Insights

The support of the South Australian independent appears key for the government as it tries to turn a potential two Senate votes into four during the upcoming parliamentary session.

The online piracy debate has sparked plenty of conjecture but there's no simple remedy available when it comes to enforcing copyright law.

The world's dumbest app, as some have labelled it, just might have the last laugh.

When it comes to arguing about climate science, it would be better to play the science, not the scientists.

A gold rush mentality threatens to undermine security in the emerging IoT, and it will be up to business to demand more from manufacturers as standards evolve.

India moved closer to a scheme to encourage large solar farms as China made a start on its 2014 target while, elsewhere, Sunpower and VW partnered on storage.

The political class often talk up the importance of the fossil-fuel business in America but while the sector is important to a handful of states, energy production is overall a small slice of the economy.

Rising geopolitical tensions have caused nervousness in recent days but there are already signs an Australian dollar recovery is in the pipeline.

Australian society is changing and so are our work habits. Until the participation rate stabilises there's no point fretting over a small lift in the unemployment rate.

China's Wanda Group swoops in on prime Gold Coast real estate, pledging to spend $1.7bn investing in Australian property, while the plot thickens at Australand.

European markets slipped as weak German sentiment weighed on the region, while the Brent oil price fell to a 13-month low amid rising production levels.

Several East Asian nations have surpassed the middle-income barrier, but China's weak institutions and reliance on fixed investment mean that slower growth is a structural inevitability.

Beyond China's hunger for our resources, which trading partners contribute most to Australia's output? Once you take supply chains into account, the results may surprise.

China's middle classes will fuel the 'dining boom', but attempts to become the country's food bowl by selling cheap, average products won't get us far. Australia's strength is in niche, high-quality items, which we can export at a premium.

Now that Telstra is flush with cash, it has the ability to be more aggressive and acquisitive in its attempt to find new revenue and profit streams, most likely in the digital media and app space.

A rising unemployment rate, subdued wage growth, and already high levels of indebtedness mean the property market is becoming less appealing for investors and home buyers alike.