How does Tony Abbot’s climate change plan compare with the Government’s? A SmartCompany Q&A
Wednesday, 03 February 2010
After dramatically grabbing the Liberal leadership from Malcolm Turnbull last year on the issue of climate change, Opposition leader Tony Abbott has unveiled his own plan to reduce Australia's carbon emissions by 5% by 2020.  ...

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How Rudd sucked Turnbull into destroying the Opposition: Gottliebsen
Tuesday, 01 December 2009
The real reason why Malcolm Turnbull is in so much trouble is that he agreed to a bad emissions trading deal which pleased nobody, except the Rudd Government who used the legislation to drive their opponents into the dust.  ...

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The Search Engine Room reveals the latest IT developments
Friday, 27 November 2009
I'm going to be a little self indulgent this week... I promise to get back to answering your questions next week. Cross my heart!  ...

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People will pay for online news – but not enough to save newspapers: Bartholomeusz
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Boston Consulting Group has conducted a survey with both good and bad news for newspaper proprietors. The good news is that a surprisingly large number of consumers would be willing to pay for online news. The bad news is in the amounts they are willing to ...

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Australia’s power sector is in jeopardy: Gottliebsen
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
This is one of the most frightening comments I have ever written for Business Spectator. Three months after Alan Kohler, Steve Bartholomeusz and myself first met with representatives of most of the power players in Australia - but particularly connected to ...

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SmartCompany helps create First Digital Media sales network
Monday, 24 August 2009
SmartCompany has joined forces with three of Australia's leading business news and commentary sites to provide advertisers access to a hard to reach, concentrated readership of wealthy senior business professionals.  ...

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The correction we had to have: Gottliebsen
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Late last week, as I worked on an article for Business Spectator's sister publication Eureka Report, I had a sudden change of heart. I dropped what I was working on and instead wrote a commentary that explained to readers why world share and commodity markets ...

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The new members of the wealth club
Monday, 01 June 2009
One of the best parts about reading any new rich list is looking at the newest members. Despite the dire state of the economy - or perhaps because of it, given the cut-off for inclusion on BRW's Rich 200 has fallen from $200 million to $150 million - there ...

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Bolton defends BrisConnections backflip
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
Nicholas Bolton, the 27-year-old IT entrepreneur who attempted to wind up toll road company BrisConnections, only to do a secret deal and vote against his own wind-up resolution, has hit back at claims he sold out his fellow investors.  ...

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I was wrong about recession: Phil Ruthven
Thursday, 02 April 2009
Forecaster and IBISWorld chief Phil Ruthven has admitted Australia can no longer avoid a recession, but says it will be very minor and shallow. And he also says he is not sorry for calling it wrong.  ...

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I'm worried about dodgy sales tactics
Monday, 09 March 2009
In the world of sales there has always been the following advice for customers and for good reason: Buyer beware. Read the fine print. If it's too good to be true, then it is.  ...

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The global banking crisis is far from over – and Australia is not immune: Gottliebsen
Monday, 23 February 2009
Despite the White House denials, the nationalisation of a big chunk of US and European banks is being considered as so many global banks are insolvent because of the losses they are concealing. Australian banks shudder at the repercussions that might have for ...

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Obama must fight the disease, not the symptoms: Gottliebsen
Thursday, 12 February 2009
The Obama Presidency, with its wonderful rhetoric, gave world markets an expectation that we could minimise the fallout from the global financial crisis. The markets knew that there were vast sums on the sidelines waiting to snap up the toxic bank assets and ...

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Now’s the time to be frugal!
Tuesday, 03 February 2009
I started last week’s blog with “we had a bad week”, and unfortunately I could use that same intro this week. We saw nearly 4000 jobs disappear in just two companies on Thursday.  ...

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Consumer sentiment surprise, oil price slides: Economy roundup
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
Here’s a shock: Despite a slowing economy, spreading job losses and news that retail prices are about to go through the roof, consumers are actually a little happier. ...

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Will more rate cuts around the world save us from recession? SmartCompany Q&A
Thursday, 30 October 2008
The desperate global fight to keep the economy from slipping into recession continued overnight, with the US central bank cutting official interest rates there by 0.5% to just 1% and China’s central bank cutting commercial loan rates by 0.27% to 6.66%. ...

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20 questions every investor wants answered
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
It's not the easiest time to be an investor but it is a time that great fortunes can be made by those skilful enough to capitalise on the massive discounts and price anomalies now appearing across the investment market.  ...

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This crisis could be worse than the crash of 1987: Gottliebsen
Friday, 10 October 2008
By itself, the fact that General Motors and Ford are in deep trouble should not have caused last night's late session Wall Street falls.  ...

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Shares plunge more than 4% as global panic spreads to Europe: Economy roundup
Wednesday, 08 October 2008
This morning the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index has slumped a massive 4.2% in early trade, dropping 194.9 points to 4423.8 points at 11:45am AEST, after posting a 78.3 points gain on Tuesday following the interest rate rise.  ...

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Short-term pain but long-term gain for property investors
Thursday, 25 September 2008
Real estate decisions should be made on a seven to 10-year time scale, so our current market place looks more like a landscape of good buying opportunities, not one for ill-considered exit selling ...

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