Insights

IT industry set for a windfall with the Commission of Audit strongly urging a complete overhaul of Centrelink's ageing payments system.

Internet giant's Australian arm hit with a $7.1 million tax bill in the 2013 financial year, just 15 per cent of its $46.5 million in pre-tax profit.

Though it is hardly the commission's fault, focusing merely on spending ignores half the issue faced by Australia. And that creates a significant problem.

The Commission of Audit has thrown all the balls in the air via a federal-state affairs shake-up. That will cause much debate and take some heat off the Abbott government.

Painful cuts to welfare and basic services are being urged in the audit commission's plan to slash $70bn a year.

Investment fund that helps retail investors access micro-cap stocks delivers weak ASX start.

The bank's result strongly vindicates Mike Smith's pursuit of diversification in Asia -- though its continual reduction of bad debt charges may be drawing near its close.

Local market begins almost completely flat despite strong Wall St leads.

The concentration of CO2 remained over 400 parts per million across every day in April marking a key milestone of a warming world.

The corporate world is waking up to the benefits of being an early adopter but innovation is about culture not just the product.

The online freelance jobs marketplace is growing exponentially and the recently merged, US-based rival to local start-up success Freelancer has big plans.

With almost five years under his belt as Telstra's boss, David Thodey has plenty to be proud of but his biggest challenge still lies ahead of him.

Businesses without an online presence are dying slow and painful deaths. Retail is not changing... it's changed and if you haven't adapted you're missing out on the new buying process.

While the smartphone giants squabble their rivals edge closer to cracking their cushy duopoly.

Padbury Mining has abandoned its widely ridiculed plan to revive the $6.5bn Oakajee project.

China's debt-to-GDP ratio is 125 per cent, which means a crash would be crippling. The former Fed chair thinks contingency convertible bonds could provide a valuable safety net.