Insights

Until recently, VPNs were used mostly for business purposes and by tech-savvy geeks but their appeal is growing exponentially.

This biological connectedness between wearable tech and the wearer opens up at least three categories of energy management opportunities.

A raft of federal regulations and incentives will continue to stifle the private health insurance market.

The Senate has announced yet another inquiry into price gouging by power networks. Is this a useless witch hunt by the Greens or could it actually save us some money?

The RBA has signaled its intent to target the housing investors it feels are putting Australian economic growth at risk. James Glynn from the Wall Street Journal explains how.

Yesterday's historic power plant opening in Canada shows carbon capture and storage, despite its cynics, is actually market-ready. So why the recent timid approach in coal-rich Australia?

Staying safe on the internet isn't easy but here are some best practices for avoiding these threats.

In 2000, there were 94 million internet users in China but that number will pass one billion in the next several years. Australian businesses need to do the math and take China out of the too hard basket.

The internet giant's plan to spread broadband to the masses hasn't quite gone to plan. Bridging the divide may have less to do with the type of service on offer and more about who finds it useful and can pay for it.

Human water use has largely reduced the world's fourth largest lake to a fraction off its former glory, with scientists now looking into what larger climate forces are behind the drought which is now finishing it off.

Australia has taken another big step to bring our construction costs down. But Labor's plans to rip up the code create uncertainty.

The Greens appear to have played a deft hand and achieved a significant victory for environmental protection in Australia by stopping the handover of federal approvals to the states.

A peaceful end to Hong Kong's political crisis remains elusive, but the authorities and the protesters will be hoping for one.

The protests in Hong Kong show that the 'two political systems in the one country' formula is unworkable. One is a liberal system seeking true democracy and one is authoritarian where liberal thought and democracy are anathema.

China's repeated attempts to silence foreign reporting of Uyghur issues suggest it has something to hide.

In the current debate about house prices and bubbles, many seem to have forgotten what property indices actually represent.