Alan Kohler

3 days ago | abc.net.au | Alan Kohler

In his 2004 thesis on Paul Keating's prime ministership, Treasurer Jim Chalmers wrote that Keating could not have "imagined the plethora of reforms" that marked his turn as treasurer without the electoral success and popularity of Bob Hawke as PM.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Alan Kohler

When I got home from voting on Saturday, I was confronted on social media by a picture of Donald Trump dressed as a Pope. He had posted the picture himself, would you believe, and then the official White House account reposted it. A day earlier, a reporter had asked the US president who he would like the Cardinals to elect as the next Pope, and Trump replied: "I'd like to be Pope.

1 week ago | intelligentinvestor.com.au | Alan Kohler

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1 week ago | intelligentinvestor.com.au | Alan Kohler

Get expert advice on markets, investing & Buy, Hold, Sell stock recommendations. Get expert advice on markets, investing & Buy, Hold, Sell stock recommendations. [Music] Hello, I'm Alan Kohler, founder of Eureka Report, which is now part of Intelligent Investor, finance presenter and columnist for the ABC. And I'm James Thomson, Senior Chanticleer columnist at The Australian Financial Review. And we are the Money Café. G'day James. So actually... Back in the normal cafe.

2 weeks ago | chargedfleet.com | Alan Kohler

Most people know that cold weather affects battery performance in your heavy-duty truck. But what about the effect of summer heat on your truck batteries? The fact is, extreme heat can also be detrimental to battery life. Some lead acid batteries can suffer water loss in extreme heat — and water is essential to the electrochemical process within the battery. Lead acid batteries function using an electrochemical process in which lead plates react with an electrolyte.