analysis Oil markets can't bank on deal maker Donald Trump in the Middle East Alan Kohler The oil price surged to $US91 a barrel over the weekend, after the energy minister of Qatar, Saad al-Kaabi, declared that Gulf countries would shut down all energy e... See more
analysis Last Wednesday WiseTech Global, an Australian logistics software business, said that it was cutting 2,000 staff as part of an AI transformation. It was the first announcement of mass AI-related job losses in Australia. Then on Friday Jack Dorsey,... See more
analysis Reducing inequality means taxing capital more — including inheritances Treasurer Jim Chalmers and the new shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, both say they are keen to do something about "intergenerational inequality". That theme figured in both of the... See more
analysis Artificial intelligence got personal for me last week. It also became clear how quickly it's developing now and that it is more complicated than we thought. A week ago, someone sent me a link to an online article describing a flaming confrontatio... See more
analysis One Nation capitalises on anti-immigration sentiment in a housing crisis Alan Kohler Last week, a poll conducted by Redbridge Group and published in the Australian Financial Review sent shock waves through Australian politics. It put the primary ... See more
