James Fernyhough
Dutton camp’s claim that coal is cheaper is just not true, energy experts agree
Building more coal-fired power stations will do nothing to lower energy prices, and the pro-coal conservatives of the Liberal Party behind Friday’s leadership spill...
Scott Morrison tells Australians: ‘We are on your side’
Newly-elected Liberal leader Scott Morrison has pledged to unify his “bruised and battered” party and make the drought his No.1 priority. In...
Booming Qantas is finally about to pay some company tax
Qantas has incurred its first company tax bill in nine years, but the sum owed is still only a tiny fraction of...
NBN boss backflips on higher fees for rural users
Bill Morrow, the soon-to-depart chief executive of NBN Co, has made a confusing backtrack on a plan to charge regional customers $20 more...
Why we are spending billions a year topping up Medicare
Half of Australians are spending a total of $3 billion a year topping up GP fees and other non-hospital costs that are...
Glimmer of hope as wage growth gets tiny boost
Australians waiting for a pay rise saw a glimmer of hope on Tuesday when the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed wages had...
Why the NEG will fail to address carbon emissions
The Turnbull government’s National Energy Guarantee will do almost nothing to ensure Australia meets its commitments to the Paris climate agreement, experts have...
Frydenberg attempts to guilt Labor states into supporting NEG
The Turnbull government has failed to secure unconditional support for its signature energy policy, the National Energy Guarantee, at a meeting of state...
AustralianSuper questioned on ownership of The New Daily
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has justified his fund’s investment in The New Daily to the banking royal commission, saying the purpose of the...
AustralianSuper grilled on investment in renewable energy company
The boss of Australia’s biggest super fund, AustralianSuper, was worried an underperforming investment in a renewable energy company would be viewed as “ideological”...