Insights

A partner at the corporate law firm expects the National Commission of Audit's recommendations on state asset sales to be implemented.

The winner of the auction for 97,900 hectares of freehold land, just under half made up of hardwood timber plantations, is expected to be announced by the end of this month.

Telstra shares have doubled in four years and if this mature but high-earning company cuts debt with some of the NBN payment proceeds, it would further reduce risk.

The expansion of Macquarie Group's funds management business has spearheaded its double-digit return on equity, while the outlook for its market-facing businesses continues to brighten.

The demise of email has been a long time in the making but along the way it has managed to create clog the systems of many an organisation.

Latest data released by the US EIA shows US gas reserves went down in 2012, after a 14-year trend of consecutive increases in natural gas reserves supported by shale gas discoveries.

Shepherd warns more savings necessary if govt does not adopt $70bn in cuts.

Yes, Australia needs to improve hospital efficiency and co-payments would wisely manage demand. But greater use of private health insurance would simply guarantee worse outcomes for everyone.

Researchers are seeing the beginning of what could be the most power El Nino event since 1997/98. What does this involve and what does it mean?

Tony Abbott thinks a $1.85b carbon tax will destroy the economy, but a $2.5 billion deficit levy will save us from a 'crisis' and a $5.5 billion hit to the budget to pay mothers to take a 6 month break from the workforce will boost the economy. As a Prime Minister he makes for a great comedian.

The message from the audit report is loud and clear: science, research and education are expenses to be trimmed not investments to be nurtured.

Hire car app Uber has picked a fight with Australia's taxi industry, but the real war is with the nation's business culture.

Macquarie Capital, led by Robin Bishop, has seen its fees from advisory and underwriting rise almost a quarter in its 2014 financial year.

78-year-old Ramsay Health Care founder dies after heart attack while sailing in Spain.

Retailer's Q3 comparable sales lift slightly; total sales slip, miss expectations.

Dividend lower than expected despite surging profit, Moore notes improved global conditions.