This Month
- Opinion
- Supermarkets
Supermarket pile-on is going to cause real harm
If the supermarkets are guilty, then throw the book at them. But it’s populist politics that is really at work here.
- Graeme Samuel
Woolworths and Coles could be ‘innocent’: Samuel
Graeme Samuel says the higher prices charged by the two major supermarkets could have been caused by suppliers, as the ACCC found the retailers have increased their earnings and operating margins over the past five years.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Driverless cars
Why is Australia stuck in the slow lane on driverless cars?
Australian regulations put a far higher bar on robot drivers than human ones. That makes little sense when it’s likely that the tech is already safer.
- Marion Terrill
- Opinion
- Workplace culture
Amazon unwinding WFH won’t cure productivity blues
Dropping the hammer on remote work is probably more about making life easier for managers than it is about helping workers be more productive.
- Lionel Laurent
Tabcorp CEO Gill McLachlan orders staff back to office five days a week
Tabcorp and Amazon have ordered their staff back to the office five days a week in the latest salvo in the work-from-home battle.
- Euan Black and Patrick Durkin
CBA explores replacing local call centre staff with AI
The bank has begun testing its Hey CommBank platform, which would significantly expand the use of artificial intelligence in customer interactions.
- Paul Smith
US crackdown on cheap Chinese goods adds to Temu, Shein woes
The move threatens to reshape parts of the US retail arena and deflate the excitement that’s accompanied the meteoric ascent of bargain bazaars.
- Jeanny Yu and Olivia Poh
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
What we missed in the AirTrunk frenzy
AirTrunk founder Robin Khuda is thinking bigger than his own company. He says the staggering growth prospects for data centres can change the Australian economy.
- James Thomson
Google accused of using secret tech to rig online ad business
In a second antitrust trial, the US Justice Department has called for a breakup of the tech giant, which it says controls almost all online advertising.
- David McCabe
US prepares to challenge Google’s online ad dominance
The trial is the latest salvo by federal regulators against Big Tech, testing a century-old law against companies that have reshaped the way people consume.
- David McCabe
- Opinion
- AI
Australia must become an AI powerhouse, or be left behind
Artificial intelligence presents a significant opportunity for Australia’s economy, but has been largely ignored – and underfunded – in the political rhetoric.
- Casey Flint
Inside the high-tech sheds worth $24b to AirTrunk
From a single room holding a hard-working mainframe, data centres have evolved into major pieces of high-powered, high-tech infrastructure.
- Campbell Kwan
More US cleantech companies close as fundraising challenges emerge
Start-up cleantech businesses that easily raised money from venture firms just two or three years ago are now finding it harder to get hold of fresh cash.
- Patrick Temple-West, Amelia Pollard and George Hammond
- Opinion
- Investing
How Australia’s ‘magnificent 10’ contributed to returns over 20 years
How costly was failing to pick the ASX’s 10 top performers over the past two decades? Vanguard did the sums
- Carole Okigbo
The streaming service reeling in Netflix in Australia
Amazon Prime Video is closing the gap on the nation’s most popular entertainment platform, all while more Australians are downgrading to ad-supported plans.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Farquhar’s Atlassian era passes without a grand farewell
Co-founders Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes spent their final day of as co-CEOs working from home. Venture capitalists say Farquhar’s influence goes beyond Atlassian.
- Tess Bennett
August
Landmark bid for gig worker pay prompts warning of ‘legal chaos’
Transport Workers Union applies to set minimum rates for food delivery workers, truck drivers and couriers just days after government’s laws came into effect.
- David Marin-Guzman
85-inch TVs are taking over Australia’s lounge rooms
A big screen is no longer an extravagance as Kogan shoppers upgrade their home set-up, even if they are cutting back elsewhere.
- Simon Evans
- Exclusive
- Retail
Wesfarmers wants slice of retail media boom for Bunnings, Officeworks
The hardware and stationery giants have plans to enter the novel sector, joining Woolworths and Coles.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Sam Buckingham-Jones
Booktopia emerges from administration after sale to digiDirect
The company was once worth $400 million. The founder of digiDirect says he intends to invest in the business to turn around its poor performance.
- Carrie LaFrenz
