In this traditional lull between Christmas and New Year, when the nation’s pace is meant to be set by a game that takes five days to play at the MCG, consider the tale of two astronauts suddenly returned to...
The world’s richest countries have struck an “historic” agreement to reform global tax rules in a bid to prevent big business dodging their tax obligations. The US, Britain, Germany and other leading nations of the G7 reached the landmark deal that...
The recent release of the federal government’s ‘future fuels and vehicle strategy’ and the Australian Labor Party’s climate policy have highlighted how Australia is treading water in terms of the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). It has raised a question...
Young workers face a decade of disadvantage unless the Morrison government uses the May budget to address a surge in youth unemployment, experts have warned. About 108,000 fewer Australians aged 15 to 34 have jobs today than a year ago,...
But Tesla isn’t just a company, it’s also a cult. Anyone who has ever dared to point out flaws with its products, highlighted its tardiness in delivering on Musk’s promises or even failed to agree with Tesla’s stated mission...
Henry said these investors permitted spending on “reputation-enhancing advertising” or “green-washing”, but ultimately the private sector was solely motivated by maximising profits. “The defining feature of capitalism is that business should not have a responsibility to do anything other than...
About 34,000 jobs were lost in April after JobKeeper ended, slowing the pace of Australia’s COVID-19 recovery for the first time in six months. The unemployment rate still fell to 5.5 per cent from a revised 5.7 per cent, because...
Investors moved the ASX lower after accepting US rates are almost certain to rise next week due to record inflation. The ASX dropped almost one per cent on Friday and most share categories fell, in keeping with Wall Street and...
Senior figures in international finance have been warning that China’s commitment to zero COVID is a threat to the global economy, in part because of the resulting disruption to global supply chains, which has fuelled rising inflation in the...
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