Why governments will have to consider the costs of long COVID when easing pandemic restrictions

Why governments will have to consider the costs of long COVID when easing pandemic restrictions

With governments worldwide under pressure to ease pandemic restrict...

Is Australia a sitting duck for ransomware attacks?

Is Australia a sitting duck for ransomware attacks?

Australian organisations are a soft target for ransomware attacks...

National plan to allow battery cages until 2036 favours cheap eggs over animal welfare

National plan to allow battery cages until 2036 favours cheap eggs over animal welfare

Eggs laid by battery hens would be phased out within 15 years und...

Who's being allowed to leave Australia during COVID? FOI data show it is murky and arbitrary

Who's being allowed to leave Australia during COVID? FOI data show it is murky and arbitrary

With outbreaks of COVID-19 in most states and territories, and lo...

Australia has not learned the lessons of its bungled COVID vaccine rollout

Australia has not learned the lessons of its bungled COVID vaccine rollout

Australia is now over four months into its COVID vaccine rollout, a...

Wallets on wheels: city visitors who use e-scooters more spend more

Wallets on wheels: city visitors who use e-scooters more spend more

Shared e-scooters are becoming common across Australia and in maj...

Why supporting men's mental health leads to stronger businesses

Why supporting men's mental health leads to stronger businesses

When I stop posting 20 Instagram stories a day, my friends know s...

Vital Signs: Why has growth slowed globally? It has something to do with technology

Vital Signs: Why has growth slowed globally? It has something to do with technology

Even before COVID-19 hit, Australia was experiencing slow growth...

Hotel quarantine far from 'fit for purpose'

Hotel quarantine far from 'fit for purpose'

With Melbourne under lockdown for another seven days, the consequ...

The four GDP graphs that show us roaring out of recession pre-lockdown

The four GDP graphs that show us roaring out of recession pre-lockdown

Back in the first three months of this year when we had JobKeeper...

Selecting what matters: skill shortages are no basis for picking permanent migrants

Selecting what matters: skill shortages are no basis for picking permanent migrants

Australia should not target skills shortages when it selects worker...

Going electric and banning new petrol-powered cars could be Australia's next big light bulb moment

Going electric and banning new petrol-powered cars could be Australia's next big light bulb moment

In 2007 Malcolm Turnbull turned off an industry's life suppor...

We could be a superpower: 3 ways Australia can take advantage of the changing geopolitics of energy

We could be a superpower: 3 ways Australia can take advantage of the changing geopolitics of energy

The International Energy Agency confirmed last week what many alr...

Going local first is not a crutch for Australian manufacturing - it's the way forward

Going local first is not a crutch for Australian manufacturing - it's the way forward

Before we had even seen the words 'coronavirus' and '...

Have researchers developed an effective COVID-19 treatment? Maybe, but we need human trials

Have researchers developed an effective COVID-19 treatment? Maybe, but we need human trials

The world is now 18 months into the COVID-19 pandemic and we'...

The pressure is on for Australia to accept the coronavirus really can spread in the air we breathe

The pressure is on for Australia to accept the coronavirus really can spread in the air we breathe

More than a year into the pandemic, the World Health Organization...

Cybersecurity is a business risk, not an IT problem

Cybersecurity is a business risk, not an IT problem

A cyber attack on a business is about more than technology. The ...

Herd immunity is the end game for the pandemic, but the AstraZeneca vaccine won't get us there

Herd immunity is the end game for the pandemic, but the AstraZeneca vaccine won't get us there

In the past fortnight, two vaccine stories made headlines around ...

A rushed move to virtual AGMs would disempower shareholders

A rushed move to virtual AGMs would disempower shareholders

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg appears to have backed down. An extra...

5 ways the Reserve Bank is going to bat for Australia like never before

5 ways the Reserve Bank is going to bat for Australia like never before

The most important of the five measures the Reserve Bank announce...

Why we need to have a bigger conversation about cyber security and involve all departments

Why we need to have a bigger conversation about cyber security and involve all departments

There is no denying that cyber security is a big issue but there ...

How COVID all but killed the Australian CBD

How COVID all but killed the Australian CBD

The central business district has historically been the beating h...

Scaling Up: The leap from sole trader to 'micro business' could unlock over one million jobs

Scaling Up: The leap from sole trader to 'micro business' could unlock over one million jobs

In a pandemic world where unemployment figures continue to climb, i...

Gaming the board: Crown Resorts shows you just can't bet on 'independent' directors

Gaming the board: Crown Resorts shows you just can't bet on 'independent' directors

What's the difference between an independent and non-independ...

Virgin sacrifice: boardroom bloodletting signals a classic private-equity hijacking

Virgin sacrifice: boardroom bloodletting signals a classic private-equity hijacking

US private equity firm Bain Capital won't formally assume con...

That advice to women to 'lean in', be more confident... it doesn't help, and data show it

That advice to women to 'lean in', be more confident... it doesn't help, and data show it

"Just be more confident, be more ambitious, be more like a m...

Budget 2020: Frydenberg tells Australians, 'we have your back'

Budget 2020: Frydenberg tells Australians, 'we have your back'

Accelerated tax cuts, cash splashes for pensioners, massive incen...

It's about to become easier to lend irresponsibly, to help the recovery

It's about to become easier to lend irresponsibly, to help the recovery

What used to be known as a requirement to lend responsibly is now...

Treasurer to adopt US-style insolvency laws to stop wave of small business closures

Treasurer to adopt US-style insolvency laws to stop wave of small business closures

Small business has been hit hard by COVID-19. Health restric...

Will Environment Minister Sussan Ley let a mine destroy koala breeding grounds?

Will Environment Minister Sussan Ley let a mine destroy koala breeding grounds?

In the next few weeks, federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley wi...