Insights

The numbers look set to, ultimately, fall in favour of the carbon tax repeal with all eyes then to turn to the government's 'replacement policy' - and the PUP and Senator Xenophon's stance.

Tony Abbott's rise has been built on the electorate's fear of a carbon tax hit to the cost of living. But after repeal when they next visit Woolies and Coles and open their next electricity bill they'll be sorely disappointed, even with Clive Palmer's intervention.

Livestock emitted more methane than oil and gas before the shale boom, Harvard researchers have found using satellite data, raising new hopes for cheap and fast cuts to methane emissions.

Higher efficiencies mean mono wafers look set to recapture some share from the dominant multis in the crystalline silicon solar cell market.

Microsoft appears to have a pattern with its Windows releases: every second generation is a dud. That makes waiting for what follows Windows 8 all the more exciting.

While Tony Abbott sidled up next to Shinzo Abe he left his colleagues in charge of repealing the carbon tax, which turned out to be trickier than first thought thanks to Clive Palmer.

Explosive allegations about money laundering at the Bank of China should be a wake-up call for Australia, which is fast becoming a destination for illicit capital outflows from corrupt officials and businesspeople.

The overwhelming majority of retirement village residents are in favour of payment structures like deferred fees, which give them access to the comfortable lifestyle they want but otherwise couldn't afford.

Qantas may be considering a demerger of the airline's only consistent performer, while the future of Roc Oil and Horizon Oil's merger is in doubt.

The new building codes of conduct have severed a lucrative funding source for Labor but any incoming government must resist winding them back if they care about supporting the community.

Solid economic growth and a heated property market mean the Bank of England is under mounting pressure to raise interest rates. But several factors are complicating matters.

European markets fell on fears the weakness in Portugal's banking system could spread, while the price of gold jumped on safe-haven inflows.

The local firm, which has doubled each year since its conception, will spearhead BCG's ambitious plans to make Sydney a regional design hub.

The non-mining sector continues to struggle, ensuring that prospects for employment growth will remain poor in the near term and increasing the pressure on the RBA to shift to an easing bias.

The annual assessment of the Australian solar PV sector points to a near billion dollar industry in spite of plunging costs and a significant 11,700 stakeholders. But prices need to fall a lot more before disconnecting from the grid looks likely.

The Federal Reserve is aware of the challenges it faces in ending QE without triggering another crisis, but markets have already focused their attention to the timing and magnitude of a rate rise.