Insights

There are many reasons to be pessimistic about the outlook for Melbourne apartment prices following a big jump in Victorian building approvals.

Establishment of national property registry on track and new coal tax takes effect.

Tourism Australia is betting on China's enduring love affair with food and wine as a way to entice more Chinese tourists to travel down under.

Three recent reports - from the UN, World Bank and two national US lab groups - provide the latest evidence that the barriers to reducing emissions are daunting, but not insurmountable.

Carbon emissions in Australia's electricity sector continued their post-carbon tax repeal climb, despite weaker demand, with hydro falling and wind generation stagnant.

Supply and demand are key factors in the current commodities slump, but so are fundamental shifts in financial markets and global trading strategies.

2015 is shaping up to be a crucial year for the internet and Internet Society of Australia's brand new CEO wants the government to do its homework.

The small-scale spot market continued to soften in the month while trade activity in the scheme's large-scale sibling saw volatility and a downward trend.

It may not have been front and centre in the Victorian election, but voters' concern for climate change and cleaning up our energy supply played an important role in seeing the Coalition voted out after just one term, and could also cost Labor its prize seat of Melbourne.

Markets yesterday slumped 2 per cent with the miners hardest hit. What drove the downturn, and what can retail shareholders do to avoid getting burnt?

2014 has been the perfect storm of increased regulation and increased customer awareness for organisations and that has turned data into a bigger business risk than ever before.

Chinese smartphones are turning up the heat on Apple and Samsung and these four names should definitely be on your radar.

Markets expect the ECB to implement further quantitative easing amid deflation concerns, while the Aussie dollar plumbs new lows as the economy rebalances.

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Eurozone policymakers are likely to unveil an expansive QE policy to accelerate asset velocity and reflate the equity market, and investors should be ready to pounce.

A collapse in commodity prices in the previous session sparked a global sell-off of shares before rebounding, while major currencies strengthened against the greenback.