September
Fight or fold? Coles, Woolies face the angry shoppers they ‘fooled’
With its bombshell allegations this week the ACCC has given the big supermarkets two options, neither particularly palatable. Do they fight or do they fold?
- Patrick Durkin
Parents’ eye-watering education bills don’t end with school
Helping kids get started in life has arguably never been more expensive. Plan and save early, experts say. We’ve also found the most generous scholarships available.
- Michelle Bowes
Drop in spending gives Labor cost-of-living flexibility
Ahead of an election campaign expected to start as early as March, departments have been told the mid-year budget will focus on consumer issues.
- Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
Suddenly the RBA seems very isolated
Australia’s central bank looks neither hawk nor dove on monetary policy. It seems more of a shag on a rock in a sea of interest rate cuts.
- Warren Hogan
ASX nears record; Trump shooting crisis; Bunnings CEO hits back
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
End of the road for Dulles Greenway’s 40pc toll increase
Atlas Arteria’s aspirations to push up tolls on its US road have been dashed after a regulator ruled out the hefty increase.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Opinion
- GDP
Treasurer v the RBA: Why Chalmers and Bullock are both right
Jim Chalmers says the economy is getting smashed by high rates, but it’s still running too hot for the RBA. The answer is simple: productivity.
- Michael Stutchbury
August
- Exclusive
- Federal election
Cost of living concerns start to moderate, but it’s still number one
Concerns have moderated for the first time in almost three years, but it leaves no room for complacency for the Albanese government as the federal election approaches.
- Phillip Coorey
Two-speed economy exposes the great Australian divide
The gap has widened between younger and older Australians, small and large businesses, and resources-rich Western Australia and the east.
- John Kehoe, Michael Read, Carrie LaFrenz, Tom Rabe, Ayesha de Kretser, Lucas Baird and Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Results Wrap
- Chanticleer
Winners from profit season’s big Wednesday
All eyes were on CBA’s monster numbers, but Seven Group Holdings and AGL also delivered nice profit growth – and Pro Medicus impressed yet again.
- James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald
July
Former TPG Telecom email customers to be slugged up to $95 annually
Accounts with iiNet, Internode and Westnet addresses will start paying a yearly fee from September after they were transferred to a Norwegian-owned company.
- Jenny Wiggins
Booming Cash Converters revenues point to squeeze on the poor
The ASX-listed pawnbroker told investors the increase was partly tied to “mainstream finance” being “more difficult to access” for many of its customers.
- James Eyers
Mortgage cliff turns into ‘a wave’ that is already subsiding
The tailing off of refinancing is fuelling a rosier outlook for housing delinquencies as borrowers come to terms with higher-for-longer interest rates.
- Lucas Baird
- Opinion
- Protests
Australia’s great threat is a clash of civilisations
Seismic undercurrents of discontent are surfacing in society as religious beliefs collide and a generation is locked out of the housing market.
- John Carroll
Ski season finds cold comfort from a slow start
Ski industry operators say soft early snowfalls combined with 13 interest rate rises have led to a slower start to the season. But things can change quickly.
- Gus McCubbing
- Exclusive
- Federal budget
Albanese quietly frees up funds for election fight
The prime minister has implemented a shift in budget strategy that allows him to free up funds for election priorities, causing some dismay among senior officials.
- Phillip Coorey
Why ‘care’ will be at the centre of Mostyn’s governor-general term
Business leader Sam Mostyn, who was sworn in on Monday, warned that younger people were concerned they could miss out on privileges enjoyed by previous generations.
- Tom McIlroy
June
Why parents are forking out $40k for their kids to live on campus
Residential colleges used to be the preserve of country boarders and blue-blood families, but there’s a growing trend among parents who want their kids to have the kind of university experience they had.
- Michelle Bowes
Middle-aged, middle-income women lead drift away from PM
The “bill payers in the house” have soured on Anthony Albanese over the past 12 months.
- Phillip Coorey
Jobs are booming in this industry, but the cause is rooted in sadness
A mental health services recruiter says demand for employer assistance programs has skyrocketed since the pandemic as people battle cost of living pressures.
- Gus McCubbing