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Popular uprisings demanding democratic reforms that have already toppled autocratic regimes in Tunisia and Egypt now threaten vast swathes of the Middle East and parts of Africa. While Libya is currently garnering most attention, Algeria, Jordan, Iran, Bahrain, Yemen have all recently experienced mass demonstrations. To a lesser extent, unrest has also emanated out of Morocco, Syria and Saudi Arabia. Many of these nations are large oil producers.

Once the domain of government agencies, today the global space landscape is increasingly driven by private organisations pursuing a more entrepreneurial and commercial utilisation of space. We have come to depend on space-enabled technologies, such as satellite-based services, for everyday activities including navigation, telecommunications, weather forecasting, emergency management, banking, mining, agriculture and transportation.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has published its financial reporting and audit focus areas for the 2025-26 financial year.

The Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026 (Cth), released by the Federal Government this month will amend the Australian Consumer Law to prohibit...

On balance, the Australian economy remains reasonably well positioned to record further future growth in the short term.

The current growth resurgence is based on relatively weak fundamentals and is unlikely to last over the medium term.

With the Australian share market oscillating, it is little wonder that investors are beginning to doubt old rules.

The Australian economy grew strongly over the June quarter recording an increase of 1.2%. March quarter growth was very much dominated by the public sector as private sector demand actually detracted from growth, albeit slightly. The challenge in the June quarter was always going to be whether or not private sector demand could improve sufficiently enough to withstand the gradual withdrawal of stimulus measures. And indeed it has. Household consumption expenditure increased by 1.6% but impor

Some issues have emerged from dealing with securitisation vehicles under stress, but generally Australian RMBS and ABS are performing well so far.

An expert outside party review could give you the right information to help you make the best decision for the school.

The COVID-19 pandemic has alerted businesses to the fragility of global supply chains.

IP Australia's fourteenth edition of the Australian Intellectual Property Report reveals significant shifts in IP filing trends, with trade marks and designs reaching record highs while patent applications decline.

Future economic growth in Europe remains tenuous at best and the risk of another recession cannot be discounted.

Failing any further deterioration in the global economy, the RBA could keep interest rates on hold for the next quarter.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects global economic growth to improve modestly throughout 2014 and 2015.

Cathro and Partners' expanded Cathro Clarity dashboard reveals diverging trends in Australian insolvency: corporate appointments have nearly tripled since FY22 while personal bankruptcies rose only 15%, with debt agreements now accounting for 43% of personal insolvencies. The data exposes striking industry patterns, particularly healthcare's disproportionate representation in personal bankruptcies compared to corporate failures, and construction's dominance across both categories.

The Fair Trad­ing and Build­ing Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment Bill 2026 was passed by par­lia­ment dur­ing Feb­ru­ary 2026 with the changes effec­tive on 1 April 2026.