Tim Treadgold

Spin just ain’t what it used to be. Perhaps it’s the boom. Perhaps it’s incompetence. Perhaps it’s the internet.

Anyone watching the Australian stock market for the past few weeks could not avoid the feeling that it’s been bouncing across a ceiling, unable to get much higher, and looking extremely fragile every

PT Barnum was right.

“Kevin, it’s Rod here, do you need any advice on your industrial relations policy.”“Yes, please, Sir Rod.

Secession bobs up as a topic every time Western Australia goes into boom mode, and now is no different – though there is an emerging (and amusing) variation on the secession theme given the remarkable

Bubbles never last long, as every child knows. No sooner have you blown one than it pops.

Reinventing yourself, repeatedly, is not an easy trick.

No boom lasts forever, but over the past week Briefcase has seen evidence that this boom really is something completely different and might, just might, live up to the expectations of the optimists an

This week, as a treat for its reader, Briefcase wanted to declare this page a Burke-free zone.