Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has hit out at new Opposition Leader Angus Taylor after he attacked Labor’s management of the economy.
Ria Pandey
Critical unemployment figures will give Australia's central bank a clearer picture on whether it will deliver a second interest rate hike in as many months.
Andrew Browmn
Trade Minister Don Farrell has returned from Brussels without securing Australia’s free trade deal with Europe, but he remains positive.
Joanne Williamson and Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
As the housing market becomes increasingly unaffordable, some parents are considering giving the gift of a lifetime - but there are major risks.
Angie Raphael
AI fears from Wall Street have hammered Australian tech stocks and dragged the sharemarket down 1.39 per cent.
Blair Jackson
Westpac’s first-quarter profit advanced amid gains in home loans and strong growth in institutional lending.
Adam Haigh
A minefield of results this reporting season has slugged tech and healthcare stocks with large losses on Thursday.
The struggle to find a tradie in WA is a symptom of a “tight” jobs market that will make fighting inflation harder, Reserve Bank assistant boss Sarah Hunter has said.
Matt Mckenzie
Australia’s largest barbecue and outdoor furniture retailer has gone bust, entering voluntary administration on Thursday.
ANZ Bank’s chief executive said his transformation plan is on track and this morning touted its first quarter results as proof.
Tom Richardson
Australia’s central bank chief Michele Bullock tried to shut down questioning at a Senate economics committee when asked about government spending.
Stephen Johnson
The RBA governor has reacted angrily after a Coalition senator accused her of gaslighting Australians on the state of the economy.
Joanne Williamson
Telstra has announced plans to axe another 650 jobs just eight months after cutting 550 roles, with work being outsourced to India.
As the number and value of new mortgages rockets upward, new data highlights the “fiercely competitive” truth behind the housing market.
Commonwealth Bank boss Matt Comyn says 87 per cent of its home loan customers are ahead on their repayments.
Derek Rose
Reserve Bank deputy boss Andrew Hauser says it will do ‘whatever is necessary’ to slow inflation and declared raising productivity Australia’s most urgent economic priority.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s first-half profit topped estimates, buoyed by growth in its flagship mortgage business and a push in lending more to companies.
Sean Smith and Daniel Newell
Australian insurance giants have suffered their worst day in months as AI disruption fears triggered by a US app launch wiped sparked sharp sell offs.
Softer labour market data and consumer confidence levels reveal an economy coming back towards balance and not in need of major monetary tightening.
Jacob Shteyman
The ASX-listed company, Australia’s biggest for-profit childcare operator with 400 centres, said the $350m impairment charge against goodwill reflected “challenging” trading conditions.
Sean Smith
The Australian sharemarket has rebounded for its biggest gains since Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariff announcements.
Household spending unexpectedly declined in December, with the outlook for the year ahead gloomy after the Reserve Bank of Australia hiked interest rates last week.
Cheyanne Enciso
Trading on the ASX has opened with a roaring start after a rebound on Wall Street overnight.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Public infrastructure projects across the country have blown out by a whopping $130 billion as fresh analysis by Deloitte warns of mounting pressure on state budgets.
