Switzer

Jennifer Parker, Author at Switzer

While Iran may desire a guaranteed source of revenue, the region is unlikely to accept it tolling the Strait of...

Despite its best efforts, Iran won't be able to toll the Strait of Hormuz. Here's why

While Iran may desire a guaranteed source of revenue, the region is unlikely to accept it tolling the Strait of Hormuz. More importantly, it wou…

How to get into the copper trade on the ASX

Copper delivered more than half of BHP's earnings for the first time, and the ASX has almost no pure copper producers left to buy.

Pragmatism holds Albanese to bad GST carve up

Anthony Albanese insists there will be no retreat from his promise that Western Australia's over-generous slice of the GST will remain intact as…

CSL's next CEO is coming: here's what's at stake

One fund manager told us the next CSL CEO is about a month away. Here's what's at stake when the name lands.

Are Albo's Budget changes helping him in the polls?

Recent polls give Labor encouragement by suggesting their May budget changes are becoming more popular.

Is Treasury Wine Estates finally turning the corner?

A bumpy results season for Treasury Wine Estates might have given way to green shoots. Is it time to pop the corks?

Albanese to seek state cooperation on data centres but faces fight with Queensland

Anthony Albanese will outline to national cabinet on Wednesday proposed national legislation for conditions and guardrails around datacentres -…

Never carry your own bags again: What Europe’s train travellers could learn from Japan

If you’re travelling by train with big bags between European cities or in the UK, there’s an easier way to go. Just ask train travellers in Japa…

When can you access your super early?

Australians are sitting on about A$4.4 trillion in superannuation savings for retirement. But there are ongoing debates about whether they shoul…

How blue-collar companies are using AI

Every article that focuses on how AI is impacting the modern workforce centres around white-collar workers. We asked Ryan Stokes, SGH CEO - whos…

What are peptides? And why am I hearing so much about them?

Peptide may not yet be the 2026 Oxford Word of the Year, but it must surely be in the running.

Can we afford to make Aussies thinner?

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

Three charts that show how female-dominated jobs are actually the most exposed to AI

Recent analysis of government data shows that it's actually female-concentrated segments of the workforce that are most exposed to AI-fuelled au…

Hanson’s poison pill: Why Labor should win another WA seat it has no right to

A WA by-election that should have been a golden chance for the Liberal Party is instead shaping up as another gift to Labor, courtesy of Pauline…

The four legends who shaped Mark Bouris, and the one lesson he took from each

Mark Bouris has worked alongside some of the biggest names in business. Ask him who shaped him most, and he goes straight to four legends.

Passing the Baton: Seymour College students to lead 60th anniversary Long Tan service

As ageing numbers made it harder for veterans to keep running their own ceremony, two Seymour College students stepped up, and this year they’ll…

Why the Pentagon is suddenly interested in a tiny town in NSW

The town of Fifield near Parkes is about a six-hour drive west of Sydney, and at the last census was home to about 130 people. Now, the town has…