Featured Opinion
I’m an energy expert. But buying an electric car baffled me
It was a lot of work, even for someone who’s spent a career advocating for lower emissions. A less passionate citizen would not have stayed the course.
Energy expert
Honesty about wind and gas is best energy transition policy
The willingness to lead and tell the truth about the energy transition is lacking across the political spectrum.
Editorial
Election date is now caught in the eye of the storm
Cyclone Alfred threatens to inject more uncertainty into a contest, the outcome of which is already impossible to predict.
Political editor
Time to take politics out of the energy debate
Spreading misinformation about the impacts of offshore wind takes advantage of, and feeds into, legitimate community concerns and apprehensions.
Contributor
Yes, America is fickle – but it’s also our best ally
The only difference between Donald Trump and his Republican and Democrat predecessors is that he is nakedly honest about America’s interests.
Columnist
Trump’s glory moment upstages the world
The US president’s address to congress was Donald Trump’s favourite version of reality TV, featuring himself as the star.
Columnist
What’s the future of Australia’s capital markets?
The regulatory landscape needs to adapt to the growing importance of private markets while ensuring that public ones remain competitive and attractive to companies.
Finance expert
Alfred the one thing neither Albanese nor Dutton can control
The prime minister claims he’s not thinking about the election as the tropical cyclone threatens his best-laid plans.
Political editor
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Trump’s tariff pullback shows honeymoon may be over
The US president’s backtrack on imposing tariffs on Canada and Mexico shows that political gravity may apply to him after all.
Donald Trump is the political equivalent of a natural disaster
Trump’s tariffs on Australian aluminium will have a modest economic impact, but his assault on US allies is changing Australia’s place in the world.
13 stock picks from top female fundies (and how to trade Trump)
It’s not a comfortable time to invest as the US president shocks markets daily. But for investors who can be selective, there may be bargains.
WiseTech shareholders just one cheeseburger away from the void
Richard White’s blind confidence in his own understanding of people – learned from those psychology books he recommends to women on LinkedIn – is deeply misplaced.
Meet the Melburnian on her way to running General Motors
Jess Bala is about to introduce Cadillacs to Australia, but her ambitions at the motoring multinational are as big as a Chevrolet Silverado.
Yesterday
ANZUS and AUKUS will never be the same
It is time to reassess the nature of our relationship with the United States and where it fits within our wider national interest.
The Trump slump that could be good for Australia’s war on rising costs
While the RBA is worried global tariffs could hit Australia’s economy, commodities strategists say the oil price will keep sinking. That’s important.
Who are the super directors facing APRA’s tenure limit?
There will scarcely be a board of a major industry super fund untouched if the prudential regulator comes after these lucrative patronages.
Cbus drama puts industry funds in APRA’s sights
The regulator wants to force new standards for the skills and capabilities of directors of financial services institutions. Industry super funds appear to be particularly in its sights.
Trump just set off a chain reaction across global markets
There’s a good argument, of course, that what Donald Trump is doing is long overdue. But for investors, the shift in the fiscal impulse really matters.
Couples can do the ‘switcheroo’ to increase age pension payments
There are ways couples can rearrange their financial affairs to maximise their eligibility for Centrelink entitlements.
There is a third option for helping your kids buy a home
Parents considering helping their kids into the property market must weigh up the risks and problems of each method of assistance.
This Month
Wong should have sent a stronger message about China and US uncertainty
The foreign minister missed an opportunity to be firm about the challenges from Beijing and the US, and Australia’s defence.
Want to play the housing rebound? Here’s how
What’s the best way in to a residential real estate recovery? Debt or equity, listed or unlisted, build-to-rent, student housing, or land lease?
Questions for Virgin investors in Qatar deal
Readers’ letters on what the tie-up means for future shareholders, the ANZUS pact, Ukraine’s critical minerals, Donald Trump pausing military aid, sustainable investment, and Clive Palmer’s election ads
Virgin’s new boss flies in with strict instructions
Is “nothing silly” what Dave Emerson, the incoming boss of Australia’s No.2 airline, wants to hear? It doesn’t matter.
Tim Sims, David Di Pilla actually want ASIC’s private markets scrutiny
Wise heads of Australia’s private capital sector say the corporate regulator is right to give the industry a health check.
What we should tell first-time mothers about maternity leave
Women would feel better if saying anything negative about maternity leave was not frowned upon.
Labor says supporting Ukraine an easy choice, but what about Taiwan?
The Chinese live-fire fiasco showed the government’s short-term domestic political considerations are hampering our ability to deter and damaging our credibility as an alliance partner.
Crisis PR firm Sodali lurches into its own crisis
CEO whisperer Ross Thornton quit in February, and now local chief executive Christian Sealey has departed. What crisis firm will advise TPG on what to do next?
Numbers show antisemitism in Australia can’t compare to Islamophobia
It’s possible to see the relative intensity of the two problems – for Jews it’s worse by about sixty to one.