Insights

The Abbott Government's attempt to take a leaf from John Howard's GST playbook with industrial relations policy is now in tatters.

A slew of property purchases made by Chinese investors in Australia and abroad highlights the strength of China's booming outbound tourism market.

New polling shows ownership of solar is almost exactly the same across Labor, Conservatives, Greens, and unaligned voters. It's one key reason why the Abbott Government got cold feet on abolishing the small-scale Renewable Energy Target.

The decline in the dollar, shipping costs and the price of oil has helped offset the impact of lower iron ore prices, allowing Fortescue to reduce costs considerably and deliver positive margins.

The public stoush between regulators and Alibaba continues and Beijing gears up to unleash 10.5 trillion yuan of credit.

Now might be a good time to look beyond yet another me-too tablet or smartphone. Here are the tech trends set to grab headlines in 2015.

BlackBerrry boss John Chen is muddying the waters with his attempt to equate app neutrality with net neutrality. Here's why.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's more dovish outlook for interest rates marks a big departure from recent months, but it won't be able to sit on the fence for long.

While coal remains the elephant in the room, the two leaders at least made progress on HFCs, solar and climate adaptation.

America is set for its first offshore wind farm with the federal government opening up waters off the northeast coast in an attempt to follow Europe's advanced tapping of Atlantic winds.

The US Federal Reserve is out on its own as central banks around the world look to stimulate their economies.

Chinese international students studying in Australia are too often overlooked as a short-term commodity rather than as an investment for the future.

Market research has found the smart home industry is going to outpace smartphones to 2019. But homeowners are off the mark with their focus on home security ahead of energy efficiency.

The recent huge spike in Australian gas prices has been driven by LNG contracts - contracts that tie its price to that of oil. The plunge in the oil price could mean cheap gas again with flow-on implications for the competitiveness of wind and solar power.

The bid for Bradken failed because the price offered was too high and the suitors couldn't get bank finance at the right terms.

They're the ultimate in narcissism and they're literally taking off. Meet the new drones that are in fact flying selfie sticks.