Featured Opinion
Attention investors: the risk of a sovereign debt crisis is back
The financial market volatility induced by the political dramas in France show the world is moving into a new risk regime.
Columnist
Dutton is prepared to take risks, but he is no onion eater
The signature difference between what the Coalition unleashed on Wednesday and the debilitating climate fights of the past is that both parties are operating from the assumption that emissions need to be reduced.
Political editor
Small bank targets a niche product the big four have long neglected
Enthusiasm about the challenge from neobanks to the banking sector has come and gone, along with several start-ups. But Avenue Bank has its own plans.
Columnist
Can big burritos save public markets?
We won’t know for many years whether Guzman y Gomez investors have overestimated Australians’ appetite for Mexican-themed restaurants.
Editorial
Time to promote a woman as deputy chief of Navy
The officer second in charge of the Royal Australian Navy will shortly rotate, opening the way for a historic first appointment of a female.
Defence expert
Why Australia needs to stop being PNG’s payday lender
It might seem a good, neighbourly thing to do. But loans can be damaging as poorly tied aid. The alternative is subsidising direct Australian business investment.
Commentator
Why next week’s Biden v Trump debate is so important
A set piece clash between Joe Biden and Donald Trump will turn less on policies than on manner and appearance. What they say will matter less than how they seem.
Columnist
CFMEU break-up overdue
The real source of John Setka and other union bosses’ political power remains the institutional privileges unions are granted by Australia’s archaic industrial relations framework.
Editorial
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- Opinion
- UK election
The English town where Australia’s latte left would feel right at home
Brighton’s trendy centre has an unmistakable inner-city or Byron vibe – and the politics to match. But can the Greens resist voters who are seeing red?
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Opinion
- Food & drink
What does a $3b burrito taste like? Jill Dupleix rates Guzman y Gomez
Mexican food is at its best when it’s made by hand, with a squat stone molcajete and smoky char from a hot grill, and unlimited access to sun-dried Mexican chillies. This isn’t that.
- Jill Dupleix
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Bullock v the burritos: $3b float speaks to the RBA’s nagging problem
Central banks have a problem: rate hikes are slowing the economy, but a wealth effect from housing and shares is keeping inflation sticky.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Satire
It’s time to revisit all those famous nuclear disaster movies
With debate about nuclear energy firmly in the zeitgeist, the movie business would be wise to contemplate redux versions of some box-office classics.
- Rowan Dean
- Driving With Tony Davis
- Motoring
Is Lexus’ plug-in hybrid the best NX on the market?
A PHEV is either the perfect compromise or an expensive and unnecessary one, depending on your situation.
- Tony Davis
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Winners are grinners at Guzman y Gomez, but real test to come
TDM Growth Partners’ initial $40 million bet has delivered a massive return. But while first-day profits are nice, it’s long-term success that counts.
- James Thomson
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Investing
The fund meant to save Australia held ‘sham’ meetings
The $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund is struggling to find investments, but it is great at holding meetings.
- Aaron Patrick
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why the office property market is still in real pain
Sliding valuations in Australian office real estate means the debate about whether the sector has hit the bottom will rage on.
- James Thomson
Guzman’s three FOMO factors put life into IPO market
As soon as you walked into the listing ceremony on Thursday, you could tell the stock was going to pop. It’s time to dust off those float candidates.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
Why I welcome a nuclear power station in my backyard
I have never been against some solar and wind power. My message is that we need a balanced mix of energy types.
- Matt Canavan
- Opinion
- Inside China
China’s banks feel the sting as problem loans mount
China’s deepening housing market crisis is eroding the balance sheets of the country’s largest state banks.
- Karen Maley
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
This ASX giant is a secret winner from Guzman y Gomez float
As Guzman y Gomez prepares for one of the most hyped floats in years, a $5 billion ASX giant is watching on with interest.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Culture wars
Britain’s arts sector learns the cost of being too pure for finance
A bank and asset manager have withdrawn their sponsorship of music and book festivals in the UK after activists called for boycotts.
- Celia Walden
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Gillard is right: Gender equality must mean no man left behind
The former PM’s view that decades of advocacy have felt exclusionary is a challenge to invite men and boys into the conversation
- Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz
This Month
- Analysis
- Aviation
Virgin IPO may not fly for next boss
There are plenty of big questions for the airline’s next chief executive – including what the carrier will look like, and how it will be owned, in the long run.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How the market lost its mind over the Guzman y Gomez float
The reaction to the fast-food group’s IPO has startled many market watchers. But strip away the memes, hoodies, bulls and bears, and it’s all about valuation.
- Updated
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- The AFR View
End the nuclear ban. Don’t stop renewables
There is a case for considering zero emissions nuclear power but as part of a technology-neutral energy approach to generating reliable baseload power and firmed wind and solar generation.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
Dutton is ready for a fight over his crazy-brave nuclear play
You only have to consider the political context in which the nuclear power pledge was made to understand the Coalition feels it is a risk worth taking.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
Dutton’s high-stakes nuclear gamble
The opposition leader is betting big on nuclear power, and Labor is delighted to take on his challenge.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Nuclear debate healthy, shame about the timing
It turns out Peter Dutton is deadly serious about sparking an energy debate. But is this really about nuclear? Big business is scratching its head.
- Anthony Macdonald
