News

Beef exports on ice

Tensions between Australia and its biggest trading partner rise as China suspends import licences of four beef producers 12 May 2020 | Staff Writers (Image: Victoria Shes) The immediate future of Australia’s $3 billion plus […]

Property

Home seller growth eases

Australian residential property listings feel the weight of COVID-19 12 May 2020 | Dr Andrew Wilson, My Housing Market (Image: Greg Rivers) The recent post-Easter revival in home sellers has proved to be short-lived with growth […]

Economy

Derailing the export train?

Submissions to a parliamentary inquiry identify risks associated with over-reliance on single export markets but also highlight little has been done to mitigate those risks 12 May 2020 | Su-Lin Tan, SCMP (Image: Rio Tinto) […]

News

A trumped up EXCLUSIVE?

The line between media and politics has been blurred in this coronavirus crisis but has Murdoch media been caught out overstepping the mark? 11 May 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein  What’s wrong with the above two “EXCLUSIVE” […]

Economy

Economy getting ready to move

With a dramatic drop in new infections, Australia is reopening with a three staged easing of restrictions with the aim of having much of the economy operating again by July in a coronavirus safe environment […]

Economy

The Lucky Country

There’s some clear gaps between Australia and the rest of the world which show we may emerge from this period of global misery better than most nations 7 May 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital Back in […]

Economy

Out of options on RBA rates

Given the gloomy coronavirus outlook the Reserve Bank could keep Australia’s historic low cash rate at 0.25% for the next three years 5 May 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital As widely expected, at its May meeting […]

Economy

Too small to fail?

Coronavirus economic support has seen governments throw lifelines to businesses “too big to fail” but will it reach SMEs across Asia? 5 May 2020 | Kenneth Kang and Changyong Rhee, IMF Asia was hit hard […]