Business investment
‘From laggard to leader’: Australia’s tech gamble surges $30b in six months
Australian businesses are going on a technology spending spree – with recent investment in data centres making the nation a world leader in less than a year.
- Shane Wright
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- Opinion
- Trade wars
Trump promised an economic boom. That’s not quite what has happened
In the past year, Donald Trump has made sweeping changes he said would transform the US economy. Here is how he is doing on each promise.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
As Warren Buffett retires, uncertainty looms for Berkshire Hathaway
It is hard to imagine a more difficult act to follow, but what tack will his successor take?
- Opinion
- Inside China
China’s property cancer is spreading through its economy
Four years after its biggest and most indebted property developer collapsed, China’s domestic economy is still struggling with the fallout.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Opinion
From Tim Tam to Four’N Twenty: Aussie icons enjoy government sweeteners
The federal government’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund is typically associated with funding cutting-edge local ventures, so why is it tipping money into biscuits and pies?
- Elizabeth Knight
Mines, AI and data centres: Premier spruiks three new economic policies
Jacinta Allan has unveiled three key economic policies seeking to capitalise on AI and Victoria’s deposits of critical minerals.
- Kieran Rooney
Kevin Rudd reveals Sydney’s trump card to lure global investors
Australia could do more to leverage its vast pool of superannuation savings, the Australian ambassador to the US told the NSW treasurer during a Sydney investment summit.
- Matt Wade
Melbourne is turning ‘rust-bucket’ suburbs into a thirsty, power-hungry billion-dollar data empire
The rush is raising questions about the strain of the power-hungry facilities on the state’s electricity and water supply.
- Daniella White
Alcoa announces permanent closure of Kwinana refinery
“Multiple factors led to the decision, including the age of the facility, scale and operating costs, market conditions and bauxite grade challenges”: a statement from the company read.
- Holly Thompson
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- Technology
Australia’s richest families plot country’s tech reboot at private summit
They control billions of dollars in wealth. Now some of the nation’s most powerful families have met in a bid to reshape the economy and debate its future.
- David Swan