March
Ballarat mine criminal lawsuit looms
The former owner of the Ballarat gold mine where one worker was killed and another injured in a collapse 500 metres underground was being pursued for unpaid rehabilitation bonds.
- Updated
- Peter Ker and Gus McCubbing
May 2023
Australia complacent about earthquake catastrophe: seismologists
Many of Australia’s cities sit on fault lines, leaving many of the country’s older buildings vulnerable to catastrophe, warn seismology experts.
- Tom Burton
Buildings crack, roads buckle in magnitude-3.8 Melbourne earthquake
Wide parts of the city have been hit by a tremor that shook residents awake with swaying buildings and a loud roaring sound.
- Tom Burton
August 2020
The make or break skills for consultants amid lockdown
Emotional intelligence is more important than ever when communicating over video as people work from home, says KPMG's Sarah Overton.
- Edmund Tadros
- Opinion
- Australian recession
Lockdown will test Australia's willingness to sacrifice
Politicians must present more rigorous evidence and cost-benefit analysis to keep people’s faith that the sacrifices of COVID-19 lockdowns are worth the pain.
- John Kehoe
July 2020
- Opinion
- The AFR View
What price for living with a virus we can't kill?
We must hope that elimination can be the by-product of a good suppression strategy. But the cost of that may be a little less privacy in future.
- The AFR View