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National Reconstruction Fund makes $200m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... ways of financing businesses with innovative financing structures. Minister for industry and innovation and minister for science Tim Ayres said the investment backs Australia's digital resilience where private capital alone cannot. "This deal shows the ...

TAL to create Pathways for simpler mental health claims

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... said. "The Pathways project is designed to find a better way to support people with these claims. Applying behavioural science, evidence-based goal setting and decision-aid models we hope to find new ways to put people at the centre of their own recovery ...

Monetary policy decisions now 'more difficult': Bullock

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... is doing its best. Speaking at an event in Melbourne last night, Bullock said there is a fine line in economics between science and art. "It is an art, but we try to bring a bit of science to it as well... forecasting itself is not easy, it is not a ...

Mercer's Helga Birgden departs after 18 years

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... I experienced derision, like many of you, but this resulted in better applying our minds to complexity, using the best science, modelling, mindset, data, ethics, and analysis. I learned resilience is worthwhile."

Sovereign funds, instos raise $217m for Qld space tech developer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... satellite bus, launched on a US rideshare mission last year. Commenting, minister for industry and innovation and minister for science Tim Ayres said Queensland possesses a "bright future" in producing cutting-edge space technologies. "Making things ...

SEC slams proxy adviser 'oligopoly,' urges AI use

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... efficiently generate a large quantity of principled voting recommendations. And, pretty much, for free," he said. "This isn't science fiction - it's a near-term reality. Of course, with great power comes great responsibility. AI agents need to be trained ...

Inflation pulls back in November

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... among some forecasters to justify a rate hike - implies that measuring the economy's potential rate of growth is an exact science. Far from it. "These estimates come with wide margins of error and should be treated with caution." Smith said it would ...

Super moves: AustralianSuper, UniSuper, Team Super, CFS, TAL

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
Josh Perkins has joined AustralianSuper as a senior analyst in the real assets valuation and pricing team, following a five-year tenure at Knight Frank. The chartered surveyor brings advanced analytical and asset management skills honed within Knight ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
In the book The Lucky Country, the late author Donald Horne provides a piercing assessment of Australia in 1964, stating that its prosperity is derived from good fortune rather than industriousness or ambition. He ruminated about the future challenges ...

'We won't bet against the US', but 'China is not a foe': Elia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... never going to bet against the US. If you're a genuine long-term investor, then you are looking through the political science. That's what you do, right? And in fact, at times, it creates some opportunities for us at the same time," he said. ...