Mike Bruce
Super fund executive sounds big warning on climate change activism
Green activists pressuring funds over their investment decisions are wasting their time – and doing nothing to reduce climate change, a senior super...
The figures that could show the tax cuts aren’t working
If government was pinning its hopes on a sugar-hit from tax rebates and interest rate cuts, they’ll probably want to avoid reading...
No coal, no petrol, no gas: Australia’s energy future
No more petrol or diesel vehicles. Coal-fired power stations will disappear from the landscape. Gas will die. Even the humble servo will...
The good piece of economic news we haven’t had for 44 years
The Australian economy just had a red-letter day. It has experienced its first current account surplus since the June quarter of 1975....
How a post-Brexit Europe will affect our exports
Old Blighty, the Old Dart, England. For decades, it was Australia’s biggest and most generous trading partner. Australia would stack ships full...
The first peek inside German supermarket Kaufland’s Australian stores
German supermarket giant Kaufland has 18 supermarkets in the pipeline, after the Victorian government approved another two stores on Thursday. The approval...
Virgin at a ‘tipping point’ as it posts seventh annual loss in a row
Massive job losses at Virgin Australia may be just the beginning of a massive cost-cutting crusade, as the embattled airline faces the...
Why more of us are ‘subscribing’ to cars … not buying them
If you don’t want to, or cannot, buy or lease a car, there’s a new alternative that’s set to shake up the...
August 26, 1985: France denies knowledge of Rainbow Warrior attack
On this day in 1985, the French government denied all knowledge of the operation to bomb and sink the Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow...
Our most abundant energy source that doesn’t emit greenhouse gases
It’s the most abundant element in the world. It can fuel vehicles, homes and power-intensive industries. It could be half the cost...