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Reactions to the parliament's ASIC inquiry, a look at what's brought wheat prices down and the ASX closes trading higher: as it happened with our business reporters on the ABC News markets blog. 

Australia's corporate watchdog, ASIC, isn't prosecuting enough white-collar crime and can't perform its full range of duties, so a Senate committee has recommended it split into two new, more streamlined regulators.

Happy financial new year! Look back at the year that was in financial markets; which stocks performed best, what tanked and where analysts are focusing their attention over the coming 12 months. 

Nine Entertainment has announced it'll cut up to 200 jobs, ASX trading higher in midday trade. Catch up on the day's events and insights as they happened.

Project management, legal and energy experts have raised serious doubts about the Coalitions ability to construct nuclear power plants in Australia before 2037.

Energy sector leaders and economists say renewable energy will ultimately generate the vast share of Australia's energy mix, but nuclear could play a small role.

The OAIC alleges Medibank failed to act on multiple reports of vulnerabilities in its cyber security framework before a lack of multi-factor authentication led to a major data hack of nearly 9.7 million past and current customers.

A study ranking nearly 100 cities in eight countries places Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth among the world's least affordable cities to buy a home.

A Senate committee is calling on PwC to disclose the "names and positions" of those involved in the embattled consultancy firm's controversial tax leaks scandal. As it happened.

An ASIC survey has found rising levels of financial hardship among Australians, who say they'd rather sell off assets before they ask their lenders for assistance.

Avian influenza is producing mild symptoms in the US dairy cattle and farm workers it is infecting, but experts say it is vital to get the virus "mopped up" before it has a chance to mutate.

New survey data shows tanking public trust in the Coles and Woolworths brands in the wake of regulatory and government inquiries and the rise in the cost of living.

After the Productivity Commission declared Australia's overarching water policy document outdated, the federal government has revealed the details of its National Water Initiative overhaul.

At the southern-most tip of the mainland, Corner Inlet fishermen have turned their gentle fishing practices into law to safeguard the bay and the livelihoods of future generations.

More than 50 lawyers and academics are urging the federal parliament to ensure pending changes to the basin plan tangibly improve how it incorporates First Nations' aspirations and values.

As the federal government's proposed changes head to debate in the Senate, a committee has backed the use of buybacks to meet recovery targets, and called for more scrutiny of water-saving projects, and greater First Nations involvement.

Irrigators have volunteered to sell the federal government nearly twice the volume of water it intends to purchase this year, while an interim report from the Productivity Commission calls for sweeping changes to get the basin plan completed on time.

The market for Australian farmland has outperformed the ASX and residential markets for years now, but El Niño and lower commodity prices mean farmers are holding off from selling.

A Victorian hunter takes feral deer and turns them into a luxury venison product, but with deer emerging as one of the country's worst feral animal threats, experts say more must be done.

Will Reynolds was a beach-loving Sydney teenager when a gap year on a Top End cattle station changed his life and set him on a high-stakes career path as a rodeo rider.

Australia's most ambitious environmental reform is about to get a shake-up, so here's your guide to why we have a Murray-Darling Basin Plan and how it might change.

Forecasts of drier conditions ahead see the national commodity forecaster ABARES peg this season's agriculture production at $80 billion — down from an all-time high of $92b last season.

The federal government says the "door is open" to sign its $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan, but there's no indication so far Victoria wants to walk through it.

Publicans say it's a "difficult recipe" to keep punters coming through the doors for a weekly meal special, when their own costs are rising too.

Australian grape growers have produced a stockpile of over 2 billion litres of wine that will take years to bring back into balance.