More Aussies are delaying their retirement plans due to cost of living pressures, but a finance expert says there are seven simple things you can do to retire early.
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The Reserve Bank is widely expected to keep rates on hold after a spike in inflation, with the bank's updated economic forecasts set to be closely scrutinised.
Jacob Shteyman
Savers are being urged to look at the fine print and shop around so they can take advantage of what’s expected to be flat interest rates for the foreseeable future.
Claire Sadler
Fracking, where drilling is used to fracture the ground and release trapped gas, is banned across the state — but areas in the Kimberley and the Mid-West are exempt.
Joe Spagnolo
The publican behind a planned Perth tavern has threatened to pull out of the beachfront project rather than build a pub with no beer, after its liquor licence was revoked.
Kim Macdonald
Helen Skeggs is among a long list of advocates calling for workplaces to support menopausal employees after an education session at work prompted her to visit the doctor and ended up saving her life.
The Cook Government will put a strong message to eastern states critics who believe WA’s GST deal should be scrapped.
Given public statements that there will be no change, some may question the need for a $1 million advertising blitz on the east coast that sells the importance of WA’s GST deal.
Sydneysiders mingle at Royal Randwick for the city’s second richest racing event, the $10m Golden Eagle.
Emma Kirk
Residents in Denmark now have fluoride in their drinking water after work was completed at the Great Southern town’s water treatment plant.
Claire Middleton
Coles says it’s like a “third world” country in one state, as a shocking amount of high value items are stolen by organised crime.
Cameron Micallef
Investors in WA’s plethora of prospective rare earth mining companies must have trembled when they heard US President Donald Trump describing his minerals deal with Albanese.
PAUL MURRAY
The federal government's planned cash mandate will ensure an ongoing place for hard currency but cash advocates say its a step towards a tap-only society.
Adrian Black
Australia and Canada have agreed to jointly invest in critical minerals, including processing each other’s resources, as major economies grapple with setting up an alternative supply chain to China.
Katina Curtis
Indexes end up: Dow 0.09 per cent, S&P 500 0.26 per cent, Nasdaq 0.61 per cent; Wall Street boasts longest monthly winning streaks in years.
Sinéad Carew and Pranav Kashyap
The impact of the expanded home deposit scheme has been revealed, with new data indicating it sent first home buyer loans skyrocketting by up to nearly 70 per cent with some brokers.
Things are moving fast at Wiluna Mining and the crew at FTI Consulting have hit the ejector button. Plus: Cottesloe gets a royal visit of sorts. And Dino Otranto to the rescue.
Hastings Technology Metals and JV partner Wyloo have inked an agreement with Canadian processor Ucore Rare Metals to potentially supply and process their rare earths in the US.
Andrew Todd
Hundreds of AGL employees face job losses as the company undertakes a sweeping restructure to fund its multibillion-dollar renewable energy expansion.
Andrew Hedgman
Green360 Technologies’ eco-friendly partial cement replacement product known as “Eco-Clay”, derived from kaolin waste streams, has passed Melbourne University tests showing it meets Australian standards.
Doug Bright
An evangelical Andrew Forrest implored Fortescue shareholders to stay on board with green energy trials that ‘probably will fail’, following a litany of costly setbacks in recent months.
Adrian Rauso
Even on Halloween, some of the spookiest things in Australian homes aren’t ghosts, they’re ‘vampire’ appliances silently sucking up electricity.
Disney-owned channels such as ABC and ESPN have been removed from Google's YouTube TV after the companies failed to renew a streaming contract.
Shubham Kalia and Dawn Chmielewski
Renewable energy is taking over from oil, coal and gas, an Australian mining magnate has told shareholders, and efforts to hold back the trend are misguided.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
