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Diverse leadership cements business growth, positive workplace culture: HESTA

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... Embracing diverse perspectives is a driving force behind innovation, resilience, and sustainable success in an ever-evolving world and we have yet to fully unlock these benefits across the economy." However, despite incremental progress the report said ...

Bullock in 'full solidarity' with Powell

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has joined 11 other central bank leaders around the world in showing support for US Federal Reserve (Fed) chair Jerome Powell. This week, the US Department of Justice served the Fed with grand ...

Big tech has "inconsequential" carbon emissions planning: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
Latest research by World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has found that top technology companies including Meta, Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft lack in mobilising low-carbon investments through capital expenditure and R&D, even though they have an emissions ...

Chalmers globetrots to sell minerals for foreign investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... Australian workers and businesses big beneficiaries of the big shifts that are shaping the global economy," Chalmers said. "The world needs critical minerals, Australia has plenty of them, and that's where we see a big opportunity." Chalmers said the ...

Trump 'playing with fire' over Fed indictment threat

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... said global markets recognise this issue is greater than a simple policy disagreement. "Pressure on the central bank of the world's largest economy carries global consequences," Green said. "Confidence in monetary governance in the United States anchors ...

Australia evades tariff shocks, CPI to surge in 2026: UN

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... highlights that the country was left relatively unscathed by the US tariff shocks. According to the United Nations' (UN) latest World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 report, inflation will rise by 3% in 2026 despite a slight improvement in Australia's ...

Global trade a patchwork of relationships, regional priorities: Analysis

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... explained. BCG predicts a 5.5% CAGR for China over the next decade with other BRICS+ nations and 3% CAGR with the rest of the world. The Plurilateralists would see above-average trade growth among themselves and the Global South through 2034. With a ...

AustralianSuper backs BlueScope rejecting $13bn bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... clear - this proposal was an attempt to take BlueScope from its shareholders on the cheap. It drastically undervalued our world-class assets, our growth momentum, and our future - and the board will not let that happen," BlueScope chair Jane McAloon ...

Super moves: WATC, Medibank, HESTA, Future Fund

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... those who thanked me for being an inspiration and for blazing the trail before ESG even had a name. Your messages mean the world. "A few people have even suggested I write a book about the best (and worst!) of corporate Australia that I've had a ...

Trump plans to ban large investors from buying homes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... individual or single-family homes. Trump said he will have more to say on the topic and his plans when he appears at the World Economic Forum in Davos later this month.