Get a head-start on your week: here are the business, economic and political events that will shape the agenda. Plus: Wealth, Property, Leadership and Luxury and must-reads from our exclusive global partners, The Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review, The Economist & The Times of London.
ERIC JOHNSTON The Australian Business Review Editor
What's Happening This Week
Monday 30.08.21
All day: Senate and House of Representatives sitting 11.30am: ABS Company operating profits Reporting today:9.00am: MoneyMe FY (MME) 9.30am: Invocare FY (IVC) 10.30am: Crown Resorts FY (CWN) 10.30am: Japara Healthcare FY (JHC) 1.00pm: Aussie Broadband FY (ABB) Also reporting today: Fortescue Metals Group FY (FMG) Healius FY (HLS)
Tuesday 31.08.21
All day: Senate and House of Representatives sitting 11.30am: ABS Building approvals 11.30am: ABS Current account 11.30am: RBA Private sector credit 11.30am: The Reserve Bank's Corporate Plan for 2021/22 12.30pm: Author Abbas Nazari addresses the National Press Club Reporting today:9.30am: Harmoney FY (HMY) 10.00am: IGO FY (IGO) 11.00am: Pointsbet Holdings FY (PBH) 11.00am: Regis Healthcare FY (REG) 12.00pm: Sandfire Resources FY (SFR)
Wednesday 01.09.21
All day: Senate and House of Representatives sitting All day: OPEC meetings 8.30am: AIG Manufacturing index 10.15am: House Committee - Dispatchable energy and storage capability 11.30am: ABS GDP q/q 12.30pm: Climate scientists Prof. Mark Howden and Dr Sarah Perkins address the National Press Club 2.30pm: Metcash AGM (MTS) 4.30pm: RBA Commodity prices y/y
Thursday 02.09.21
All day: Senate and House of Representatives sitting 11.00am: Tek Ocean Group IPO (T3K) 11.30am: Rubicon Water IPO (RWL) 11.30am: ABS Trade balance
Friday 03.09.21
8.30am: AIG Construction index 9.00am: Senate Estimates - Community Affairs Legislation Committee 10.00am: CEDA virtual roundtable - Rapid antigen testing for Covid-19 10.40am: Joint Committee - Mobile payment and digital wallet financial services 11.00am: Ballymore Resources IPO (BMR) 11.30am: ABS Retail sales 12.30pm: Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce at the National Press Club 3.00pm: CEDA livestream event - Meeting the aged care workforce challenge 10.30pm: US Unemployment rate TBC: Senate Committee - Australia's oil and gas reserves TBC: Joint Committee - Regulation of investment in Australia's export industries TBC: National Cabinet Meeting All times AEST
The Canadian PM's decision to call a snap election has backfired, with voters flocking to his Conservative rival. By CHARLIE MITCHELL
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
Too much choice? Hate making decisions?
Every time I’m faced with a tough decision, I want someone else to tell me what to do. Why does this happen? By VASUNDHARA SAWHNEY
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Holmes' defence to claim abusive relationship
The Theranos founder claims the abuse by her ex-business and romantic partner was psychological, emotional and sexual. By SARA RANDAZZO, CHRISTOPHER WEAVER
THE ECONOMIST
Biden in a bind with Fed chairman Powell
It would be a bad time to cast any doubt on the independence of the US Federal Reserve. By THE ECONOMIST
You may have missed
WEALTHAll investors will take a hit if inflation gains a grip in the months ahead. Ignore it now and you may pay a high price in the future.
LEADERSHIPEvery once in a while, an outsider comes along with a new vision or a new way of doing things that revolutionises a scientific field, an industry or a culture.
LUXURYThe Kia Stinger subscribes to the muscle car ethos so closely it will offer succour to any teary-eyed bloke who misses big, grunting rear-wheel-drive sedans.
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