Featured Opinion
Great carbon transition must commit to leaving no one behind
The market sees carbon neutrality as a profitable opportunity. But the greatest costs will be borne by those least able to make the transition.
Columnist
Australia’s vaccine-led escape from the gilded cage has begun
NSW and Victoria are now showing how other states - including WA - can safely start to rejoin the world as soon as their vaccination rates catch up.
Editorial
Big bets are coming due for Westpac and the RBA
Peter King is yet to convince investors he has the right approach and Philip Lowe is struggling to make the market have faith in his 2024 timetable for rate rises.
Columnist
Why Meta should have been Facebook’s name from the beginning
There’s a lot to joke about in Facebook’s laughable attempt to escape its reputation as the internet’s most toxic company.
Columnist
The road to net zero passes through nuclear power
Opposition to nuclear power is on par with unscientific anti-vax conspiracy theories, and just encourages reliance on coal.
Contributor
Education establishment fails the curriculum reform test
Bureaucrats and academics stubbornly hang on to education practices and pet ideas that have no basis in evidence.
Contributor
How Morrison stifles carbon market forces
If the federal government can’t do anything constructive on climate change, it should at least get out of the way of those who can.
Columnist
COP26 won’t change Australia’s net zero challenge
Adopting a carbon price while much of the world hesitates over a credible plan for net zero would become Australia’s new competitive advantage.
Editorial
More From Today
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
RBA signals end of easy money
Interest rates will rise sooner than expected, but that isn’t reflected in equity markets that are yet to include the less bullish scenarios in the bond market.
- 1 hr ago
- Tony Boyd
- Opinion
- Interest rates
Lowe says ‘Australia is different’ on interest rates
Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe thinks Australia can resist the global inflation forces caused by supply chain disruptions and labour shortages.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- The AFR View
The sooner interest rates rise, the better
The RBA has conceded that the cash rate could rise in 2023. That’s good: dirt cheap money increases risk while doing little for growth.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Morrison leaves Macron looking like a sore loser
The French have seen only their interests, not their customer’s, right to the bitter end.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
RBA must give up predicting the future
The damage done to the Reserve Bank’s credibility shows why indulging in forward guidance on interest rates is a bad policy tool.
- Warren Hogan
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Global dance aims for a domestic target
Scott Morrison is determined to sell Australia’s ‘commonsense position’ on everything from climate change to submarines. His target is always domestic and aimed at voters in marginal seats.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- RBA
RBA starts weaning property market off ultra-cheap debt
By abandoning its yield target, the Reserve Bank is tacitly condoning the lift in short-term bond yields, which are already reflected in higher costs for fixed rate home loans.
- Karen Maley
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
The Reserve Bank should act like policymakers, not forecasters
What new information will lead the central bank to increase the cash rate? Today’s decision provides zero additional clarity on this.
- Richard Holden and Bruce Preston
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Wealth platforms yet to crack mass market
A flurry of takeover activity among the insurgents in the wealth platform space shows a market reaching maturity and enormous unmet demand in mass-market advice.
- Tony Boyd
- Opinion
- Glasgow summit
Just how clean can two billionaires really be?
Two of the world’s richest businessmen are furiously writing billion-dollar checks in their race to shape the climate future.
- Andy Mukherjee and Anjani Trivedi
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Housing ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ worry Westpac’s King
Boss Peter King says the financial health of those with a home is good. It’s those trying to break into the market he worries about.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Energy
What to consider before investing in hydrogen
Pricing estimates, its place in the global energy mix and where to find opportunities should be on the checklist.
- Mark Draper
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
Healthcare cloud solutions to watch
How to invest in technology companies that help manage patient and healthcare outcomes.
- Elio D'Amato
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Inside Brookfield’s decades-long bet on AusNet
Brookfield sees its acquisition as a long-term bet on Australia’s transition to net zero that will require huge amounts of capital.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Big four
Bankers stand to win, and lose, from rising interest rates
The country’s bankers have mixed feelings as they contemplate the growing willingness of central bankers around the world to tighten monetary policy to curb rising prices.
- Karen Maley
- Opinion
- Glasgow summit
Too many tagalongs, too high a carbon footprint at COP26
Many COP26 attendees are bag carriers, professional lobbyists and other inessential extras. Better for them to attend digitally.
- The Lex Column
- Opinion
- Property investment
Where the winners are in commercial property
Looking for key investment opportunities? We outline what lies ahead for real estate in the industrial, office, retail and hospitality sectors.
- Sam Tamblyn
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Westpac’s shocker will test market’s faith
A sharp fall in margins and a sharp rise in costs will test the market’s faith in Westpac CEO Peter King’s rescue plan.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Glasgow summit
Funding clean technology is the way to avoid climate disaster
We need to turn lab-proven concepts into ubiquitous products that people want and can afford to buy, writes Bill Gates.
- Updated
- Bill Gates
- Opinion
- Super wars
Super fund trustee snouts in the trough
The country’s $3.3 trillion superannuation industry has been rocked by revelations that some could have been switching their investment funds for personal gain.
- Karen Maley
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Climate change is the trade of the decade
While world leaders meet in Glasgow to plot their elimination, coal companies in Australia are thriving.
- Aaron Patrick
