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Touchy, contested, critical: the truth about office tower values

Within weeks, investors will learn what a select group of valuers really think about pricing. Whether buyers accept those anticipated discounts...

latest 4

Financial Review

Robert Harley

As politicians jostle, Phil Lowe stakes out his own position

Philip Lowe always sounds calm but his message is sharp: Wages going up without any increase in productivity translates into higher inflation and...

yesterday 6

Financial Review

Jennifer Hewett

Lowe’s wages, productivity and inflation message for Labor

The inconvenient truth of sticky or persistent inflation is now colliding with Labor’s political promises about getting wages moving again.

yesterday 2

Financial Review

The Afr View

BoQ’s regulatory woes show why it is the banking sector’s wallflower

The move by regulators to force Bank of Queensland to improve risk management and anti-money laundering further reduces ANZ’s chances of snaring...

yesterday 4

Financial Review

Karen Maley

Why Ron DeSantis is losing Republican voters to Donald Trump

Populist voters are not looking for a smart version of Trump. They are still more interested in kicking the establishment than running a government.

yesterday 7

Financial Review

Janan Ganesh

Councils and NIMBYs make the housing squeeze harder

Australia’s housing availability will get worse for buyers and renters, as hundreds of thousands of immigrants arrive and a home-building...

yesterday 6

Financial Review

John Kehoe

Why the US Fed is losing its way

The world’s leading central bank is hard to predict because it lacks a solid strategic policy framework and was overtaken by events.

yesterday 4

Financial Review

Mohamed El-Erian

Middle Arm wrestle: Don’t hedge your bets on the future

Governments and companies that try to finesse their transition and hedge their bets on the industries of the future more often than not get left...

yesterday 2

Financial Review

Ben Potter

US debt ceiling debate is really about power

Blaming an ill-conceived rule misses the point. Political polarisation that creatives little incentive for compromise means the instability will...

previous day 8

Financial Review

Kenneth Rogoff

Why PwC can’t contain the growing demands for heads on sticks

The spreading devastation from the implosion of PwC’s tax business can’t be contained to the firm.

previous day 6

Financial Review

Jennifer Hewett

Labor shouldn’t tamper with RBA and Productivity Commission

Two vital independent institutions risk having their wings politically clipped just when they are most needed.

previous day 3

Financial Review

The Afr View

A $15.3 trillion local government debt crisis looms in China

Cracks are appearing in China’s financial markets as investors fret about the hefty debt loads of local governments. That’s bad news for...

previous day 3

Financial Review

Karen Maley

De-risking trade with China is risky business

A security-driven approach to doing business clashes with Western corporate interests and environmental targets.

previous day 10

Financial Review

Gideon Rachman

Franking system fiddle will just create bigger problems

Treasury’s proposed changes will have wide and unintended consequences on small businesses and their shareholders, and even risk slashing company...

previous day 6

Financial Review

Jesse Hamilton

Leftie leap into the unknown in the West

Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson appears set to become the first Labor premier from the Left of the party, in what former Liberal prime...

previous day 3

Financial Review

Peter Kennedy

Defence must mobilise the private sector

The public and the corporate world now see investment in a secure country as a social good.

previous day 3

Financial Review

Peter Dean

Carbon capture and the battle to get to scale

Beyond the gas sector, heavy industry isn’t rushing to develop carbon capture and storage projects in Australia.

previous day 20

Financial Review

Ben Potter

‘Exhausted’ McGowan, a true convert to WA, goes out on top

Mark McGowan’s decision to quit as Western Australian Premier is even more of a shock than his radical slamming shut of state borders to counter...

monday 1

Financial Review

Jennifer Hewett

King of the west abdicates on top

The political and economic success, combined with the national notoriety, means Mark McGowan leaves behind a remarkable legacy, especially for such...

monday 1

Financial Review

The Afr View

What’s behind this year’s extraordinary rally in asset prices?

