Rise and rise of $A triggers reporting season nerves
The sharp rally in the Australian dollar could damage profits for some companies in the upcoming February reporting season, strategists are warning.
Elderly may not be given Pfizer jab after Norwegian deaths
Australian health officials are scrambling to get more data on 29 elderly and frail Norwegian patients who died after receiving their coronavirus immunisation.
Recession to force law firms to adopt tech, ditch billables
A lawyer who says he's seen this thing happen before says the recession will fuel clients' unmet demand for lawyers to modernise their manual work processes.
Why Flight Centre's revival faces turbulence
Between the lows of April and November, travel stocks went for a trot. Here's why the steam cooled, and what threats remain.
Tyro prepares response to short report
Tyro executives have spent the weekend fixing its outages and responding to a short report that shaved almost 12 per cent off its share price in an hour.
Culture war looms for Rio over Arizona copper mine
Rio will get hold of land in Arizona sacred to Native Americans to build a massive copper mine within two months – unless Joe Biden or the courts intervene.
Low testing rates stall easing of NSW restrictions
The NSW Premier says testing numbers have to rise before any further easing of restrictions, despite the state 'doing really well'.
Companies
Culture war looms for Rio over Arizona copper mine
Rio will get hold of land in Arizona sacred to Native Americans to build a massive copper mine within two months – unless Joe Biden or the courts intervene.
Tyro prepares response to short report
Tyro executives have spent the weekend fixing its outages and responding to a short report that shaved almost 12 per cent off its share price in an hour.
Recession to force law firms to adopt tech, ditch billables
A lawyer who says he's seen this thing happen before says the recession will fuel clients' unmet demand for lawyers to modernise their manual work processes.
Sales boom for one of the last locally owned paint makers
The country's biggest locally owned paint manufacturer has benefited from a boom in sales throughout COVID-19 thanks to a DIY splurge and more consumers buying local.
- Exclusive
- Energy transition
From Antarctica to Perth: Masdar eyes waste, hydrogen
Abu Dhabi's renewable energy company put solar panels on Australia's Antarctic research station, and CEO Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi sees an exciting future here too.
QBE loses pandemic payout case in Britain's Supreme Court
The ruling on business interruption insurance, hailed as a 'financial vaccine' for COVID-hit firms, could influence similar litigation in Australia.
SwapPay will be Australia's first cryptocurrency for fashion
Founder and CEO Paul Elsibai wants young customers to return and recycle unwanted clothing in exchange for "coins" to be used with his brands.
Markets
Why Flight Centre's revival faces turbulence
Between the lows of April and November, travel stocks went for a trot. Here's why the steam cooled, and what threats remain.
Rise and rise of $A triggers reporting season nerves
The sharp rally in the Australian dollar could damage profits for some companies in the upcoming February reporting season, strategists are warning.
- Opinion
- Inflation
The US inflation pressure cooker may be steaming
The Fed’s tone is still dovish. But what is here now is a shift in inflation probabilities from 'very low to 'not so low', writes Gillian Tett.
The industries set to outperform in 2021
Investors across the board are in agreement that 2021 will be a good year for equities – and cyclical sectors will be the ones to back in the recovery.
ASX 'poster child' Afterpay leapfrogs Telstra
Afterpay has cemented its status as growth star on the Australian sharemarket, overtaking Telstra to become the 13th-largest stock by market capitalisation.
Opinion
Why banning China from buying Probuild is justified discrimination
The security reality is that different rules must apply for takeovers by Chinese firms because Beijing sees every commercial entity as a tool of the state.
Contributor
Porter's a reverse IR culture warrior
The Industrial Relations Minister's third tranche of reforms threatens the LNP and its constituencies and advantages the ALP.
Contributor
Australia playing catch-up in stakeholder-driven capitalism
In 2020 climate risk was to be recognised as investment risk. Pandemic aside, a paradigm shift in global finance is under way – and Australia risks being left behind.
Contributor
Biden’s North Korea problem
If the Biden administration is to make any progress on the denuclearisation of North Korea, it will need to seek better co-ordination not just with allies South Korea and Japan, but also China.
Contributor
Biden inaugural should echo Nixon, not Kennedy or Lincoln
To turn the page on the Trump era, the new President should draw inspiration from another disgraced predecessor. But living up to the healing rhetoric in a deeply divided America is a near impossible task.
Columnist
Washington sends Xi a quiet message not to touch Taiwan
While the world was distracted by Trump's antics, American planners carried on developing strategy to push back against Beijing in the Pacific.
Columnist
Politics
Elderly may not be given Pfizer jab after Norwegian deaths
Australian health officials are scrambling to get more data on 29 elderly and frail Norwegian patients who died after receiving their coronavirus immunisation.
