Opinion

More interest rate cuts unless we start spending

The Reserve Bank  cut interest rates – and may do so again within months – because nervous Australians aren’t getting pay rises, and aren’t spending enough to turn around dismal economic figures, says Peter Martin.

Business

Businesses spend big but not on workers, as Marshall Govt approaches first anniversary

SPECIAL REPORT | South Australian businesses are confident in the future and have been investing strongly since Steven Marshall took office – but, notably, not in new employees – as the new government approaches the end of its first year.

Opinion

How to disassemble a state

Thank you for choosing South Australia. We hope your product has provided many hours of service and enjoyment. Now that you have finished with your state, we would like to provide some simple, no-nonsense advice about disassembly and disposal.

News

Property market warning: 'Gravity catches up with stupidity'

Home building will further slow amid signs that “gravity may soon start to catch up with stupidity” in the Australian property market, according to Deloitte.

Analysis

Govts should pick towns, not industries, as winners

Old-fashioned industry policy should be ditched in favour of a new approach designed to rejuvenate regional towns, write Richard Holden and Rosalind Dixon.