12:00AM | The Australian Financial Review
China wants to keep the system of setting long-term iron ore prices, Commerce Ministry spokesman Yao Jian told a regular news conference on Tuesday.
12:00AM | The Australian Financial Review
Recent floods may ultimately deliver a billion-dollar boost to regional Queensland's economy, the state's Primary Industries Minister Tim Mulherin says.
12:00AM | Lucy Gao | The Australian Financial Review
China's social security fund's total assets rose 38 per cent to 776.5 billion yuan ($124.6 billion) in 2009, with a return on investment of 16.1 per cent.
12:00AM | The Australian Financial Review
Premier Mike Rann has denied misleading South Australia over a torrent of water heading for the state.
12:00AM | The Australian Financial Review
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon wants to put an end to state governments fighting for a share of Murray-Darling floodwaters.
12:00AM | The Australian Financial Review
The Queensland government wants to focus high-density development along major public transport corridors in the state's crowded southeast corner.
12:00AM | The Australian Financial Review
Australia needs an ombudsman to protect consumers and food producers from being ripped-off by big supermarkets, consumer group Choice has said.
12:00AM | The Australian Financial Review
Former Labor prime minister Paul Keating has launched a scathing attack on Tony Abbott accusing the Opposition Leader of being an "intellectual nobody" without policy ambition.
12:00AM | Edited by Jamie Freed and Sarah Thompson | The Australian Financial Review
BHP might have to hike its payment to to Rio regarding the miners' mammoth iron ore JV..
12:00AM | Edited by Jamie Freed and Sarah Thompson | The Australian Financial Review
The stock has fallen by a third in less than seven days after revealing a shock downgrade.
12:00AM | Edited by Jamie Freed and Sarah Thompson | The Australian Financial Review
The Future Fund's stake in a Brookfield Asset Management gives it an interest in a US property battle.
12:00AM | The Australian Financial Review
Queensland's cotton crop has taken a big hit from recent floods, with one community alone facing losses of $8 million.
12:00AM | Trevor Hoey | The Australian Financial Review
TPG Telecom has risen by about 50 per cent since its takeover of PIPE Networks was originally proposed, but there could be more upside.
12:00AM | Edited by Jamie Freed and Sarah Thompson | The Australian Financial Review
Reports suggest bids by a consortium involving Cochlear and others were not high enough.
12:00AM | The Australian Financial Review
Labor should go to the next federal election promising to make it compulsory for workers to contribute an additional three per cent of their income to superannuation, former prime minister Paul Keating has said.
12:00AM | Trevor Hoey | The Australian Financial Review
A licence agreement with Polo Ralph Lauren and a strong first-half result have pushed OrotonGroup's share price to levels it might find hard to justify.
12:00AM | Edited by Jamie Freed and Sarah Thompson | The Australian Financial Review
The Japanese group is understood to be the party behind an approach that has led to a trading halt.
15 March 2010 | James Carlisle | The Australian Financial Review
The Reserve Bank of Australia has fleshed out the thinking behind its latest rate rise with the minutes of its March 2 board meeting published on Tuesday.
15 March 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Minutes of the March 2 Monetary Policy Meeting of the Reserve Bank Board.
15 March 2010 | Edited by Jamie Freed and Sarah Thompson | The Australian Financial Review
When it comes to the advertising market, it's all about consumer sentiment and consumption.
15 March 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
There is a certain glamour in having one of the top boats in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, but some executives might be thinking twice before they sign on for a sponsorship of a maxi yacht in the future.
15 March 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
The National Indigenous Television network is coming to the end of a four-year, $48 million start-up funding scheme and is pressing for a fresh commitment from the federal budget.
15 March 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Its heartening to see the spirit of co-operation that the looming privatisation of Queensland Rail has engendered among miners and unions.
15 March 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Maybe it's the return of the big bonus, or just the cheques have had time to clear, but there's set to be some big changes among investment analysts in coming months.
15 March 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Michael Malone, managing director of Perth-based internet service provider iiNet, has a new string to his bow - and a fresh batch of business cards to prove it.
15 March 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Some Preston Campbell magic saved the Gold Coast from an upset NRL opening round loss to the Warriors at Skilled Park.
15 March 2010 | John Eales | The Australian Financial Review
It is not so long ago that women could vote and get equal pay in tennis but not be seen in the foyer of the Australian cricket team's hotel, but the role and profile of women in men's sport has evolved.
15 March 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
As undue haste, untrained practitioners and a premature deadline were the main causes of the insulation debacle, Australian teachers are understandably concerned lest a similar fate overtake the syllabus component of the "education revolution".
