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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the media during a press conference in Berlin, Sunday, April 22, 2018. Mr Turnbull is in Berlin on a three-day official visit. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Turnbull can use lessons from the royal commission to fix live exports

If the government is smart, it won't make the same mistake it made about a banking royal commission on live exports.

Facebook downplays dominance as ACCC submissions are filed

Facebook is intent on denying it has a monopoly on the market. Is that going to fly with the competition regulator?

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stands in front of what could be his actual bedroom wallpaper.

The wisdom of Jeff Bezos includes handstand advice

Memo writing tips and handstand perfecting stories are important for Amazon shareholders to know about, apparently.

AMP attempts damage control in wake of royal commission debacle

AMP has dumped its CEO and stood aside its senior lawyer to try to control the damage from the banking royal commission, but it won't be enough. And why is the Business Council so quiet?

Morrison too little, too late effort on the royal commission won't convince

The government's get-tough act on the banks is a hasty and inadequate catch-up and fails to address competition issues.

Schwab: fans are the losers in Cricket Australia's broadcasting deal

The winners in Cricket Australia's most recent rights deal are easy to spot: they're the ones smiling to the camera.

Rundle: the finance sector must be socialised

The finance sector is a social resource. In a modern society it is an essential utility, as much as the water or power system is.

The royal commission isn't exposing flaws in the system — this IS the system

The revelations of the banking royal commission reflect deeper issues about policymaking in Australia than just the structure of the finance industry.

'I charge dead people' and other horror scenarios for the government

Embarrassment isn't the only problem from the banking royal commission for the government. It will cruel its narrative in other areas too.

AMP's Anthony 'Jack' Regan leaves the Commonwealth Law Courts Building in Melbourne.

AMP treated the corporate regulator with contempt — understandably

The banking royal commission has shown how utterly contemptuous of the ASIC Australia's biggest firms can be.