Insights

The Chinese Government's determination to curb environmental pollution is set to radically reshape the structure of Australia's energy industry.

Jim Green's indictment of Fukushima fails to weigh the benefits of nuclear, such as the health dividends from a world with fewer wood stoves and coal plants.

Australia needs to better understand its own history and traditions, as well as Asia's, if it is to truly embrace the region it's a part of.

The growth rates of the top solar markets in 2013 shows a distinct shift of end-market demand away from Europe and towards Asia, though not Australia.

As New Zealand's economy gathers momentum, and inflationary pressures continue to rise, watch out for more interest rate rises over the coming year.

European power giants E.ON and Enel are looking abroad as distributed generation continues to lay waste to conventional business models across the continent.

How can countries like Australia prevent and deter further abuse of tax avoidance loopholes that are rooted in other jurisdictions?

A loss in the WA Senate re-run and the upcoming state elections may not be a bad outcome for Bill Shorten. Firing blanks for now could be a boon for him in the long run.

Once-trusted London banks are now used as vehicles for fattening the wallets of employees. Corruption has sunk its claws into bankers, and ruthless management from the Bank of England is needed to restore trust.

Ongoing US leadership in the Indo-Pacific is required to counterbalance a resurgent and increasingly assertive China and its territorial claims - otherwise the region risks militarisation and war.

US stocks finish mixed as cautious investors await news on the Ukraine crisis.

The iron ore-copper commodity crisis has now spread to oil, which will place pressure on gas export and coal prices. Australia desperately needs a fall in the dollar, but capital inflows aren't helping.

European markets took the brunt of escalating tensions surrounding Crimea's planned referendum.

Social media played a big part in the resurrection of SPC Ardmona. It's a lesson family businesses can't afford to miss - just ask one of South Australia's favourites, Spring Gully Foods.

MMG keeps its options open on potential acquisitions, while Sterling Education is poised for a raise.

A demographic shift and mediocre productivity growth will reshape the nature of the Australian economy, but there are no easy solutions.