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NewsPremiumSupermarkets hit with snack shortage

Woolworths, Coles and Aldi shoppers are all reporting empty shelves as unseasonably cool weather in North Queensland smashes banana production.

Cameron Micallef

Under existing laws, under-18 workers are only legally guaranteed super if they work more than 30 hours a week for one employer.

Your MoneyPremiumUnder-18s carve-out costing WA teens $46m in lost super

WA teenagers are set to miss out on nearly $50 million in super contributions this year because of a ‘discriminatory’ law, sparking fresh calls from an industry body to scrap the legal carve-out for under-18s.

Cheyanne Enciso

Virgin Australia warns rising fuel prices are making flight routes unviable. NewsWire / Nicholas Eagar

TRAVELPremium‘Unsustainable’: Why airlines are axing flights

Rural Australians are losing flight connections as a 140 per cent jet fuel price surge hits the industry hard.

Cameron Micallef

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FINANCEPremiumSalaries of top RBA bosses revealed

A new report from the Reserve Bank of Australia shows how much money the top bosses are getting paid to determine your mortgage bill every year.

Cameron Micallef

The Australian Securities Exchange’s latest study found more than half of adults now hold investments, an increase of 1.3 million people since 2023.

Your MoneyPremiumAustralia’s 11.5 million-strong investor army has a new face

A record 11.5 million Australians now invest beyond their super and family home, with modest portfolios, new investment choices and a growing wave of younger women changing the market.

Ryan Johnson

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MONEYPremium‘What the f**k’: Woman’s $100m prize

A woman has just learned she has won more than $100m after winning the Powerball Division One draw.

Jack Nivison and Andrew Hedgman

An Origin Energy email after the cyber attack. Picture NewsWire

FINANCEPremiumEnergy giant’s warning after cyber attack

Australia’s largest energy company has sounded the alarm on cyber security just a few months after being hit with a brutal data breach.

Cameron Micallef

Rex Airlines will suspend Sydney flights to Port Macquarie and Orange. NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

TRAVELPremiumAirline suddenly stops Sydney flights

A major airline has suspended two regional flights to Sydney, blaming rising fuel costs and low demand.

Emma Kirk

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POLITICSPremiumCoalition, Greens vow fight on new tax take

A key component of the Albanese government’s economic agenda is under threat, with the Coalition and the Greens looking to work together to scupper it.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

CBA and the Finance Sector Union have reached a deal on staff wages. Picture NewsWire / Monique Harmer

FINANCEPremiumBrutal reality for 50k Aussie bank staff

The bosses of a big-four bank have refused to guarantee that its use of artificial intelligence won’t cost more workers their jobs.

Cameron Micallef

RBA governor Michele Bullock and Treasurer Jim Chalmers both warned the Middle East conflict would put pressure on the national economy. NewsWire

FINANCEPremiumDire outlook for Australian economy

Australia is set to record the largest unemployment rate rise among advanced economies, a damning new report suggests.

Cameron Micallef

Telstra shareholder Peter Starr has criticised chairman Craig Dunn. Telstra

UPDATEDPremium‘Fish out of water’: Telstra chairman lashed

The chairman of Telstra has been grilled by an angry shareholder over the telco’s chief financial officer being the public face of a major outage earlier this year.

Blair Jackson

Shiv Sheetal was granted an adjournment to obtain a fifth lawyer through Legal Aid. Facebook

CourtPremiumIndia hit man plot accused sacks 4th lawyer

An Australian man accused of hiring a hit man in India to kill his father-in-law has sacked his fourth lawyer the day before trial.

Emma Kirk

The latest Commonwealth Bank wage data shows pay increases are being outweighed by inflation. NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

FINANCEPremiumDire figures reveal Aussie inflation woes

Australian wages have failed to keep pace with inflation, despite a pay rise from the Fair Work Commission, the latest labour report reveals.

Blair Jackson

For those investing through superannuation or managed funds, the choice may already have been made on their behalf. 

Your MoneyPremiumWhat your super money is bankrolling in the AI boom

Your super could be backing the AI boom without you knowing it. A Dunsborough financial planner says to check what your money supports as power and water demands grow and privacy concerns cloud the promise.

Ryan Johnson

Sometimes the safest-looking decision carries risks of its own. They’re just harder to see.

DEBTMANPremiumAre you missing an opportunity amid the rates uncertainty?

DEBTMAN: Interest rates have stolen the headlines recently, but the real lesson has little to do with mortgages. It’s about the price we pay to try to eliminate uncertainty.

Bruce Brammall

Superannuation guarantee obligations and new payday super rules have serious implications for the music industry, with some long-running festivals already pulling the plug.

Your MoneyPremiumWhy payday super could pull the plug on Aussie live music

Superannuation guarantee obligations and new payday super rules have serious implications for the music industry, with some long-running festivals already pulling the plug.

Monica Rule

From failing to update your will when you separate or intentionally leaving someone out of an inheritance, these are the pitfalls to avoid when putting together your last wishes.

Your MoneyPremiumThese will mistakes are a financial death trap

From failing to update your will when you separate or intentionally leaving someone out of an inheritance, these are the pitfalls to avoid when putting together your last wishes.

Nick Bruining

There is now a collective $4.5 trillion sitting in superannuation. So why do we feel so unprepared. Retirement used to be an event. A date. A destination. Increasingly, that’s not how it works anymore.

Bruining Q+APremiumHow can I keep a $460,000 compo payout and a full pension?

Q+A: A big windfall after retirement can affect how much age pension you get to keep. But there are legitimate ways to arrange your finances to make sure you stay under Centrelink’s mean-testing limits.

Nick Bruining

Saunders was ordained bishop of Broome in 1996 making him one of the most powerful Catholics in Australia. Supplied

COURTPremium‘Powerful’ Catholic bishop’s fall from grace

One of Australia’s most powerful Catholics gallivanted about remote communities plying young Aboriginal men and boys with alcohol before two of his victims bravely came forward.

Emma Kirk

For savers unwilling to jump through monthly hoops, AMP offers 5.50 per cent on balances up to $50,000 without the usual strings attached.

Your MoneyPremiumBanks slug borrowers but savings rates crack a decade high

The big four have passed on another rate rise to mortgage holders while savers finally have a shot at earning 6 per cent. But miss the fine print and your bank could pay you just 0.01 per cent.

Ryan Johnson

The sale on Classic Flight Reward seats launched on Friday across the airline’s domestic network for travel from November 2026 until September 2027. Instagram/@qantas

TRAVELPremiumQantas launches massive Frequent Flyer sale

Qantas has launched a massive new sale, offering Frequent Flyer members up to 30 per cent off Classic Flight Reward seats until 2027.

Emma Kirk

Missing wheelie bins have appeared in a backyard and the bizarre discovery has been captured from space. Reddit

NewsPremiumBizarre case of missing wheelie bins

Missing wheelie bins have mysteriously appeared in a backyard – and the bizarre discovery has been captured from space.

Emma Kirk

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NewsPremium‘Concerning’: Fresh Middle East fuel price fear

Tensions flaring in another region of the Middle East could put “upward pressure” on fuel prices, hitting Australians at the bowser.

Nathan Schmidt