Low testing rates stall easing of NSW restrictions
The NSW Premier says testing numbers have to rise before any further easing of restrictions, despite the state 'doing really well'.
Top judge urges lawyers to take stand on climate change
Lawyers should take a 'Good Samaritan' approach to climate change, says Justice Brian Preston, including by advising clients on the consequences of their actions for the planet.
Trade deal with Britain misses Morrison's bullish deadline
The Prime Minister was among those who said an FTA could be struck within a year, but the coronavirus and British capacity constraints made this totally unrealistic.
States are feuding like siblings. What else to do but laugh?
No democratic country in the world has gone quite so far in restricting movement across its own cities and regions to keep the coronavirus in check.
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World
US state capitals, Washington on alert for armed protests
The FBI have warned of possible armed demonstrations outside all 50 state capitol buildings from Saturday to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.
James Murdoch blasts US media for unleashing ‘insidious forces’
The remarks by Rupert Murdoch’s youngest son are his strongest public rebuke of America’s news industry since he parted ways with the family business built by his father.
Biden plans flurry of executive orders, new legislation for first days
The day he takes office, the President-elect is planning to return the United States to the Paris climate accords and repeal the ban on US entry for citizens of some majority-Muslim countries.
Merkel's party elects leader committed to upholding her legacy
Armin Laschet, head of the country's most populous state, beat long-time Merkel critic Friedrich Merz in a run-off.
India starts vaccinating its 1.3 billion people
The campaign is unfolding in a country that has reported more than 10.5 million coronavirus infections, the second-largest caseload after the United States, and 152,093 deaths, the world's third-highest tally.
Property
Cashed-up buyers back in action early
Early indications are the housing market is maintaining momentum after capital city prices rose 2 per cent overall across last year.
Office rents near the bottom
Office rents fell 11 per cent in Sydney and 12 per cent in Melbourne during 2020, according to new figures from Cushman & Wakefield.
Accolade's South Australian wineries hit the market
The Petaluma Winery in the Adelaide Hills and Krondorf in the Barossa Valley are both up for sale via expressions of interest.
New hands for Ballykeane orchards
The transaction ends the Leone family's control of the 190-hectare aggregation of four holdings after 45 years of ownership.
Lending surge 'bodes well' for property
Home lending has surged to record highs as buyers seize on ultra-low borrowing costs and bet on a sustained recovery in residential property prices.
Wealth
A bitcoin fraud or billion-dollar opportunity?
A Sydney research firm has accused one of the world's bigger bitcoin miners of being an investment scam, reflecting broader scepticism about cryptocurrencies.
Tech stocks to oscillate as smaller names play catch-up
This year is shaping up to be another big one for the local tech sector, but the prices of the biggest stocks are tipped to swing.
Expect about 5pc from bank dividends, say analysts
The big banks are expected to restore dividend payouts to about 70 per cent of profits this year.
Technology
How Twitter, on the front lines of history, finally banned Trump
Banning Trump was a difficult but inevitable decision for Twitter, and one that has divided social media users.
Bribery sentence could sideline Samsung's Jay Y Lee
A heavy sentence could could sideline the company's vice-chairman just as it looks to overtake rivals in key areas.
- Analysis
- US votes 2020
Trump, Twitter and the messy fight over free speech
The decision to ban the President has demonstrated the unaccountable power of the big social media companies.
Work & Careers
IOOF backs male executive accused of groping female colleague
IOOF is standing behind its deputy chief investment officer, Stanley Yeo, despite allegations the prominent fund manager groped a female employee's breasts multiple times.
Coles makes offer to end lockout in automation battle
Hundreds of warehouse workers have been locked out for two months in a key fight for more benefits in the face of automation threats.
Life & Luxury
Fiji's safe silver lining for Australian luxury resort owners
Fiji provides a textbook lesson in doing tourism in the COVID-19 era. Its 'Big 8' luxury resorts are ready to begin welcoming back holidaymakers, having lost thousands of dollars since March.
Ammonite's love story leaves science on the rocks
Real-life Victorian-era fossil hunter Mary Anning is prised out of her natural history shell and into a fictional lesbian romance.
Why a 55-year-long documentary series deserves an ending
For more than half a century, Michael Apted and his documentary crew followed the lives of a group of ordinary British schoolchildren. Then he died.
Brandenberg Orchestra celebrates a 12th-century polymath
The orchestra will pay tribute to Hildegard von Bingen as part of the Sydney Festival.
How this woman adds priceless value to architecture
Esther Charlesworth turned down a chance to work with IM Pei, instead helping rebuild a war-ravaged Bosnian town. The decision set her on a different path.
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A look back at Australia’s most fabulous parties
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