Insights

Local market pulls back from fresh five-year intraday highs to finish flat.

Media reports say that Qantas is priming to sack 5000 staff. But can this be right when Qantas Group as a whole has only shed 405 jobs in the past five years?

With domestic car-makers on the way out, the time is right for Greg Hunt to deliver on his rhetoric about matching Europe and the US on fuel economy standards. He'd ease the pressure on Direct Action and save consumers billions.

It's unlikely a Qantas Sale Act amendment will be available to help Alan Joyce in the near term, and the airline has no choice but to slash its burdensome legacy costs if it's to receive a line of Canberra credit.

Local market little changed after reaching a fresh five-year high this morning.

Age pension policy ineffectiveness has become so obvious Canberra can no longer ignore it. The sooner Joe Hockey revisits his approach, the better.

The NHMRC's long awaited review finds no evidence that wind farms cause health problems but still has the anti-wind Waubra Foundation cheering - why?

The smartphone market just isn't what it used to be, and amid the flurry of product launches at the Mobile World Congress new battle lines are being drawn.

The National Health and Medical Research Council has added to 19 other studies finding no evidence of wind farm illness. The health council has better things to do.

North American operations to weigh on insurer, global transformation strategy on track.

In an attempt to mitigate the effects of China's looming labour shortage, Beijing is ending the one-child policy - but will it be too little too late?

The world's biggest photovoltaic market added record capacity last year on the back of utility-scale projects but the focus in 2014 is set to switch to rooftops.

A new type of literary genre might help change public opinion about the need to stop climate change.

Facebook's WhatsApp buy puts it at the centre of smartphone communications. But there are no guarantees the messaging service will remain ahead in a notoriously fickle market.

Bullying can cause physical and psychological harm to employees and undermine good business. There are ways to create a workplace culture which supports the health and productivity of everyone in the organisation.

High economic uncertainty gives the Coalition reason to rethink its rapid charge towards reform, with voters keen on a more cautious approach.