Profits over ESG; EVs and charging; Football and sustainability; Sally Capp and Hickory

Profits over ESG; EVs and charging; Football and sustainability; Sally Capp and Hickory

Investors are chasing returns over ESG What a fickle lot we are. New data to hand reveals that individual Australian investors are chasing investment returns from sectors such as US technology, cryptocurrency, uranium, nuclear energy and defence rather than investing in ESG. According to online portfolio tracker Sharesight, ESG-labelled funds have ...

What we did at Sydney Build

The Fifth Estate popped in to visit Sydney Build at the Sydney International Convention Centre (ICC), to catch up with the vibe of the industry; on sustainability in particular. It certainly is a huge affair. Sign up for our free newsletter. There are thousands always expected through the doors, and a huge number of businesses ...
The NABERS Sustainability Portfolio Index is starting to shift the market – in sometimes unexpected ways

The NABERS Sustainability Portfolio Index is starting to shift the market – in sometimes unexpected ways

When NABERS director Magali Wardle sits down to run through her favourite highlights from the newly released NABERS Sustainable Portfolio Index, you can sense the deliberate steady leadership that underpinned the outstanding success of NABERS Energy. In the same way that the rating tool stormed the commercial property world’s notion of sustainability ...
‘Abundance’ and why trickle-down housing economics just admitted what town planners always knew

‘Abundance’ and why trickle-down housing economics just admitted what town planners always knew

Trickle-down housing economics just admitted what town planners always knew, argues Tim Sneesby in this article that tackles the truth about housing supply – 95 per cent of applications for developments are approved and only built when they are financially viable. Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a ...
Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 660

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 660

By 1976 Prime Minister Harold Wilson was exhausted, drinking excessively and demoralised. Wilson’s state didn’t substantially differ from his electorate. The UK was a mess. In the two years of his most recent run as Prime Minister, Wilson had been kicking the can down the road. With a razor thin majority of three seats in the House of Commons he ...
The ultimate superannuation EOFY checklist 2026

The ultimate superannuation EOFY checklist 2026

We have only a short time left to the end of the financial year to get our SMSF or other super funds in order and ensure we are making the most of the strategies available to us. Here is a checklist of the most important issues that you should address with your advisers before the year-end. Get this wrong and your SMSF could lose tax exemptions, ...
Two months into retirement

Two months into retirement

For those of you who don’t know me, I retired 2 months ago from being a full-time academic researching retirement planning for nearly 20 years. Now I am focusing on implementing my findings: for myself, for individuals and for organisations. As I promised when I retired, I am providing a month by month account of my findings from the other side. As ...

Profits over ESG; EVs and charging; Football and sustainability; Sally Capp and Hickory

Profits over ESG; EVs and charging; Football and sustainability; Sally Capp and Hickory
Investors are chasing returns over ESG What a fickle lot we are. New data to hand reveals that individual Australian investors are chasing investment returns from sectors such as US technology, cryptocurrency, uranium, nuclear energy and defence rather than investing in ESG. According to online portfolio tracker Sharesight, ESG-labelled funds have ...

What we did at Sydney Build

The Fifth Estate popped in to visit Sydney Build at the Sydney International Convention Centre (ICC), to catch up with the vibe of the industry; on sustainability in particular. It certainly is a huge affair. Sign up for our free newsletter. There are thousands always expected through the doors, and a huge number of businesses ...

The NABERS Sustainability Portfolio Index is starting to shift the market – in sometimes unexpected ways

The NABERS Sustainability Portfolio Index is starting to shift the market – in sometimes unexpected ways
When NABERS director Magali Wardle sits down to run through her favourite highlights from the newly released NABERS Sustainable Portfolio Index, you can sense the deliberate steady leadership that underpinned the outstanding success of NABERS Energy. In the same way that the rating tool stormed the commercial property world’s notion of sustainability ...

‘Abundance’ and why trickle-down housing economics just admitted what town planners always knew

‘Abundance’ and why trickle-down housing economics just admitted what town planners always knew
Trickle-down housing economics just admitted what town planners always knew, argues Tim Sneesby in this article that tackles the truth about housing supply – 95 per cent of applications for developments are approved and only built when they are financially viable. Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a ...

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 660

Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 660
By 1976 Prime Minister Harold Wilson was exhausted, drinking excessively and demoralised. Wilson’s state didn’t substantially differ from his electorate. The UK was a mess. In the two years of his most recent run as Prime Minister, Wilson had been kicking the can down the road. With a razor thin majority of three seats in the House of Commons he ...

The ultimate superannuation EOFY checklist 2026

The ultimate superannuation EOFY checklist 2026
We have only a short time left to the end of the financial year to get our SMSF or other super funds in order and ensure we are making the most of the strategies available to us. Here is a checklist of the most important issues that you should address with your advisers before the year-end. Get this wrong and your SMSF could lose tax exemptions, ...

Two months into retirement

Two months into retirement
For those of you who don’t know me, I retired 2 months ago from being a full-time academic researching retirement planning for nearly 20 years. Now I am focusing on implementing my findings: for myself, for individuals and for organisations. As I promised when I retired, I am providing a month by month account of my findings from the other side. As ...