Insights

Three members of former national audit commission back govt on welfare cuts.

Wesfarmers doing ground work on merits of a $5bn bid for Healthscope.

Labor accuses Treasurer of creating confusion over foreign investment policy.

Expectations are growing that Stockland is reworking its $2.4bn offer for Australand.

Local market edges back from levels not seen since 2008 before long weekend.

Economic modellers have long argued that Direct Action did not have the firepower to meet Australia's emissions reduction target. Today may be only their first taste of vindication.

In his controversial remarks about the climate debate, the attorney-general confused the right to be heard with the right to be taken seriously.

Group has emerged from private-equity ownership with a solid 12 per cent premium on debut.

Group will raise $2.34bn in rights issue, $400m in placement to fund $7bn Queensland Motorways buy.

The Queensland Motorways network provides the last piece of the puzzle for Transurban on the country's eastern seaboard, while the stiff competition in the $7bn sale reflects the scarcity of good infrastructure assets.

The majority of modern royal families can be compared to a family business specialising in the theatrical. But there are a few who've managed to cling on to genuine power... and their vast riches.

Oculus VR has the potential to facilitate types of social interaction that go way beyond 'FaceTime' but there may be a price to pay.

The energy sector accounts for 15 per cent of global water withdrawals but while many renewables are water-intensive, wind and solar are not.

Funds that specialise in green power stocks are doing well - such as the US New Alternatives Fund, up 35% over the past year - although the sector still presents volatility risk.

While NBN Co's new boss Bill Morrow is wasting little time in stamping his authority, the toxic politics of the NBN continues to bubble under the surface.

Here's how Apple thrashed expectations this quarter.