This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at the furore over the Future Fund, examine the backlash over Rio Tinto’s attempt to enshrine workplace equality, and ask whether sharemarkets are dangerously bullish.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers created a sensation when he released new directions for the Future Fund, which is Australia’s $230 billion sovereign wealth fund, telling it to focus its resources on three national priorities: housing, renewable energy and infrastructure. Critics are furious.