and health stocks leading.
A 30 per cent allocation to so-called "illiquid assets" such as infrastructure and property boosted the portfolio's overall return while hedge fund investments offset a sharp decline in equities.
Super Retail Group CEO Peter Birtles sounds personally devastated that his impressive reign at the company has ended with an ugly underpayments scandal. As he should.
Transurban's WestConnex win means it now has nine projects due in the next five years. CEO Scott Charlton knows he now needs to deliver.
Scott Morrison's message is a political clarion call about keeping Australia strong, insisting that only this government can be trusted to keep the country secure.
Challenger has kicked off a period of financial conservatism under new CEO Richard Howes by paying its interim dividend out of retained earnings.
Enhanced powers to strip extremists of citizenship are under a cloud, with Labor warning they might be unconstitutional and amount to "exporting terrorism".
The Morrison government is facing a pre-election logjam in its energy policy as its generator underwriting scheme falls behind schedule.
The move to single touch payroll for all businesses in Australia is estimated to be worth as much as $1.3 billion in boosted productivity this financial year.
The Coalition could be spared the humiliation of being the first government in 90 years to lose a substantial vote in the lower house after the Greens baulked at a compromise plan by Labor.
The granting of a prized tax break Tuesday to a politically connected Sydney charity has annoyed some competitors.
An Air New Zealand plane on its way to Shanghai was forced to return to Auckland after several hours in the air on Saturday because paperwork for the flight included a reference to Taiwan, Stuff reported.
US congressional negotiators have reached a tentative deal to try to avert another partial government shutdown on Saturday.
Consumption growth in China is "very likely" to slow further this year as the economy cools, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday
Italy's populists opened a new front in their clash with the country's central bank, calling on lawmakers to pass legislation stating that its gold holdings worth almost $146 billion belong to the state.
Britain's economy is growing at its slowest pace since the financial crisis, as manufacturing, construction and investment turn sour.
Given the relatively nimble nature of small to mid-cap companies, they're particularly exposed to the positive or negative influence of decision-making by the executive team.
The Tax Office has stopped $2.7 billion from being lost to the cash economy in the building and construction industry.
How can investors profit from China's race with the United States for 5G supremacy? Finding the answer is as tricky as figuring out the geopolitics.
The University of Wollongong said it will retain control over a controversial course on Western civilisation.
Major companies are hiring graduates for jobs they are not technically qualified for as business shifts to more flexible employment.
Financial institutions will be forced to build up their compliance systems to reduce misconduct and to avoid sanctions from newly-empowered regulators, says a governance expert.
Tony Abbott has joined the man he evicted from The Lodge at the vanguard of elite self-delusion.
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