Peter Switzer

The Albanese Government is having trouble with a weighty problem, namely, could supporting fat-killing GLP-1s lead to another NDIS disaster?

I’m about to interview a fund manager who oversees US$30 billion in tech investments from Florida, and it has me thinking about the bets I wish I’d made sooner.

Before the 2025 election, Labor promised to cut student debt by 20%. New tax data shows exactly where those debts were biggest, and it maps neatly onto some very interesting electorates.

The ultimate odd couple: the tax office and your bank, quietly comparing notes on your finances.

If you want to see real pain in the property market, look at what’s happening at auctions right now.

Andrew Hastie says Iran has detonated an economic nuclear bomb. Wall Street's reaction so far: a shrug.To normal people the Iran war's most important issue, the Strait of Hormuz and the price of oil, is a hip-pocket explosion driving up spending to drive a car, akin to an interest rate rise, but the Coalition's Andrew Hastie says it's an “economic nuclear bomb”!

A family construction business just floated on the ASX to a 17% first-day pop, and 36 years of hard slog in the making.

First home buyers were supposed to rush in once the Budget levelled the field. Instead, it looks like they’re running for the exits and the numbers show why.

Albo’s government wants more homes built so why is it banning the one group ready to fund 40,000 of them?

A fresh batch of tax and super changes have arrived. The Albanese Government calls it “reform”! Here’s what’s different in your pay packet, your super fund, and your tax return from today.