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Lowe slams government spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
... "They've fallen woefully short of those targets and no prospect in my view of meeting them, and that's the fundamental problem," he said.

FEATURE | Nature risk | Paved paradise

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2026
... satellite data and Earth observation, but also sensors, corporate disclosures and other channels. "I think the foundational problem remains the same. We don't have a data-starvation problem. We have a data-digestion problem," he told the recent Greener ...

Super funds risk market concentration in US: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
... While Australian investors have become accustomed to domestic equity markets being dominated by banks and miners, the problem is becoming more prominent overseas presenting a fresh problem for institutional investors. Research from Scientific Beta found ...

Intergenerational Report looks to AI to buoy productivity slump

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... adoption and diffusion of AI and broader changes in the industrial base," the IGR reads. The intergenerational equity problem will also compound thanks to the long-term decline in home ownership and the pressures that an ageing population and structural ...

ECB hikes rates, economists expect RBA might be next

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
... household incomes are growing pretty strongly. There's a lot to like about the Australian economy, but we have one big problem and that's inflation," Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor Andrew Hauser told the ABC this week. "Inflation ...

Macquarie-led consortium acquires SI Solutions

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in structural integrity engineering firm SI Solutions from private equity firm MidOcean Partners, alongside co-investors that include UniSuper. The transaction, which is expected ...

First-mover costs stifle digital finance: report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
... executive and report author Steve Vallas said Australia needs to move from trialling ideas to implementation. "Australia's problem is no longer an absence of pilots or evidence that the technology can work. What remains unresolved is who carries the ...

Shorter CSLR payout timeframe awaits major bill passage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
The looming passage of a major bill will amend how levies are collected under the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) and, in turn, speed up compensation payments to eligible victims. The reform is part of the Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026 ...

Industry, economist blasts One Nation's super agenda

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
Industry bodies and an economist have criticised One Nation's plan to let Australians redirect part of their superannuation into take-home pay, warning the policy would fuel inflation and leave workers significantly poorer in retirement. One Nation ...

Inquiry rips into Diversa: 'All profit, no responsibility'

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2026
Diversa Trustees deflected responsibility at a parliamentary inquiry that criticised its governance and structural problems, particularly its role in the failed First Guardian Master Fund, in which members invested about $240 million. At the recent ...
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