Columns & opinion

Brendan Harkin: News you'll need to know

Jun 05, 2017 at 07:40 pm by Staff

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW "I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of old ideas" - John Cage Judah Vs. The Machines, an eight-episode web series.... Read More

Peter Coleman: A wrapper for your NIMs, ma'am?

May 22, 2017 at 07:56 am by Staff

As Alan Joyce's Jetstar carries me down to Melbourne for PacPrint, the lady on my left is reading a Domain supplement she's saved from Saturday's paper. Either that, of course.... Read More

Peter Coleman: Where's Seven West when we need them? (updated)

May 14, 2017 at 11:33 pm by Staff

On the principle that if you go in low, later increments look more impressive, TPG has now weighed in with A$2.7 billion for the whole of Australia's Fairfax Media. Someone sh.... Read More

Brendan Harkin: An Innovation Society, or a Rentier Economy? It's one or the other

May 01, 2017 at 06:45 pm by Staff

SMART EVERYTHING None of us is as smart as all of us" Bob Taylor - Xerox PARC Creator of some the greatest tech teams of all time. Bankers, pharmaceutical giants, Google, Fac.... Read More

Marcelo Rech: In the business of trust

Apr 23, 2017 at 06:13 pm by Staff

When we remember what was the main task of a newsroom 20 years ago and what it is now, we can realise where the future of journalism lies in the next ten or 50 years. Today an.... Read More