Insights

There are several thousand megawatts of shovel-ready renewable energy power projects in Victoria that should be under construction and creating jobs according to the existing letter of the law. 3 straightforward changes that cost consumers little could make them a reality.

Tony Abbott faces a stiff challenge in communicating the need for tax reform as he tries to avoid Denis Napthine's fate.

Laying the ground rules for Paris might be the key focus for Lima - but the most important legacy of the two-week talks could be the spirit of negotiations, rather than the details.

NDRC approves more projects worth RMB 51bn and Chinese work 2200 hours a year.

In a desert of indifference, Australia's lost digital tribes are looking for leaders. Time though may be running out for a nation stuck in a 1980s mindset.

Clean energy stocks stayed in the positive amid a bad month for the benchmark, with geothermal company Petratherm the strongest performer.

As China prepares to take over the G20 presidency in 2016, many are asking what it will do with its new-found power?

As long as Beijing remains authoritarian, it is hard to see how it can reconcile itself with voters from democratic Taiwan.

The rhetoric from the European Union highlights how little the lawmakers understand the digital economy.

Why missed calls can cost you customers and referrals.

Australia's youth adamantly believe they will be homeowners; Despite all the rhetoric, Australia is still missing out on the Asian century and Napthine went viral on #VicVotes, and he still didn't win the election.

Overzealous regulators are working at cross purposes with the ECB. Their efforts are slugging small businesses, fuelling deflation and stalling a much-needed source of growth.

It is extremely odd that the Napthine Victorian government was tossed out after just one term. Anger over the Abbott Government is heavily to blame. They need Turnbull's talent in Treasury to turn the tide of anger.

The real lesson of the poll result is that while we all want better services, we don't appear ready to pay for them.

Institutions that fail to deliver on their promises -- either in politics or in the financial sector -- are being shown the door by fed-up Australians.

Nuclear power could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve power system resilience and enhance our supply security -- and it has a new champion in Julie Bishop.