The Edition

After two decades building a steady industrials empire, Wes Maas has shocked the market by offloading half his business to chase growth in data centres.

Software companies are bleeding red across global markets today as fears of AI disruption grow. But the selloff might be more irrational than it looks at first blush.

Today's RBA rate rise should have been an easy slam dunk for the Liberals. But the Coalition’s chaos meant Labor spent Question Time hammering their disunity instead.

With Coalition tensions rising, the scuttlebutt turns to who might follow Barnaby Joyce in defecting to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.

As Donald Trump upends global alliances, the EU’s renewed push for a trade deal hints at fresh opportunities for Australia’s middle power diplomacy.

As Big Tech rides the AI wave, Tesla’s pivot from cars to robots and energy demonstrates Elon Musk’s latest reinvention of his ever-evolving empire.

A surprise jump in inflation has markets bracing for another rate rise, putting Treasurer Jim Chalmers under renewed pressure over the budget.

New polling has Pauline Hanson ahead of Sussan Ley as preferred prime minister, as One Nation surges and the Liberal leader works the phones to lock down support.

AUSTRAC’s probe is testing Airwallex’s compliance and reputation as the fintech upstart pushes global expansion and fights to move past lingering controversies.

Leadership pressure, ideological ruptures and a second Nationals exit have plunged the Coalition into its deepest crisis in decades.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told Davos today the rules-based international order is dead. Australia is still clinging to the hope it just needs a tune-up.

Gilmour Space’s $217 million Series E puts the National Reconstruction Fund back in focus, even as debate continues over risk, returns and long-term direction.

Parliament united to mourn the Bondi victims in the first of two sitting days, but signs of Tuesday's bruising political fight were already showing.

Joe Hockey’s new gig chairing a family office managing the wealth of a Chinese billionaire property developer and high roller shows the post-politics hustle never ends.

The pact between Microsoft and the Australian Council of Trade Unions on AI deployment and skills training shows the boom’s politics in action.

Didier Elzinga is stepping down as Culture Amp CEO after 15 years. In an exclusive interview, he told Capital Brief why “congrats” is the right response.

Fund manager GQG is paying the price for its contrarian bet against the AI boom, as analysts split on whether the rally fades, morphs or powers on.

A criminal probe into US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell is the latest marker of a Trump presidency defined by disruption — and a world trying to adapt to it.

The year hasn't started quietly, with a royal commission backflip, a One Nation polling jolt, Trump tremors, BlueScope drama and the onward march of AI all packing the calendar early.

Employment Hero and Seek have quietly settled their legal stoush, avoiding a high-stakes court fight and removing a major distraction for both companies.

Australian founder Max Marchione’s ambitious health tech startup Superpower captures the new Silicon Valley mood: loud, brash and convinced AI will eat the world.

A $13 billion takeover bid for BlueScope by Indiana-based Steel Dynamics and billionaire Ryan Stokes is the talk of the ASX and will be watched closely in Canberra.

The US operation in Venezuela has prompted a cautious response from Australia, exposing the difficult balance between support for Washington and the rules-based order.

The Bondi massacre has shocked Australia and reframed how 2025 will be remembered.

Anthony Albanese responded to the Bondi attack with new powers and promises, as critics asked why it took Australia’s worst terror attack to act.

Jim Chalmers went ahead with MYEFO as Australia grieved the Bondi massacre, pushing back against the government's critics while conceding the budget was not the nation's focus.

Anthony Albanese is urging calm and unity after the Bondi terror attack, but the political response is hardening fast as grief gives way to anger.

The Bondi Beach terror attack has prompted an international political argument over whether Australia is doing enough to combat antisemitism.

As we barrel towards the the end of the year, this week's lively happenings — from an expenses scandal to a Big Law breakup — showed that 2025 has some life in it yet.

Ethical funds and angry shareholders put Westpac on blast over climate at its AGM, sending a signal ahead of NAB and ANZ’s turn in the hot seat.

Australia’s world-first under-16 social media ban united Labor, tabloid media and campaigners in a rare alliance that could shape global online regulation.

As Australia’s child social media ban takes effect, a ministerial scandal and tech pushback threaten to overshadow one of the nation’s boldest digital reforms.

Netflix’s megabid for Warner Bros Discovery's film assets marks the final act in Hollywood’s decades-long battle with Big Tech. And the tech giants are winning.

Barnaby Joyce still won't tell us whether he is joining One Nation. But he claims the minor party’s polling surge is what drove the Coalition to abandon net zero.

Uber is heading to the High Court to challenge an $82 million payroll tax ruling, in a case that could reshape how Australia taxes the gig economy.

At the Press Club, Communications Minister Anika Wells dodged questions on gambling ad reform, caught between reformers and powerful media and sporting interests.

Labor’s new AI plan, unveiled by Senator Tim Ayres, sets out a lighter regulatory path but kicks the can down the road on some of the bigger questions around the tech.

Today's stories on ANZ and Culture Amp show how the mood is shifting in the corporate world as companies pull back on purpose-led agendas.

Labor’s streaming quotas have handed local producers a long-promised win. But behind the scenes, they have set the stage for a potential showdown.