Insights

Not only did we spend too much over the past decade creating excessive network capacity, but the system we have is already outdated.

With a rapidly ageing population, New Zealand faces serious fiscal challenges that should be addressed sooner rather than later.

Positive data supported US investor sentiment overnight, while European shares were mixed over weaker eurozone manufacturing numbers.

Europe's problems are tiny in comparison to those of Japan. The region is not about to enter a 'lost decade'.

Plummeting iron ore prices could see increased M&A activity in the mining sector, while Glencore weighs another bid for BHP Billiton's Nickel West assets.

Everything needs to go right for Newcrest -- gold price, currency, production and costs -- simply to justify the current share price.

The US dollar is on the move and two factors are working in its favour, particularly when compared to the euro and the yen. First, the United States is consistently outperforming Europe and Japan in terms of economic growth and dynamism - and will likely continue to do so.

The growth in China's property sector has been substantial in the course of the last 15 years. This has been fed by the country's rapid urbanisation and, more worryingly, by speculation as households seek higher returning assets.

Unprecedented joint statement urges Labor and Coalition to restart negotiations which grant aluminium an exemption from the Renewable Energy Target while also providing 'strong target that supports the future of renewable energy'. Will it achieve it anything?

$1 per watt solar systems are being advertised now for even small 1 kilowatt installations. The cost of electricity is so much lower than what power companies can offer that they are left with a stark choice: be eaten by others or do it yourself.

I was wrong about the China FTA, but not about Beijing's drive to create a new regional order.

Curtin University research fellow Jemma Green talks about how battery technology means that renewable energy will reach price parity with grid power in a matter of years.

Even as the price of iron ore continues to decline, the economics of ramping up volumes will remain compelling for Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.

The Facebook-owned messaging service has joined Google and Apple in offering encryption to the masses, but is it all smoke and mirrors?

The ACCC's decision to launch legal action against the CFMEU is a step in the right direction, but there is much work to be done on breaking up the cosy relationships between big corporations and the unions.

Growth of air-conditioning and refrigerated storage, particularly in China and India, is making HFCs among the fastest growing sources of emissions - making next week's Paris meeting a crucial moment in the global warming fight.