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
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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
The boutique city apartments that come with home offices and luxury concierge services, including dog walkers
One firm is making home offices a central feature, aimed at people living interstate or down on the coast.
- by Nicole Lindsay
$1 billion wipeout: How a Wall Street giant’s big bet on beauty went so wrong
A private equity firm stepped outside its comfort zone to invest in a beauty company led by a charismatic founder. It led to one of its biggest failures.
- by Jordyn Holman and Maureen Farrell
Markets
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World markets
ASX hits record high; CBA eclipses BHP as Australia’s biggest company
- by Millie Muroi
The economy
Opinion & Perspectives
Lazy workers licking their lips as right-to-disconnect laws begin
New laws beginning next month could be exploited by slack workers who want to be unhealthily detached from their workplaces.
Paul O'Halloran
Employment Lawyer
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
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
Opinion
Workplace culture
Lazy workers licking their lips as right-to-disconnect laws begin
- by Paul O'Halloran
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
Commercial real estate
Mining
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Mining
$3.8m brawl: The fraudster, the mining prospector and the fight over gold
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey