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AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda tells Australia to wake up or get left behind
Blackstone’s got the keys to AirTrunk’s kingdom, but billionaire founder Robin Khuda hasn’t lost his voice.
Australia’s energy challenge could kill AI data centre gold rush
AI’s insatiable appetite for electricity and thirst for water could strain the grid, raise emissions and power bills and slow down decarbonisation efforts.
Australian data centre approvals lag two years behind Asia: AirTrunk
CEO Robin Khuda said Australia’s artificial intelligence strategy should avoid following the lead of Europe where “no one wants to invest”.
Australia’s productivity revival starts with a laptop, not a bulldozer
Australia must take a few big moves. That includes lifting basic digital literacy in schools so every student meets the standard, and a national digital and AI skills compact.
RBA’s tokenisation efforts find uses in bonds, royalty contracts
Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre CEO Talis Putnins says that, globally, it “feels like we are hitting a critical mass” in adopting the technology.
November 2025
Why you must ‘innovate or stagnate’ as the market transforms
Tokenised securities are being embraced by market players from Nasdaq to Westpac and will allow share trades to settle within minutes, not days.
June 2025
Housing woes collide with climate change and could hit every household
Like housing construction, the insurance industry is at the point where both the corporate and consumer sides are screaming for help.
Australia’s growing ranks of uninsured has Mulino worried
The Financial Review Insurance Forum examined how risk-based pricing by insurance companies has created social equity problems.
February 2025
Health insurance premiums to rise 3.7pc in new cost-of-living hit
Health Minister Mark Butler has signed off on an above-inflation hike in private health insurance premiums, the biggest rise since 2018.
Insurers call for $30b flood defence fund to protect properties
After Peter Dutton said he wanted to break up insurers, the industry wants to partner with governments to strengthen infrastructure and relocate the most vulnerable buildings.
Howard Marks and ASIC share a warning about private market risks
ASIC wants more transparency from private markets. Wall Street legend Howard Marks says there’s one big question investors and regulators need to focus on.
QBE boss hits back: high insurance premiums are due to risk
Andrew Horton has issued the first response from an insurance industry boss since the opposition leader threatened to break up companies.
Red tape slashed for home loans, markets and insurance under Coalition
Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor unveils the Coalition’s new election policies to wind back rules in the finance sector.
Populist politics won’t make insurance cheaper
Peter Dutton has reached for a big stick without any attempt to explain how breaking insurers up into smaller companies would lower the cost of insurance.
IAG says LA wildfires were a wake-up call on disaster preparation
The insurance giant, which owns the NRMA and CGU brands, reports a 91 per cent jump in interim profit, but its shares fell as premium rises moderated.
August 2024
Pressure for health premium overhaul in election headache for Albanese
The influential medical lobby is demanding an independent umpire to determine how high insurance premiums can rise as negotiations over the next increase begin.
