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The Western Australian government is trying to improve its budget position but businesses claim increasing royalties will deter investment.
While the key economic signs remain strong, new data suggests many Australians are entering into mortgages without having fully grasped the financial consequences.
Humanitarian refugees face many barriers to becoming entrepreneurs, but research shows they are disproportionately entrepreneurial.
Treasurer Scott Morrison recently asserted that an increase in profits is a prerequisite for wages growth. But is his position supported by data?
Research doesn’t back up calls for more corporate tax cuts. But there are areas for the government to move to spur foreign investment.
The federal governments efforts to tackle the financial abuse of elders is to be welcomed - but will banks be properly empowered to act?
Australia is becoming wealthier, but much of that wealth remains concentrated in the hands of older generations.
Despite billions raised in the past year, ICOs are still risky. But ASIC has finally given us a sign of how they will be regulated.
Twitters experiment with 280 characters bears a remarkable resemble to the time Coca Cola changed its formula. That didn’t end well.
Australia’s insolvency laws inhibit growth and innovation. They weren’t designed for small business, which make up 97% of all businesses.
It’s better for the economy for more people to be married because of productivity and efficiency gains. This whole framework doesn’t require people to be of the same or different sex.
Australia’s prime location and Asia’s growing demand make it unlikely that there will be less foreign demand for our gas.
The popularity of the corporate campus over the past fifty years suggests the form is here to stay.
Australia could benefit from more jobs and exports if it boosted its space industry.
Introverts might think they will not make good leaders but with some encouragement research shows they make capable leaders.
Despite its name, cryptocurrency isn’t just money. It could also be debt or equity and so it should be regulated and taxed in the same way as other finance.
The market welcomed statements from the US Federal Reserve and the RBA, but there isn’t much to be happy about.
Innovation is focused on regional centres that have research and development institutions, but more than 150 regional areas have potential to match this innovation, research finds.
Open banking will see customers use their data in a whole range of ways, including seeing how they are faring financially against people in similar situations.
The recent crackdown on cryptocurrencies in China is a prelude to the assertion of control over this area by the Chinese authorities.
The new series of Australian banknotes are not a designer’s dream but they are the strongest yet in terms of preventing counterfeiting.
There is more to bike-share schemes than first meets the eye. As they grow in global popularity, the economic models behind them become increasingly diversified.
We don’t know whether electricity generators are bidding in “good faith” because they are providing data in a form that defies analysis.
We can expect to see a rise in part-time employed people using second jobs as a solution to insufficient hours in their main job.