The risk is that rising asset prices will put pressure on central bankers to tighten monetary policy to force people to change their attitudes, and...

monday 1

Financial Review

Karen Maley

Why older workers can still have the edge

There is no consistent evidence that older workers are any less productive than their younger counterparts.

monday 1

Financial Review

Pilita Clark

Now it’s China on the losing side in the art of the trade war

China’s ancient military strategist would not be impressed with how Beijing has been playing the modern game of trade strategy.

monday 2

Financial Review

Adrian Blundell-Wignall

Vanderbilt’s lesson for Sun Cable’s rival billionaires

Australians are fortunate not to have to choose between competing visions of our clean energy future – we can leave it to the rival billionaires...

monday 1

Financial Review

Ben Potter

What the Senate needs to ask ATO, Treasury on PwC tax scandal

Battle lines at estimates go way beyond those redacted names – there’s mystery dates, games of pass the parcel. And what about the other 1000...

monday 1

Financial Review

Neil Chenoweth

The RBA is taking Australia to a precipice

Inflation is falling. There in no wage-price spiral. The central bank does not need to trigger a recession to contain them.

monday 5

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Craig Emerson

We can’t just tax our way to the Australian dream

More efficient and greater taxation of land needs to be part of fair dinkum tax reform. It can’t be seen as just trying to tax Australians into...

monday 2

Financial Review

The Afr View

Labor’s mixed signals on carbon capture

The gas industry strongly promotes the benefits of carbon capture and storage to reduce emissions, but most of the federal government is lukewarm.

28.05.2023 1

Financial Review

Jennifer Hewett

PwC scandal makes a case for breaking up the big four

The parliament urgently needs to look at regulation to resolve conflicts of interest between auditors, accountants and consultants.

28.05.2023 20

Financial Review

Allan Fels

Why PwC’s US tech targets will be deeply anxious

US tech giants will be increasingly anxious that they’ll be ensnared in the escalating PwC tax leak scandal.

28.05.2023 1

Financial Review

Karen Maley

Battle lines drawn on Albanese going to China

Amid the negotiations over lifting the trade bans, the release of the two Australians detained on murky charges will be a powerful bargaining chip...

28.05.2023 3

Financial Review

James Curran

The Voice is not Orwellian, just read between the lines

In the lead-up to the referendum on the Voice to parliament, critical reading skills have never been more constitutionally important, writes...

28.05.2023 5

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Jennifer Alford

Good economic outcomes are not about monetary policy alone

The RBA review should have paid more attention to what Keynes once said about uplifting performance coming from a full orchestra, and not a...

28.05.2023 3

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Ross Garnaut

Why the signs aren’t as rosy for Labor

The next two years look a lot tougher and, like Howard in 1998, Albanese would be well advised to take some substantial economic reforms to the...

26.05.2023 1

Financial Review

John Black

Australia powers the new green cold war

Renewable energy is now on the front line of superpower rivalry. That is both an opportunity and a challenge for Australia.

26.05.2023 1

Financial Review

Matthew Warren

Dan’s banana republic kills off aspiration

Victoria has alarming debts and offers only populist, counter-productive solutions to contain it. What does that say to investors?

26.05.2023 1

Financial Review

The Afr View

The bond sales that could save another RBA rate rise

An “active taper” off the Reserve Bank’s balance sheet would be helpful if core inflation remains sticky and the sale doesn’t create market...

26.05.2023 2

Financial Review

Christopher Joye

Philip Lowe has a historic opportunity on his way out

While some inside Labor struggle to grasp the drivers of Australia’s inflation challenge, the RBA governor can still do what’s right for the...

26.05.2023 1

Financial Review

Jacob Greber

Victoria has no Kennett and no assets to clean up budget mess

Whether this week’s tax blitz triggers a backlash against Daniel Andrews politically, or shifts the dial for the federal Liberals in a state in...

26.05.2023 10

Financial Review

Phillip Coorey

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