Business
The economy
‘The risk has gone up’: Petrol prices are at a two-year low, but maybe not for long
Australian drivers face a heightened risk of petrol prices climbing yet again if fighting in the Middle East intensifies and disrupts oil supply.
- by Simon Johanson and Nick Toscano
Latest
Renewables’ half-hour of power on the east coast
Australia’s energy transition reached a record this week as renewables hit 74 per cent of the electricity mix for a half-hour period.
- by Nick Toscano
Opinion
World markets
China is in deep trouble despite a surging sharemarket
While the People’s Bank of China’s monetary blitz has ignited the sharemarket, it doesn’t fix its economic crisis. A meeting later this month will tell us more.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Trump wants to shut America off from the rest of the world
If Donald Trump wins the election and follows through on his economic threats, it could destroy a system that has been in place since the end of World War II.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Inside China
Shock and awe: Xi Jinping needs to do more to pull China out of its spiral
China has just announced a fresh set of stimulus measures to try and fix its economy. Once again, they are too half-hearted.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Australia’s fossil fuel giants are facing a $30 billion hit
Tens of billions of dollars from Australia’s coal and gas exports could be wiped out in as little as two years as prices keep tumbling.
- by Nick Toscano
Opinion
Biodiversity
Let’s all be more positive towards nature. But how?
How do we stop all the damage we’re doing to the natural environment? The answer’s obvious – obvious to economists anyway.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
Michele Bullock didn’t cut rates on Tuesday. Bernie Fraser is sure she should have
The Reserve Bank’s most iconic governor says businesses are going bust and the RBA is too focused on only one factor in its charter.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Who’s buying our dirty, polluting coal mines?
Acquisitive billionaires are sniffing big profits in Australia’s coal sector, and they’re willing to go where other investors fear to tread.
- by Simon Johanson
Editorial
China relations
Chalmers’ visit a welcome sign of better ties with China
After a hostile hiatus, top-level economic dialogue between China and Australia is a positive step in a relationship that supports tens of thousands of jobs.
- The Herald's View
Australia running risk of gas crunch next winter, warns ACCC
Homes and business in eastern Australia are running short of gas amid new warnings that supplies are tightening ahead of next winter.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
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