5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (223+ words) Matt Canavan respects Pauline Hanson. But the Nationals leader, whose party is fighting tooth and nail to counter One Nation’s continuing rise, said the Ipswich firebrand is “a lone ranger” with no record of leading an effective team or delivering…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (273+ words) The news: Labor’s tax reforms would have a modest but immediate impact on house price growth, Treasury officials warned in a newly released document. Advice given to Jim Chalmers said the government’s planned housing tax policies would reduce returns for…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (193+ words) Economists will be keeping a close eye on scheduled remarks from Reserve Bank deputy governor Andrew Hauser and assistant governor economic Sarah Hunter this week for clues about where interest rates are heading. Here’s what you need to know about…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (412+ words) The news: Former KPMG Australia chief operating officer Eileen Hoggett has filed to sue KPMG in the Supreme Court of NSW. The legal action follows the firm’s decision to expel her from the partnership. The context: Hoggett’s expulsion was the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (256+ words) Growing political and regulatory scrutiny of the Big Four accounting firms, sparked most recently by KPMG Australia’s audit scandal, hasn’t dissuaded private equity firms from keeping an eye on the sector. If anything, it has made them even more interested…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (292+ words) If investors in Geoff Wilson’s second largest listed investment company, WAM Capital, were seeking some reassurance after shares cratered last week in response to its worst ever annual portfolio performance, they may have done well to avoid the investing veteran’s…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (576+ words) More news: Australian shares opened lower as declines across the mining and tech sectors dragged the broader market downward. Investors are also assessing a global bond sell-off sparked by surging oil prices and the prospect of a US Federal Reserve…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (227+ words) Could startup Gridsight become Australia’s next AI unicorn? It just raised $36.3 million (at a rumoured valuation of $200 million) to expand its AI-powered electricity grid optimisation software in the US. The round was led by blue-chip VC firm Insight Partners, with…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (227+ words) The Albanese government has been subject to fierce (and at times hyperbolic) criticism over the ongoing slide in house prices this year. But it’s not entirely to blame for them, according to Cotality research director Tim Lawless. National home values…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (304+ words) As KPMG Australia prepared to slash its workforce amid its ongoing whistleblower scandal, another dispute erupted in public, this time involving the firm’s High Growth Ventures practice and its efforts to win startup clients. Last week, KPMG High Growth Ventures…...