Markets
Should we take this pre-Christmas MYEFO gift back?
What are the reasons for the disastrous budget deficit deterioration? Has this delivered a real pickle for future Treasurers and...
Articles by Peter Switzer
Tech
Qantas slapped with $120 million fine
It’s been a four-year legal stoush between Qantas groundcrew workers illegally sacked during the dramas of the pandemic. Now the...
Markets
Women to show men how to set RBA interest rates
Treasurer Jim Chalmer may well have been inspired by former UK Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who once advised: “If...
Markets
Is February really a live chance for a rate cut?
Today the Treasurer names the new team on the board that will set rates. But when will they cut? Do...
Tech
AMP invests, I mean ‘punts’, on bitcoin
A bitcoin story is coming your way, and this one might encourage you to do something risky or stupid. Be...
Politics
Trump tariffs might not be anti-Australian
For those who love or hate the looming US President toting an assortment of tariffs for the significant world economies...
Markets
RBA eyes off our first rate cut. Will it be February?
While we still don’t know when a rate cut will happen, the ‘tone’ of the RBA’s communications yesterday increases the...
Markets
Top economist says RBA should cut rates TODAY!
A respected economist linked to the Labor Party has argued the case that there should be a rate cut today....
Markets
Time for a female CEO as ANZ boss exits?
With our four big banks all led by blokes, is it time we see a woman heading up ANZ?
Politics
Business leaders say the Government needs to help them help the Government
With the economy teetering on the edge of recession and the Treasurer asking business to bolster growth, top CEO’s say,...