Private equity firms and other big privately-held companies may be forced to open their books.

Almost 40,000 Mercury Energy customers will pay much more for gas from next month.

Top public servants received substantial pay rises in the past year, while there was also a big jump in civil servants earning over $100,000.

The recording and film industries are structured around distribution of physical items - getting bits of shellac or vinyl or plastic into shops, celluloid into cinemas.