15 March 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Chanticleer is absolutely right in ``How Myer float sprang a leak'' (March 12) when he suggests that it is time for the regulators to take a look at how ``book build'' tenders are undertaken for the issue of new securities.
15 March 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Frank Zumbo (`Letters, March 11) doubts my objectivity on the subject of a retail leasing ombudsman because of who pays my salary. While Zumbo's position as a lecturer in law, with a salary paid by the taxpayer, should require objectivity, you will search in vain among his public utterances for any recognition that retail landlords have rights too. Surely if a landlord believes it has done nothing wrong in a dispute with a tenant, and that dispute cannot be successfully resolved at mediation, it is entitled to seek justice from the appropriate tribunal or court? Perhaps the last word should be left to the truly objective Productivity Commission in its 2008 inquiry into the market for retail tenancy leases. It found: "The number of retail tenancy disputes lodged with state or territory authorities is very low relative to the size of the market. The vast majority of disputes, once registered, are settled before escalation to a tribunal or a court.'' What is the justification for a retail leasing ombudsman?
15 March 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
The latest public criticism of the Cooper review of the superannuation system exposes the self-interest of the retail fund sector ("Super funds lash out at Labor reform agenda'', March 11).
15 March 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Paid maternity leave results in less employment opportunity for women: The inevitable outcome is that employers are going to make employment decisions based upon continuity of having a position filled.
15 March 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Economist John Quiggin complains that, despite their crucial role, science and scientific institutions have come under increasingly vociferous attack over their veracity.
15 March 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
The story on March 4 on the government's review of debt agreements featured some of the more nonsensical comments made by an industry group that this consumer advocate has seen in a very long time.
15 March 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Even if Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy manages to convince independents in the Senate to pass his radical Telstra legislation this week, it is time for Telstra to reconsider its options.
15 March 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
The financial innovation that drove velocity to new highs is no longer part of the equation. If the money supply hadn't risen significantly to offset that slowdown in velocity, the economy would have been in a much deeper recession, if not a depression.
15 March 2010 | Michael Baume | The Australian Financial Review
Government complaints about the Senate are the clearest sign that Australia's upper house is doing its job.
15 March 2010 | Cheryl Saunders | The Australian Financial Review
There are plenty of bills that have been blocked by the Senate after having been considered twice by both Houses with an interval of three months between the first rejection by the Senate and the second passage by the House. More may be on the way.
15 March 2010 | Tony Damian | The Australian Financial Review
The Takeovers Panel has won the market's respect, but it is clear important changes are required so it delivers more consistent and certain outcomes.
15 March 2010 | Robert Samuelson | The Australian Financial Review
One job of presidents is to educate Americans about crucial national problems. On health care, Barack Obama has failed. Great simplicities have been peddled in the name of achieving "universal health coverage".
15 March 2010 | Patrick Durkin | The Australian Financial Review
Top 100 companies that received more than a 20 per cent no vote on their executive pay plans, increased from 12 to 17 per cent last year, new research reveals.
15 March 2010 | Mark Ludlow | The Australian Financial Review
The Queensland treasurer doubts coal companies can unite to buy Queensland Rail's coal tracks and are trying to undermine the $3 billion-plus QR public float this year.
15 March 2010 | Rachel Nickless | The Australian Financial Review
The federal government is increasingly confident it can win state backing for its health reform plans after a round of shuttle diplomacy by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
15 March 2010 | Geoff Kitney | The Australian Financial Review
The federal government will release the Henry tax review before the May 11 budget and plans to put tax reform at the centre of its election campaign.
15 March 2010 | John Kerin | The Australian Financial Review
US President Barack Obama will promote stronger business and investment ties between the US and Australia and push the merits of an Asia-Pacific free trade zone as part of his abbreviated visit to Indonesia and Australia.
15 March 2010 | Lisa Murray | The Australian Financial Review
The NSW government has quietly knocked back $1.4 billion worth of projects in the past eight months.
15 March 2010 | Adrian Rollins | The Australian Financial Review
Subdued business borrowing and consumer caution about taking on debt will help constrain the pace of growth and maintain the scope for a gradual tightening in monetary policy.
15 March 2010 | Jonathan Barrett | The Australian Financial Review
A multimilliondollar dispute involving WA gas distributor Alinta has escalated, as power price increases threaten development in the resource-rich state.
15 March 2010 | John Kerin | The Australian Financial Review
Defence Materiel Minister Greg Combet has ordered a review of all ''poor value for money'' long-term Defence contracts with industry as part of a $20 billion drive to cut wasteful spending.
15 March 2010 | Angus Grigg | The Australian Financial Review
The Rudd government's extra $220 million for small community projects might have been allocated last June, but it is being deployed now and should see hundreds of new projects completed and ready for opening before the end of the year.
