Opinion
Telecommunications
Closing the gap: Vodafone’s desperate deal to catch Telstra and Optus
No matter how you interpret the $6.3 billion deal with Vocus, TPG - which owns the number three player in the mobiles market, Vodafone - is shrinking.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Property market
Why the reinflating house price bubble might run out of puff
Most economists still believe house prices will rise this year, but they are far more equivocal about the clouded crystal ball.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Insider trading
How Australia became embroiled in billionaire insider trading claims
The indictment against Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis paints a rollicking tale of alleged insider trading with a twist – his alleged actions have been characterised as a perverse means to compensate his staff, and enrich his friends and lovers.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Inflation
Pocket of resistance: Why it’s too early to celebrate on inflation
There remain some economists who believe the Reserve Bank has one interest rate bullet to fire.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Ethical investing
Bait and switch: How ESG investors get duped
Investment managers have become increasingly adroit at marketing the environmental, social and corporate governance hygiene of their investments.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Mike Cannon-Brookes
Billionaires’ marriage bust-ups – spreading the wealth, but not that far
Marriage trouble makes them kindred spirits of sorts, but Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest are anything but friends.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Jobs
We reached the spending cliff – but the jobs cliff awaits
Conventionally, a slowdown in the economy would have triggered companies to shed staff, but convention is being challenged by a counter-trend – staff hoarding.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Commonwealth Games
Government stuff-up or consultant spin: Who’s responsible for the Games debacle?
The internationally embarrassing episode of Victoria ditching the 2026 Commonwealth Games is surely the point at which satire meets reality.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Big four consultants
Big four consultants inquiry brings back ghosts of banking royal commission
It’s hard to imagine others in the industry don’t have skeletons that they would rather keep buried.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Commercial property finance
Zombie offices a real risk as workers fight to work from home
Having been forced into working from home, white-collar workers aren’t ready to give it up without a fight and that’s bad news for office landlords.Â
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Billionaires
When billionaires break up, it’s not just a family affair
Nicola Forrest appears to have control over a larger stake in Fortescue than her husband, making their separation a shareholder issue.
- by Elizabeth Knight