Geopolitics
Geopolitics
Gold's worst week since 2011: the Australian headlines miss half the story
As ASX gold stocks slide, Chinese retail buyers and the PBOC are still accumulating. The divergence tells you more than the price drop.
Geopolitics
The $13.6 Million Payday That Made Mark Barnaba Australia's Highest-Paid Director
How a clever options grant at a UK explorer, a transformative acquisition, and the ASX's own governance rules combined to produce a payout most executives can only dream of.
Geopolitics
The $300 energy rebate is ending. Here's what your July bill will actually look like
Wholesale electricity prices are falling, but the maths still works against most households. We break down what July will cost.
Geopolitics
ASIC v Star: Federal Court Ruling Rewrites the Rules for Australian Directors
Justice Lee's ruling against Star's executives carries a message for every Australian boardroom: ignorance of risk is no longer a defence.
Geopolitics
Qatar faces 13% GDP crash as Hormuz crisis threatens QIA asset sales
Capital Economics forecasts the largest contraction in the Gulf region as Iranian attacks wipe out 17% of LNG output, forcing Doha to consider liquidating prime real estate and banking stakes in London, New York, and Frankfurt.
Geopolitics
Musk offers to pay TSA salaries as shutdown chaos enters day 36
The billionaire's offer is illegal under federal law. TSA workers received $0 paychecks last week and absence rates are spiking.
Geopolitics
Ninety per cent dependent, thirty days deep: Australia's fuel supply chain unravels
The Strait of Hormuz blockade has exposed what economists have warned about for decades. Australia's fuel security is a policy fiction propped up by long shipping routes and optimistic assumptions.
Culture
Project Hail Mary and the Economics of Competence Porn
Ryan Gosling's sci-fi blockbuster is breaking records because it understands something Hollywood forgot: audiences want to watch smart people figure things out.
Geopolitics
Property profits hit record as first home buyers face an inheritance-shaped barrier
For the first time in 15 years, more than 90% of house resales in every Australian capital turned a profit. The median Sydney house profit is now $750,000.
Geopolitics
Petrol at $2.40? No wonder BYD's phones are ringing off the hook
Soaring fuel prices from the Strait of Hormuz blockade are driving a spike in EV sales. BYD and GWM report significant increases as Chinese brands now dominate Australia's top 10 sellers.
Geopolitics
Six fuel tankers bound for Australia cancelled as Iran blockade disrupts supply chain
Energy Minister says 74 of 81 expected ships will still arrive, but warns of 'bumps' ahead as Strait of Hormuz blockade cuts 20 per cent of global oil supply.
Geopolitics
The Heretic of Silicon Valley
When a tech CEO calls for government regulation of his own industry, it tells us something about where the reckoning has arrived.