ANALYSIS: Many Australians believe the gas industry is not paying its fair share of tax. An alternative view is that Australia would be bankrupt without its resources exports.
Fletcher Building may be optimistic about a piping problem in Australia but the market has good reason to be wary.
ANALYSIS: National pledges to fund 13 new cancer drugs, while Labour focuses on maths, reading, and writing.
Why no advertising or government funding? Is NBR growing? Why drop opinions?
ANALYSIS: Minor party votes could pull the next government either more right or more left.
ANALYSIS: For the first time Rio/NZAS do not hold all of the negotiating cards.
ANALYSIS: Shoeshine muses on AI commentary from Google’s top brass down to hackathon participants.
ANALYSIS: At what point does incremental government spending impede economic growth and social outcomes?
ANALYSIS: A tax lawyer’s take on Labour’s proposed policy shows a tomato isn’t a fruit and a carrot isn’t a vegetable.
ANALYSIS: In investment plans, advisers need to clearly differentiate between safe income and income from realised capital gains so clients are aware of risks.