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Labor shrugs off flat battery projects with $25m investment
Treasurer Cameron Dick said he was confident the $70 million plant in Maryborough wouldn’t suffer the same fate as earlier failures of battery ventures.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and James Hall
Cbus’ CFMEU fallout ‘shows APRA’s weakness in super oversight’
Super funds get “preferential treatment” compared with banks and insurers, which may leave retirees out of pocket down the track.
- Hannah Wootton
Government spending to hit record, delaying rate cuts
Westpac estimates state and federal government spending will hit 28 per cent of GDP by the end of 2025, up from the pre-pandemic average of about 22.5 per cent.
- Michael Read
‘Greens are out of control’: RBA reform dead as Labor rejects demands
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ plan to create a specialist monetary policy board at the Reserve Bank is dead after the government ruled out working with the Greens.
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- Michael Read
RBA overhaul on life support after Greens demand rate cuts
The Greens will not support the creation of a specialist monetary policy board until the RBA cuts interest rates, potentially killing treasurer Jim Chalmers’ signature reform.
- Michael Read
Mercury hits the right note at JMC Academy; buys majority stake
JMC’s alumni include Pacific Avenue’s Harry O’Brien, Universal Music Group’s Brent “Quincy” Buchanan and Animal Logic Entertainment’s Felicity Staunton.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Opinion & Analysis
Young women are leaving men behind (and not only at uni)
Females are now not only more likely than males to be caring for family members, but also to be in work or full-time education.
Contributor
Dutton nuclear policy sell fails to add up the cost
The energy future of Australia requires details – and lots of them – so that voters can make an informed choice.
Editorial
Dutton’s nuclear folly is an economy wrecker
Under the Coalition, Australian manufacturing would face a decade of uncertainty and taxpayers would finance the renationalisation of electricity generation.
Former Labor minister and economist
Suddenly the RBA seems very isolated
Australia’s central bank looks neither hawk nor dove on monetary policy. It seems more of a shag on a rock in a sea of interest rate cuts.
Economist
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Dutton nuclear policy sell fails to add up the cost
The energy future of Australia requires details – and lots of them – so that voters can make an informed choice.
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Dutton’s nuclear folly is an economy wrecker
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Suddenly the RBA seems very isolated
Australia’s central bank looks neither hawk nor dove on monetary policy. It seems more of a shag on a rock in a sea of interest rate cuts.
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America’s first post-election task is rebuilding its credibility
The election remains Trump’s to lose. But the chaos that might follow if he doesn’t win is now concentrating minds among US regional allies.
- James Curran
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Bank investors face $1b franking credit hit
Hundreds of thousands of bank investors stand to lose tax credits under the prudential regulator’s plan to phase out hybrid securities.
- John Kehoe and Jonathan Shapiro
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- Australian economy
Corporate Australia can’t let Albanese brush reform under the carpet
Business needs to get more on the front foot in calling out the policy and political class failure that most media coverage has normalised.
- Michael Stutchbury
How Australia crushed the COVID curve and lost the race
This country had one of the best-designed economic responses in the world, and one of the worst vaccine procurement processes.
- Richard Holden and Steven Hamilton
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I took a pill to fix my drinking problem
It’s the magic drug for hard drinkers that has an 80 per cent success rate, so why is this treatment so under-prescribed?
- Annabel Fenwick-Elliott
Super boards can rely on ‘reasonable’ outside advice: court
The corporate watchdog has lost a case claiming Rest Super misled customers, with the judge finding the fund relied on reasonable legal advice from Allens.
- Hannah Wootton
Shift tax incentives from property to enterprises to lift productivity
Readers’ letters on how to encourage business investment; excess government; digital currency and the RBA; Senate solutions; ALP woes; duck hunting; and energy inequality.
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Jobs data and big-spending governments mean RBA can’t follow Fed
The labour market is softening only at a glacial pace, thanks in no small part to strong public sector jobs growth. That leaves the RBA in a bind.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Australian economy
CEOs who spend less time trying to be liked are heard more often
When company bosses spent less time trying to be liked, they got listened to more often.
- John Roskam
- Opinion
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Six points that Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan has to answer
The major parties are further apart than ever on energy policy, and neither has a credible plan to reduce prices. Where does that leave the Coalition’s nuclear gamble?
- Tony Wood
RBA to keep interest rates high after employment jumps 47,000
Economists said the solid jobs numbers meant Australia would not be in a rush to reduce borrowing costs despite a jumbo cut in the US overnight.
- Michael Read
‘Slam dunk’: Fed cuts rates by half of a percentage point
The US Federal Reserve chose a larger interest rate reduction to kick off what is expected to be a steady easing of monetary policy.
- Matthew Cranston
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Cybersecurity for the C-suite, not just the IT crowd
At Tuesday’s Australian Financial Review Cyber Summit, the corporate regulator warned boards and managers against “cyberwashing”.
- The AFR View
Tapping super for housing ‘a win for wealthy, older investors’
The Coalition policy would increase the borrowing of younger couples by only $90,000, compared with $400,000 for older investors, new analysis has found.
- Hannah Wootton
Minister, watchdog put onus on Cbus to decide on controversial directors
Industrial Relations Minister Murray Watt and the prudential watchdog sidestepped any endorsement of union firebrand Paddy Crumlin to the board.
- Hannah Wootton
