Business
Market movers
Opinion
Federal budget
Budget’s unspoken message: Maybe we’ll pull off the softest of soft landings
The rate of inflation will probably continue falling and should be back into the target range by this December.
- by Ross Gittins
Currency
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Companies
Remaking BHP: the chairman and the $64 billion deal
Ken MacKenzie likely has just over two years left as BHP’s chair. A mega-deal with Anglo American would shape the legacy he leaves at the Big Australian.
- by Anne Hyland
AI, warehouse demand sheds new light on industrial property deals
Investor and developers recently pumped $1 billion-plus into the booming industrial property sector.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Markets
Updated
World markets
ASX races into record territory on back of positive economic data
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
The economy
Opinion & Perspectives
Decline of 138-year-old wealth icon shows bigger isn’t always better
Gobbling up other fund managers wasn’t enough to shield Perpetual from the headwind buffeting stock pickers.
Clancy Yeates
Deputy business editor
Struggle to switch off? Here’s how to (actually) leave work at work
Shutting off your work brain and shifting into relaxation mode is easier said than done, but it’s important to use strategies to help you leave work at work.
Téa Angelos
Careers contributor
I was overlooked for the perfect internal role. Should I move on?
Being passed over for a promotion you expected to get can feel like a death knell, but there might be a hidden reason why it happened.
Jonathan Rivett
Freelance writer
Banking & finance
Opinion
Investing
Decline of 138-year-old wealth icon shows bigger isn’t always better
- by Clancy Yeates
Entrepreneurship
Sponsored
Xero
Collaboration over competition: Why today’s entrepreneurs are prioritising community
Opportunities to learn from and find support in a community of like-minded people is vital when going it alone in business.
A force of nature with a wry smile: Lang Walker remembered
Billionaire and philanthropist Lang Walker was remembered as a transformative force in Australia’s urban landscape at a memorial service at Sydney Town Hall on Friday.
- by Colin Kruger and Carolyn Cummins
Media
Opinion
Elon Musk
Picking fights with social media giants seems to be ending in tears
- by Elizabeth Knight
Workplace
Opinion
Work/life balance
Struggle to switch off? Here’s how to (actually) leave work at work
- by Téa Angelos
Opinion
Work therapy
I was overlooked for the perfect internal role. Should I move on?
- by Jonathan Rivett