Business
Market movers
Power-hungry data centres are booming in Australia. Can the grid cope?
An explosion in the number of data centres in Melbourne and Sydney, which will use vast amounts of electricity, is looming as a new test for the grid.
- by Nick Toscano
Updated
World markets
ASX hits record high; CBA eclipses BHP as Australia’s biggest company
- by Millie Muroi
Updated
Nickel
PM disappointed with BHP nickel shutdown: ‘We’ll be holding them to account’
- by Simon Johanson and Peter Milne
Currency
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Companies
Fortescue accused of keeping key meeting a secret in intellectual property case
Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue has been accused of failing to disclose “material” information when it secured a warrant to raid the homes and offices of ex-Fortescue staff, who have been accused of stealing the iron ore group’s intellectual property.
- by Anne Hyland
Sponsored
Bulls N' Bears
Killi surges as golden rocks point to new epithermal system
This week’s Bulls N’ Bears Runner of the Week is … Killi Resources. Its share price jumped 262.5 per cent on the back of stunning gold-copper rock-chip assays.
- by Craig Nolan
Updated
Nickel
PM disappointed with BHP nickel shutdown: ‘We’ll be holding them to account’
- by Simon Johanson and Peter Milne
Markets
Updated
World markets
ASX hits record high; CBA eclipses BHP as Australia’s biggest company
- by Millie Muroi
The economy
Opinion & Perspectives
Did getting fired give me work-related PTSD?
If the ultimate decision to let you go came as a surprise, it’s not surprising that it would still occupy your thoughts years later.
Jonathan Rivett
Careers contributor
Forget smaller government, let’s shoot for better government
Randomised controlled trials aren’t just for medicine and pharmaceuticals – they can also help put our taxes to better use in properly evaluated government programs.
Ross Gittins
Economics Editor
How can Australians be so wealthy yet still be poor?
The average Australian’s wealth grew by about 10 per cent last year but the gap between the “haves” and the “have-nots” is growing.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
Banking & finance
Opinion
Big four
Is it too hard for middle Australia to get loans from risk-averse banks?
- by Clancy Yeates
Small business
Meet Max: She’s the top-selling VR game on Meta, and created in Queensland
Like many great ideas, Max Mustard owes her existence to someone being told not to do something.
- by Nick Dent
Booktopia might be on the brink, but your local bookshop probably isn’t
As Australia’s largest online bookseller struggles to forge a viable business model, many independent booksellers have found ways to thrive.
- by Jessica Yun
Media
Workplace
Do You Earn Enough?
Jobs
Ten jobs that earn more than you’d expect – and the entrepreneur who switched careers in COVID
- by Millie Muroi and Craig Butt
Sponsored
IWG
Forget the freebies, flexibility is the best employee perk you can offer
- by Katie Cunningham
Commercial real estate
Mining
Exclusive
Mining
$3.8m brawl: The fraudster, the mining prospector and the fight over gold
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey