The Edition

Opposition treasury spokesman Ted O’Brien used his Press Club address to tie the Coalition’s net zero backflip with an AI and energy pitch.

Macquarie’s lending pullback shows how property influencers and buyers’ agents are driving risky, leveraged investment strategies in Australia’s hot market.

The VC firm has given one of the clearest signals yet that Canva is ready for an IPO next year, telling investors the design giant’s revenue and valuation continue to surge.

Nvidia’s rally turned rout may have drawn most of the spotlight, but some investors suspect there was something else driving today’s risk-off mood.

Nvidia's jaw-dropping quarterly result is once again raising a key question: is the artificial intelligence boom a bubble, or a megacycle for the ages?

Culture Amp’s layoffs reflect a broader shift as pre-AI unicorns race to rebuild around automation, new product strategies and mounting pressure to stay competitive.

Matt Comyn has made parliament his pulpit, advancing policies on tax, migration and banking that don't always align perfectly with shareholder interests.

Labor is pushing ahead with its News Bargaining Incentive and streaming quotas, betting Canberra’s agenda can survive US scrutiny and avoid a Trump backlash.

From the Opera House steps, Jim Chalmers sold Australia as an investor’s dream. Behind the postcard pitch, however, economists are sending warnings about policy gaps and supply strains.

Sussan Ley has announced the Liberals will scrap net zero while staying in the Paris deal. It's a contradiction that underscores the political tightrope she is walking.

As Joe Longo nears the end of his term as ASIC chair, he leaves a regulator that is more visible, litigious and image-conscious than the bruised one he inherited.

CBA’s golden share price run has faltered while ANZ, after years in the wilderness, is showing early signs of revival under Nuno Matos’ ruthless reset.

As central bankers weigh inflation against growth, two economists in Sydney laid bare the widening divide in global views on where interest rates go next.

Shareholders gushed over Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson at today’s AGM, as optimism from a new Project Sunrise teaser outshone a lacklustre trading update.

Westpac’s polished Anthony Miller and NAB’s candid Andrew Irvine may have contrasting styles, but their banks are facing similar challenges.

In a rare show of openness to regulation, private credit funds say ASIC’s push for more transparency could go even further.

Sydney-based IREN has struck a $14.8 billion deal with Microsoft to fuel its AI cloud ambitions, underlining its transformation from Bitcoin miner to 'neocloud' operator.

It was a rough day in Canberra for Optus boss Stephen Rue, who faced a rare united front of senators over the telco's triple-zero outage.

Shareholder revolts, board spills and bonus battles — Australia’s AGM season has turned bloody, with James Hardie leading a wave of corporate reckonings.

With Anthony Albanese abroad, Canberra chatter turns to tech policy at home — including how the prime minister's rapport with Trump will shape Australian regulation.

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is telling anyone who will listen that there is no AI bubble. OpenAI’s revamp and Big Tech results will put that faith to the test.

CSL’s AGM turned fiery as shareholders raged over pay and profits, as plunging vaccination rates batter the biotech’s bottom line.

The Albanese government’s decision to reject a text and data mining exemption in copyright law marks the end of the first battle over AI in Australia — for now.

Donald Trump’s return was meant to spell trouble for Labor, but it’s left Anthony Albanese looking stronger — and his rivals more divided than ever.

ASX’s AGM passed without fireworks as chair David Clarke defended progress on the troubled CHESS overhaul after a year of outages, mix-ups and competition from Cboe.

Tech Council CEO Damian Kassabgi has resigned from his role, ending a short tenure which came under the shadow of its chair, Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar.

As Donald Trump turns up trade pressure on China, Anthony Albanese delivered a minerals deal the US needed. It's bound to add more friction to Australia's geopolitical balancing act.

With Anthony Albanese set to sit down with Donald Trump overnight, the stakes are high. For now, a friendly meeting looks likelier than a bruising Oval Office clash.

SXSW Sydney’s big budget but inauthentic veneer hides where the real creativity happens: in the unofficial parties and gatherings that are blooming around it.

The ASX 200 surged past 9,000 today as a surprise rise in unemployment fuelled bets on a November rate cut. But should markets be in such good shape?

Anthony Albanese is facing heat over a parliamentary sports club spat that’s really about lobbyists, access and Canberra’s cosy culture.

The AI boom is reshaping venture capital, with massive Silicon Valley funding rounds leaving Australia’s smaller funds looking to find their own deep tech edge.

ANZ boss Nuno Matos is "not playing games", as he made clear during a confident, cost-focused strategy update today. For now, it seems the market is buying it.

With ChatGPT as her 'CTO', solo developer Alisa Wu raised $2 million for her startup. It raises the question consuming Silicon Valley: just how far can one founder go?

The Nuno Matos turnaround story at ANZ is beginning to unfold. The question is whether investors will believe it.

As the fallout over the Optus triple-zero outage spreads, Communications Minister Anika Wells has become the opposition's new target in Question Time.

OpenAI’s lavish chip deal with AMD had markets buzzing, and gave AI bubble watchers some fresh fodder for their future case studies.

New Zealand’s economy may be in a rough patch, but startups like Halter and Tracksuit are proving the old adage that pressure breeds innovation.

The US government may have ground to a halt, but global markets are still moving upward. It's a reminder investors now see the shutdowns as politics, not an economic threat.