A new report reveals a staggeringly low number of jobs up for grabs in Australia, with one state reporting far more people available to work than there are jobs.
Alexandra Feiam
Australia’s sharemarket cracked a fresh record high on Tuesday, on the back of renewed economic confidence.
Cameron Micallef
Strong public spending is offsetting an overall weak economy, new figures from the ABS reveal, ahead of the release of the latest growth figures on Wednesday.
As the federal election looms, Peter Dutton has used a three-year anniversary to attack Anthony Albanese over a broken promise.
Blair Jackson
Sliding exports of coal and iron ore have pushed Australia’s trade surplus to the lowest level since 2018.
Matt Mckenzie
Maverick MP Bob Katter has joined the chorus of criticism against CommBank for imposing a $3 fee to withdraw cash from some accounts.
Cameron Micallef, Ryan Bourke
Australia’s leading business body has just ranked the best and worst states and territories for commerce and a surprising state has come out on top.
Duncan Evans
JACKSON HEWETT: Business confidence is down and consumers’ wallets remain mostly closed. But government largesse is gradually filtering into public sector wages. Welcome to our patchwork economy.
Jackson Hewett
Australia’s sharemarket has started the last month of the year with a strong day of trading, as new retail data was surprisingly good.
Company profits have sunk nearly 9 per cent, throwing fresh doubt on claims that corporate greed is behind Australia’s inflation surge.
The doom and gloom for Aussie retailers seems to have subsided – and that was even before an expected bumper Black Friday sales.
The cost-of-living crisis has pushed customers to Black Friday sales in big numbers, while take-away meals and bottle shop purchases have also seen a bounce.
The tech giants that dominate our app use could face large new fines and bans on anti-competitive dominance.
Aussies looking to cut back this Christmas are walking away from this holiday tradition, but it might not be saving them as much as they think.
Stacking the Reserve Bank’s new interest rate board with economists who will be soft on inflation would harm the institution’s credibility, AMP’s Shane Oliver has declared.
Australia is set for another year of slow economic growth as falling commodity prices and a looming Trump trade war weigh on the outlook.
Despite taking all the right steps, banks can still decline your home loan for a surprising reason, as one young Aussie learned the hard way.
Thomas Sargeant
Black Friday shoppers hit retailers across the State, casting aside cost-of-living concerns to snap up some pre-Christmas bargains in a sales event that gets longer and delivers steeper discounts every year.
Cheyanne Enciso
The Australian sharemarket trimmed during Friday’s trading as investors took stock of later than anticipated rate cuts.
JACKSON HEWETT: After driving through 11 Treasury-related bills during a week of Parliamentary mayhem, Jim Chalmers took a moment to congratulate himself. But he may have been a bit quick to do so.
Aussies are willing to sign away their rights and stay in constant contact with their boss, as long as the employer pays them for the privilege of it.
ANZ has punted back its prediction for when the RBA will cut interest rates, thanks to the strong jobs market and rising consumer confidence.
The big four bank is the latest institution to push out its timeline for a Reserve Bank interest rate cut, as customers start spending stage 3 tax cuts.
The RBA governor surprisingly came out in support of Australia’s big spending budget saying the economy “would be worse without it”.
