Insights

Energy efficiency is, unsurprisingly, one of the few climate change related topics the G20 will consider at its Brisbane Summit. Australia should focus on progressing past appliance standards to installation measures.

The week in clean energy saw mixed fortunes for clean energy shares - Vestas up, Solazyme down - while France announced Europe's largest solar farm at $US1.5m per megawatt.

Expanded use of the RMB will have profound economic implications for its major trading partners such as Australia.

You might be spending your weekends doing a bit of spring cleaning at home as of late, but what about within your IT department?

Australian Adobe-killer Nitro is one of a growing number of Australian companies to make the move to the valley. But what makes San Francisco so attractive, and what lessons can Australia learn?

Labor has little to lose from playing hardball with the Coalition on this issue. The question now shifts to how vulnerable the government feels.

Our live blog features rolling snippets of analysis, data and insight, all around the theme of modern business in Australia.

Forget the political blame game. The Treasurer should use MYEFO to fully inform the public about the budget and the need for tax reforms.

If Australia is to join the AIIB, the decision should be based on cautious and careful calculation of what is in our national interest, rather than a knee-jerk response.

European and US sharemarkets were little changed overnight, while the Australian dollar gained ground against the greenback.

The latest Russian gas deal is a huge setback for Australia's LNG industry but the Abbott government still doesn't fully understand what this means for the country.

Macquarie Group puts its $1bn IT leasing unit up for sale in the US, while Transfield Services partially opens its doors to suitor Ferrovial.

Policymakers and pessimistic talking heads have long anticipated the Australian economy's demise, but positive news out of the US should prove them wrong.

Asian developers are paying record prices to snap up land across Australia, and many local property players are being priced out. But don't think this is only a short-term phenomenon. It's definitely not.

In contrast to America's lofty rhetoric, China is actually using its growing material power to redefine the region before our eyes.

Significant sections of Congress are opposed to giving Obama the fast-track trade promotion authority he'll need to secure passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.