Monday, April 20, 2026

Here’s a tip that could make banks phenomenally successful: radical honesty

Here's a tip that could make banks phenomenally successful: radical honesty Radical honesty works, but it is difficult. Shutterstock Louise Metcalf, Macquarie University Appearing before the banking royal commission, the newly appointed head of the Commonwealth Bank, Matt...

Banking Royal Commission’s damning report: ‘Things are so bad that new laws might not help’

Banking Royal Commission's damning report: 'Things are so bad that new laws might not help' Peter Martin, The Conversation Royal Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has identified “greed” as the key reason banks and other financial institutions repeatedly...

Revealed: This is how much ordinary Australians really earn

A casual glance at the news in recent months may have left you thinking the average Australian earns almost $85,000 a year. If that sounded insanely high to you, then your instincts were bang on....

View from The Hill: A tax cut that will ‘pay your rego’

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra The Turnbull government has produced a budget that it hopes it can sell as appealing for voters while appearing fiscally responsible. Its income tax cuts target lower and middle earners in...

Infographic: Budget 2018 at a glance

Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Jenni Henderson, The Conversation and Wes Mountain, The Conversation Jenni Henderson, Section Editor: Business + Economy, The Conversation and Wes Mountain, Deputy Multimedia Editor, The Conversation This article was originally published on...

Eight charts on our growing tax problem: what abandoning tax reform means for taxpayers

Eight charts on our growing tax problem: what abandoning tax reform means for taxpayers Rebecca Cassells, Curtin University and Alan Duncan, Curtin University As we move closer to Treasurer Scott Morrison’s third budget, what we do...

History repeats: how O’Farrell and Greiner fell foul of ICAC

In April 2014, the New South Wales Independent Commission into Corruption (ICAC) claimed its biggest political scalp in two decades. Liberal state premier Barry O’Farrell resigned after what he has described as a “massive...

The financial sector is professional gambling in action

The financial sector is professional gambling in action Shutterstock/f8studio Chris Brady, University of Salford The American journalist and poet Ambrose Bierce wrote in his 1906 satire The Devil’s Dictionary that “the gambling known as business looks with...

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