Picks of the Week
In this week’s essential reading guide, Kohler ponders iron ore prices and Gottliebsen and Bartholomeusz agree to disagree on the ‘effects test’.
Alan Kohler
Chinese demand for the commodity will be a crucial factor in determining the pace of budget recovery, but good luck with the forecasting.
Next up on the government’s reform agenda
Robert Gottliebsen
The government should be commended for backing the introduction of the ‘effects test’, but there’s still a lot of unfinished business to be dealt with.
‘Effects test’ risks damaging competition and innovation
Stephen Bartholomeusz
The proposed new test for anti-competitive conduct will introduce real uncertainty for big business and could actually inhibit competition.
Telstra leadership shake-up shows the scale of Penn’s ambitions
Stephen Bartholomeusz
The latest appointments to the senior executive team provide an insight into Andy Penn’s aspirations to reshape Telstra’s future.
Start-ups to banks: Wake up, Australia
Victoria Thieberger
Australia’s great sense of complacency has opened the big four banks up to competition from an array of fintech disrupters.
The next big trend changing China
Miranda Maxwell
An expert on Chinese consumption trends says Australia is in pole position to capitalise on an economic shift.
Oliver Marc Hartwich
The eurozone is in such a bad state that even outrageous ideas for future monetary policy can no longer shock us.
Confident King looks to Origin’s LNG future
Robert Gottliebsen & Stephen Bartholomeusz
Listen: Origin Energy’s Grant King discusses the low oil price environment, dividends and the arrangement with ENN.
Most Read
The significance of Turnbull’s Senate masterstroke
Robert Gottliebsen
What’s happening in the Senate is going to change the nation and the business community far more than many realise.
Most Commented
A thought experiment for Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull
Steve Keen
Unlike a household, a country can’t reduce its debt to income ratio by simply cutting its spending.
Bank fee scandal bill mounts
Provisions by the finance sector for its fees-for-no-service scandal continue to grind towards $2bn and there’s more to come.
NAB ban beats Canberra heat
The Hayne report continues to make waves with NAB banning introducer payments ahead of a parliamentary grilling.
The iron ore price will be the most important number in the budget