Middle Eastern players stand to make a fortune if they win control of Santos. But renewable energy project cost blow outs means Australia needs vast sums to fix the damage. It will be a tough decision for Chalmers.
Under Donald Trump, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is becoming more powerful with each passing day, and that could be bad for Australia.
No where else in the world are retirees’ savings taxed on the basis of market fluctuations around the world and at home. It’s foolishness.
Australia needs the strength of Sally McManus, who is uniquely placed to save the nation from a productivity disaster linked to looming power price rises.
The ASX risks being marginalised on the world stage, but ASIC’s Joe Longo doesn’t need a committee to fix key issues. He can start with telling Jim Chalmers how bad the tax on unrealised capital gains will be for the market.
The US is facing headwinds on several fronts. But for the first time in our history, Australians aged between 18 and 40 are turning their backs on the local bourse in favour of Wall Street.
It is a national tragedy the election debate got sidetracked with nuclear when the high cost of energy was replaced by slogans saying renewables are cheap, which was simply not true.
Nuclear medicine is emerging as a new way of treating many cancers. And this latest step forward has jubilant Aussies landing a significant counter punch to a Swiss pharma giant.
Australia must not be led into a false sense of defence security by Donald Trump’s tariff offer that will be based on the US gaining access to our defence and industry vital heavy rare earth mineral, terbium.
If younger employees can nail the ‘hidden problem’ approach – with or without a uni degree – they have a golden opportunity to leapfrog ahead.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/robert-gottliebsen