Insights

When it comes to our borders, you may think that ensuring either convenience or security compromises the other. But today's technology can offer us the best of both worlds.

In the aftermath of the MH17 tragedy, Australia will find itself in a difficult position as G20 chair, especially if Russia's belligerence intensifies.

The tech giant's top lawyer is rallying the industry heavyweights to make spying on customer information harder for governments.

Improving science reporting, and indeed all specialist topics, requires contributions from not just media outlets but also scientists and the Australian people at large.

Last week's B20 meeting and a Deloitte report illustrate how the global economy is changing. For businesses, technological investment is a matter of survival.

Researchers have tried to find out how many wind turbine fires happen each year but couldn't find much data. Their assumptions on the data they did find look shaky.

Friday's strong gains of about 1% on Wall Street expected to boost local market.

Mainstream economists have long ignored the dynamics of private debt, money and banks to their detriment. Now more than ever, a realistic and non-orthodox approach to economics is needed.

City centres are the engine room of Australia's economy but poor town planning prevents us from making the most of them. Keeping a lid on urban sprawl will be essential to future growth.

China's economy is transforming rapidly and the traditional economic indicators are less important than they used to be. It's time for analysts to change their focus.

Gina Rinehart is reportedly mulling a takeover of Fairfax, while James Packer teams up with a Chinese heavy-hitter to bid for the rights to a new casino in Brisbane.

The local market is tipped to follow Wall Street's lead and open higher, while the quarterly State of the States report is released.

Many self-managed super funds are about to get hit as bank shares come under pressure from disruptive new players. Opening up infrastructure investment could plug the gap.

U.S. stocks rose on Friday, following better than expected corporate earnings from major players and found comfort in the view that geopolitical tensions in appeared contained.

The Reserve Bank needs a combination of jawboning and an easing bias to bring the dollar down, but the latter is unlikely anytime soon.

Traditional conservatism involved anxiety to protect the natural environment and preserve it for future generations. Tony Abbott's 'conservationism' may win votes, but it's quite a different ideology.