I’ve been reading Andrew Ross Sorkin’s new book 1929. It follows some of the leading players on Wall Street and Washington during the 1920s bull market, the crash, and the subsequent economic and political fallout.
Markets are complex and there is seldom a single factor that leads to a crash. Yet Sorkin shows that the magnitude of the crash and ...
CleanPeak Energy Holdings co-founder Philip Graham who’s appeared at some of our events in recent times must be feeling chuffed right now.
According to news on Wednesday his company has “hit the M&A trail, after securing a $500 million strategic investment from private equity juggernaut KKR last year,” which invested in the company as part of its ...
Why is one of the world’s largest mining companies fighting so hard to shut down the case of a single injured worker? Stephanie Tran reports. The question sits at the centre of Simon Turner’s long-running dispute with BHP Group. Turner, a former coal miner, broke his back at BHP’s Mt
The ALP’s rigging of Victoria’s political “donations” laws — in favour of the ALP and Coalition — is unconstitutional, finds High Court in unanimous decision.
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When Sydney households installed rooftop solar and batteries to keep the lights on during bushfires and floods, they didn’t realise they were also building a shield against the fuel crisis now gripping global markets.
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Last week’s meeting between Beijing and Taiwan’s main opposition leader is a bad sign for the China hawks and a sign of rapprochement. Marcus Reubenstein reports. The combination of the US-Israel war on Iran and the anti-China media narrative in Australia has meant the visit of the leader of Taiwan’s
“While Australia is a world leader in accumulation it’s significantly behind the curve on decumulation.” So says Guy Opperman, an energetic man of many talents. His CV includes stints as a steeplechase jockey, a barrister, and a pro-bono advocate for prisoners on death row in the Caribbean. But it was during his years as the UK Minister for Pensions ...
In 2014, I examined sequencing risk in late accumulation with a thought experiment involving two fictional 55-year-olds, William and Edward. Both started with the same superannuation balance, earned identical salaries, and achieved the same annualised return of 7.1% per annum over ten years; yet Edward's final balance at retirement exceeded William's ...
I must admit Payday super largely passed me by until recently. Certainly I thought it was mainly an issue for me as an employer rather than someone receiving employer contributions into my SMSF.
As an employer, I have to make sure my company can comply with the new rules from 1 July 2026 to pay super contributions for my staff within 7 business days of ...
For months now there’s been an online joke that anyone who doesn’t learn about AI will be a part of the “permanent underclass.” The permanent underclass represents the new have-nots of society—all of those who will be left behind in the coming AI wave. While a subset of the population will have all of their work done by LLM-powered agents, the ...
This article is based on Asprey and the Taxation of Wealth: Where to Next? by Chris Evans, Rick Krever, and Peter Mellor.
In the face of growing wealth inequality between and within nations, attention in almost all developed economies has turned to the possible use of wealth or wealth transfer taxation to ameliorate the divide. Fifty years after ...
When the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed in late February 2026, it shut off approximately 15 million barrels per day of crude oil. The IEA described it immediately as the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. On a gross basis, that assessment is correct.
Yet the oil price tells a more nuanced story. Despite the scale of ...
I’ve been reading Andrew Ross Sorkin’s new book 1929. It follows some of the leading players on Wall Street and Washington during the 1920s bull market, the crash, and the subsequent economic and political fallout.
Markets are complex and there is seldom a single factor that leads to a crash. Yet Sorkin shows that the magnitude of the crash and ...
CleanPeak Energy Holdings co-founder Philip Graham who’s appeared at some of our events in recent times must be feeling chuffed right now.
According to news on Wednesday his company has “hit the M&A trail, after securing a $500 million strategic investment from private equity juggernaut KKR last year,” which invested in the company as part of its ...
Why is one of the world’s largest mining companies fighting so hard to shut down the case of a single injured worker? Stephanie Tran reports. The question sits at the centre of Simon Turner’s long-running dispute with BHP Group. Turner, a former coal miner, broke his back at BHP’s Mt
The ALP’s rigging of Victoria’s political “donations” laws — in favour of the ALP and Coalition — is unconstitutional, finds High Court in unanimous decision.
The post ALP’s rigging of Victoria donation laws “unconstitutional”: High Court appeared first on The Klaxon.
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
When Sydney households installed rooftop solar and batteries to keep the lights on during bushfires and floods, they didn’t realise they were also building a shield against the fuel crisis now gripping global markets.
Sign up for our free ...
Last week’s meeting between Beijing and Taiwan’s main opposition leader is a bad sign for the China hawks and a sign of rapprochement. Marcus Reubenstein reports. The combination of the US-Israel war on Iran and the anti-China media narrative in Australia has meant the visit of the leader of Taiwan’s
“While Australia is a world leader in accumulation it’s significantly behind the curve on decumulation.” So says Guy Opperman, an energetic man of many talents. His CV includes stints as a steeplechase jockey, a barrister, and a pro-bono advocate for prisoners on death row in the Caribbean. But it was during his years as the UK Minister for Pensions ...
In 2014, I examined sequencing risk in late accumulation with a thought experiment involving two fictional 55-year-olds, William and Edward. Both started with the same superannuation balance, earned identical salaries, and achieved the same annualised return of 7.1% per annum over ten years; yet Edward's final balance at retirement exceeded William's ...
I must admit Payday super largely passed me by until recently. Certainly I thought it was mainly an issue for me as an employer rather than someone receiving employer contributions into my SMSF.
As an employer, I have to make sure my company can comply with the new rules from 1 July 2026 to pay super contributions for my staff within 7 business days of ...
For months now there’s been an online joke that anyone who doesn’t learn about AI will be a part of the “permanent underclass.” The permanent underclass represents the new have-nots of society—all of those who will be left behind in the coming AI wave. While a subset of the population will have all of their work done by LLM-powered agents, the ...
This article is based on Asprey and the Taxation of Wealth: Where to Next? by Chris Evans, Rick Krever, and Peter Mellor.
In the face of growing wealth inequality between and within nations, attention in almost all developed economies has turned to the possible use of wealth or wealth transfer taxation to ameliorate the divide. Fifty years after ...
When the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed in late February 2026, it shut off approximately 15 million barrels per day of crude oil. The IEA described it immediately as the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. On a gross basis, that assessment is correct.
Yet the oil price tells a more nuanced story. Despite the scale of ...
