It’s good to see China taking down its trade barriers against Australia, given how important the country is to our exports and jobs. But more needs to be done before China becomes the international citizen it should be.

Just when rate worriers were thinking the RBA was over with rate rises, along comes August’s inflation rise that has the media speculating more hikes could be ahead.

There’s a lynch mob out there looking for necks to stretch and their target is the masterminds behind the huge $2.47 billion profit Qantas racked up. Chairman Richard Goyder and new CEO Vanessa Hudson will face a grilling for being accessories to the actions of former CEO Alan Joyce.

This proposed Working Future policy has rattled business and underlines Labor’s goal to make big unforgettable social and economic changes, which have businesses worried.

It’s great that regulators are cracking down on companies behaving badly but given what happened at Qantas concerning Alan Joyce and the board and the admissions of other big companies, do we have a corporate governance problem?

Amidst the rising cost of living, historically high interest rates and energy prices going through the roof, Treasurer Jim is laughing all the way to the Reserve bank that houses a big budget surplus!

This 7.5% tax applies to short stay platforms such as Airbnb and doesn’t discriminate between rent from a full house or a converted garage or granny flat.

Has a China slowdown saved us from more excessive rate rises?

How much does someone need if they want to kick off investing in the stock market?

The cyber-attacks of Optus and Medibank has brought out a ‘mad as hell’ ASIC, threatening to punish company boards and directors who fail to shield customers from online scam thieves.

Builder/developer Tim Gurner gave a good old Aussie spray about Aussie workers, for which he has since apologised.

Yesterday we saw how the mortgage cliff is starting to work, which should be good for inflation and no more rate rises here in Australia. But the Yanks could have a bit more pain ahead.