Podcast Episodes

The global race to the moon is on again

During RN's Science Week we focus on the business of space and the new global race to put people on the Moon. The space economy is predicted to be wo…

1 year, 6 months ago

The Olympics are amazing, but what do they cost?

The Paris Olympics were designed to be 'infrastructure light' to avoid outlandish construction costs,  yet the overspend is estimated at $US1 billion…

1 year, 7 months ago

Do CEOs deserve their huge salaries?

How have CEO bonuses reached such stratospheric levels? What do chief executives have to do to get them and how does getting them influence how they …

1 year, 7 months ago

What have we learned from Crowdstrike's billion dollar IT outage?

What does the Crowdstrike outage have to teach us about risk management and relying on cyber?

1 year, 7 months ago

Our love affair with shopping malls

Shopping malls are very big business globally and Australia's no different, with the twelve largest centres earning over $1 billion annually.  

Initia…

1 year, 7 months ago

Indigenous business and housing ownership is on the up

Indigenous business and home ownership is on an upward trajectory. 

The role played by Indigenous owned and operated businesses in Australia's economy…

1 year, 7 months ago

How do people plan to use extra money from Stage III tax cuts?

This week, everyone who's got a job will have more money in their pocket, thanks to the introduction of the Stage III tax cuts? So how do people plan…

1 year, 8 months ago

Immigration: Costs and benefits

If we reduce the number of immigrants will that reduce pressure on infrastructure and the cost of housing? The short answer is yes, but it will cost …

1 year, 8 months ago

High-tech laundering - how crims use technology to make dirty money clean

Making bucket loads of money from crime is one thing but what do you then do with it all? Investigative journalist Geoff White explains how big time …

1 year, 8 months ago

The coffee paradox

Coffee prices have climbed on commodity markets but not so much in cafes. Why is that?

1 year, 8 months ago