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Get on your bike, says Josh Frydenberg
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is pumping up the tyres of the cycling economy, and will launch a new EY report on the power of the pedal.
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- Ronald Mizen
OECD warns on threat to living standards
The OECD has downgraded its outlook for Australian living standards over the next 40 years and warned of budget pressures from the ageing population.
- 1 hr ago
- Ronald Mizen
- Exclusive
- Hydrogen
Start-up ScimTek embarks on ‘east coast hydrogen corridor’
A new joint venture is setting up a network of green hydrogen production sites at landfills, with roadside refuelling stations for heavy trucks and buses.
- 1 hr ago
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Singapore’s regulator steps in as energy crisis hits
The Energy Market Authority of Singapore will step up natural gas reserves after spiking prices forced out the country’s biggest retailer.
- Emma Connors
- Exclusive
- Governance
Shareholder AGMs move online permanently
Companies will be able to skip “in-person” AGMs with shareholders and host online gatherings, under emergency COVID relief the government will make permanent.
- John Kehoe
National ICU surge capacity stymied by lack of staff
A loss of ICU staff over the last year means much of the planned surge capacity to cope with an expected increase in COVID-19 admissions will not be available.
- Tom Burton
Opinion & Analysis
Migration is not a substitute for a more flexible workforce
Australia has a big immigration shortfall. But migrants have also been papering over rigidities in the domestic job market.
Contributor
Australian companies bulking up on optimism
This year could be a record for merger activity as corporate Australia looks through fears of inflationary bottlenecks.
Editorial
Australians need a PhD in ‘borderology’ to figure out the rules
The confusion over domestic borders and travel is mirrored in uncertainty over immigration levels once Australia’s international borders open up.
Columnist
The great interest rate debate takes another turn
Stephen Grenville’s claim that he wants interest rates to actively be pushed up because it is “inevitable”, is like saying we’re all going to die some day, so let’s stop taking care of ourselves.
Contributor
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- Opinion
- Employment
Migration is not a substitute for a more flexible workforce
Australia has a big immigration shortfall. But migrants have also been papering over rigidities in the domestic job market.
- Jo Masters, David Larocca and Mark Barnaba
Yesterday
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Australian companies bulking up on optimism
This year could be a record for merger activity as corporate Australia looks through fears of inflationary bottlenecks.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Immigration
Australians need a PhD in ‘borderology’ to figure out the rules
The confusion over domestic borders and travel is mirrored in uncertainty over immigration levels once Australia’s international borders open up.
- Jennifer Hewett
Prostate cancer screening guidelines ‘putting lives at risk’
Specialists say current guidelines don’t include new technology that can sharpen diagnosis and reduce the fear of overtreatment.
- Jill Margo
Markets test RBA’s guidance on interest rates
The view in the market is with the yield drifting as high as 0.13 per cent on the April 2024 issuance, the RBA will need to show its hand soon.
- Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
The great interest rate debate takes another turn
Stephen Grenville’s claim that he wants interest rates to actively be pushed up because it is “inevitable”, is like saying we’re all going to die some day, so let’s stop taking care of ourselves.
- Richard Holden
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Why you shouldn’t underestimate the underclass
They are damaged, lacking in trust and discipline, and highly self-interested. But the poor are still a force that Australia needs to properly harness.
- Pru Goward
This Month
Three economists defend JobKeeper
Academics on the make now cultivate their relevance by fitting political arguments to economic issues.
- Joe Aston
- Opinion
- The AFR View
‘Sophisticated investor’ tag may have passed its use-by date
A better-functioning financial services sector may not need archaic and arbitrary gates to keep the supposedly sophisticated and the unsophisticated separated from each other.
- The AFR View
Vaccine rush leading to reduced sickness as Australia reopens
The rapid and widespread uptake of vaccines gives experts optimism that the health impact of reopening state and territory economies and borders will be far lower than predicted just a month ago.
- Tom Burton
The quest for super immunity to the pandemic has started
In some people, being both infected with the virus and later injected with a vaccine against it provides a level of resistance that makes them almost super immune to the virus.
- Jill Margo
- Opinion
- USA
Economists must weigh the risk of raising interest rates too early
Whether the looming inflation problem is temporary or long term, making hasty monetary policy decisions will only increase the pain.
- Paul Krugman
Pressure mounts on China to boost stimulus as rebound loses steam
The pressure on Chinese authorities to increase stimulus has intensified as the economy reported slower than expected growth, economists said.
- Alex Gluyas
Tax shortcut for work-from-home claims extended
Rules allowing taxpayers to speed up their annual tax return have been extended to June 2022.
- Tom McIlroy
NSW hospital admissions ‘defying modelling predictions’
A five-week decline in COVID-19 cases will not continue following the end of lockdown, Premier Dominic Perrottet said. But severe cases remain unexpectedly low.
- Aaron Patrick
- Opinion
- Energy
Only nuclear lets Australia have it all in clean energy policy
There are only so many combinations of technology that can deliver clean, reliable power and an acceptable cost. They all include the nuclear power that’s shunned by Australia.
- Elmer Funke Kupper
NSW court rejects challenge to Santos Narrabri gas
The NSW Land & Environment Court has dismissed a legal challenge to the coal seam gas project, finally clearing the way for drilling in the absence of any appeal.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Climate policy
When markets regulate the politicians
Hypocritical Nationals holdouts are exposing regional Australia to risk and robbing it of opportunity in the green industries that are coming.
- Craig Emerson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Chanos fears what comes after China’s property pain
Noted China bear Jim Chanos believes the country’s real estate ructions will have economic and political repercussions.
- James Thomson
