Insights

While the rest of Australia is focused on refugees and the carbon tax, the Coalition is dramatically changing the way the public service operates. The taxation system will be next.

A leadership change last year failed to translate into a lead at the polls, but there's one central issue that could see the Napthine government claim victory in November's state election.

The turnaround of this popular department store shows it's never too late to change.

Murray Goulburn is reportedly mulling a bid for Peters Ice Cream, while Bega Cheese directors have bagged a healthy profit from selling shares.

Popcorn Time has a small user base, but its elegant design, accessibility and range of content prove a real threat to archaic models of video production and distribution.

Clive Palmer illustrated in just few short minutes yesterday that he is hopelessly out of his depth once you get into a fraction of legislative detail. Meanwhile, Labor has said it will stick by the RET as currently legislated.

The regulations introduced since the financial crisis have forced US banks to offload many of their profitable, but potentially risky, trading businesses. Macquarie is a willing buyer.

Local market follows Wall St lower after US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said rates could rise earlier than expected.

Many politicians have led Australians to believe that cost-of-living pressures are a big economic concern, but new research from the Reserve Bank suggests our views may be skewed.

Shares in Tandou suffered their worst fall in over 2½ years as the agri-business jumped on a chance to do a capital raising following the recent strong rally in its share price.

Myer's less than impressive results show why it is seeking a merger as a solution to its structural problems. Unfortunately for CEO Bernie Brookes, David Jones' Paul Zahra is yet to warm to the idea.

Shrinking cost differentials have made bigger systems more tempting for customers, meaning the fall away of feed-in tariffs is not translating to a system size retreat. In fact the average system is up almost a kilowatt on last year.

With electricity prices doubling since 2007 and wholesale gas prices following suit, Australia cannot afford its poor performance on energy efficiency. We use more energy but produce less economic output than many of our overseas competitors.

US scientists say evidence the world is warming is as conclusive as the link between smoking and lung cancer - marking an unusual policy intervention from academia.

States across Australia are struggling with a deterioration in finances as debt burdens reach unsustainable levels. Without budgetary discipline, credit ratings will slide.

Local market dips slightly in early trade as Fed taper drives Wall Street lower.