This Month
How geopolitical tension is changing ANZ and its clients
Geopolitical risk is hitting boardrooms with a bang, with ANZ the first of the big four banks to create a specialised unit.
- Patrick Durkin
Extremism rising across the board makes terror attack ‘probable’
Security officials are alarmed by Australians embracing more extreme ideologies over issues such as pandemic lockdowns, the war in Gaza and economic hardship.
- Andrew Tillett
July
- Investigation
- Cyprus Confidential
Importers got rich on COVID masks; the shipment’s still on the dock
When COVID-19 erupted around the world, the race was on to secure masks and gowns. Middlemen were in lucrative taxpayer deals, even one which went awry.
- Liam Walsh and Neil Chenoweth
Foreign start-ups swarm Australia, ‘buying time’ to show profits
Australia offers a gateway to Asia, a skilled commercial workforce and cultural commonality with the US, but its wealthy customer base is an even bigger prize.
- Nick Bonyhady
June
- Opinion
- JobKeeper
Why JobKeeper may be part of our productivity problem
An anxious Reserve Bank of Australia is hoping for a pick-up in labour productivity this year to help alleviate the economy’s inflation problem.
- John Kehoe
- Analysis
- Aviation
Airlines are forgetting to be bashful about their big profits
The unspoken upside of Boeing’s woes and Airbus delays is that airline profits will probably stay sky-high.
- Ayesha de Kretser
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May
Anti-vax claims flood Senate inquiry. Officials say they’re wrong
The ABS, Health Department and actuaries say there is no evidence to support claims there were more deaths from non-COVID causes due to government vaccine mandates during the pandemic.
- Tom Burton
JobSeeker, JobKeeper cut wealth inequality
Lower-income households benefited the most from early COVID government payments, but higher-income households had the greatest gains in the recovery.
- Lucy Dean
Thousands believe COVID-19 vaccines harmed them. Is anyone listening?
All jabs have at least occasional side effects. But people who say they were injured by those for the coronavirus think their cases have been ignored.
- Apoorva Mandavilli
April
Stabbed Sydney bishop is a viral lockdown and COVID-19 vaccine sceptic
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel is the leader of an ultra-conservative branch of the Assyrian Orthodox faith who has a big presence on social media.
- Nick Squires
Australian COVID-19 deaths hit new lows
After eight successive waves of COVID-19 infections, national COVID fatalities have dropped to below single digits.
- Tom Burton
Keep borders open in next pandemic: Woolies
The supermarket giant has told an inquiry inconsistent rules on freight movement and vaccine mandates slowed down essential supplies during COVID-19.
- Tom McIlroy
March
Small productivity rebound is nothing to celebrate
The productivity slump may have bottomed out, but it has happened because workers’ hours are being cut, not because businesses are investing, a leading economist warns.
- Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- Opinion
The pandemic still warps our sense of time
It is almost a year since the WHO declared COVID-19 was no longer a global public health emergency, so shouldn’t we have reset by now? Not necessarily, say academics.
- Pilita Clark
COVID-19 inquiry boss vows to find ‘missing piece’
Commonwealth review chief Robyn Kruk says the community should feel confident the nation can deal with the next pandemic.
- Tom Burton
CBA’s business bank boss explains why ‘saffers’ can be good CEOs
Mike Vacy-Lyle says his South African upbringing has instilled a can-do attitude and the confidence to take on any competition.
- James Eyers
COVID-19 lab leak study not credible: virology expert
Leading virologist Eddie Holmes says a UNSW Kirby Institute finding that the pandemic was most likely caused by a lab leak is not credible.
- Tom Burton
The markets where house prices are most at risk
Poor affordability is predicted to hit Sydney and Melbourne hard, but even more so in this capital city.
- Nila Sweeney
February
COVID-19 causes lasting cognitive, memory damage: major study
“Brain fog” was detectable in long and short-term cases, a detailed study suggests.
- Pam Belluck
