Business & Law

Vital Signs: NBN's new price plans are too little, too late

20 Sep 2019

The mess made of National Broadband Network was entirely predictable. Politicians forgot three basic lessons from economics.

Why Manus leaves Australia compromised in the Middle East coalition

19 Sep 2019

States can’t pick and choose when to invoke international law for protection on a particular issue and then ignore, contravene or decry it on other matters.

Vital Signs: Overinflated talk about an index-fund bubble is very passive-aggressive

13 Sep 2019

Michael Burry was right about the bubble that caused the Global Financial Crisis. He's wrong about the next bubble being passive investment.

Law alumni challenge traditional legal practices with award-winning legaltech firms

12 Sep 2019

Inspired to modernise conventional legal models, two UNSW Law alumni have established online law firms that have been recognised at the 2019 Australian Law Awards.

Worried about agents of foreign influence? Just look at who owns Australia's biggest companies

12 Sep 2019

Most of Australia's biggest companies are majority-owned by US investors. This concentration of overt foreign influence should concern us.

Vital Signs: Sure, economic growth is low, but think about what's gone right

06 Sep 2019

More than good management and more than good luck, we've been blessed by delightfully fortunate timing.

Vital Signs: Business investment is flatlining, and it isn't clear what will help

30 Aug 2019

The government can help boost business investment, but it would take a boost in government investment and would keep the budget in deficit.

It's not just the ABS. It's also the Productivity Commission downplaying the growth in inequality

29 Aug 2019

Freedom of Information documents show the Bureau of Statistics spent a good deal of effort toning down news of rising inequality. The Productivity Commission seems to have been at it too.

Indigenous mothers and children often have no choice but to return to an unsafe home

29 Aug 2019

Indigenous victims of domestic violence are at greater risk of having their children removed due to lack of appropriate housing.

Tim Fischer had his blind spots, but he was an unsung champion of an Asian-facing Australia

26 Aug 2019

Former Austrade chief economist Tim Harcourt reflects on the quirky and kind Tim Fischer.

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