Australian economy
Night owls drive Melbourne’s bar and restaurant boom
Lost Bar on Little Bourke is part of a wave of hospitality, entertainment and food operators looking to profit from the city’s booming nightlife.
- Simon Johanson
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Business leaders plead with Albanese, Dutton for bigger response to Trump tariffs
Labor and the Coalition are being urged to take stronger measures to shield Australia from the economic shock of a global trade war.
- David Crowe
- Analysis
- Australia votes
The leader who spoke loudest at the treasurers’ debate wasn’t even in the room
The first treasurers’ debate of the election campaign between Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor was dominated by one man: Donald Trump.
- Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
- Exclusive
- RBA
The inside story of the recession we didn’t have to have
As Australia deals with Donald Trump’s tariff turmoil, secret documents show the Reserve Bank board had its own plans to deal with economic disaster in the early 1990s.
- Shane Wright
Dutton reveals details of campaign pledge to cut power prices
After years attacking Anthony Albanese for his broken promise to lower power prices, Peter Dutton has made a campaign pledge of his own.
- Paul Sakkal and Mike Foley
Chalmers calls emergency economy meeting to deal with Trump tariff dump
The treasurer has called in RBA governor Michele Bullock, treasury secretary Steven Kennedy and other key financial regulars to respond to the global financial chaos.
- Matthew Knott, Shane Wright and David Crowe
- Analysis
- Trade wars
The ‘stable genius’ has the world economy on a knife edge
If you’re wondering why your superannuation is shrinking or why the Reserve Bank may cut interest rates next month, blame US President Donald Trump.
- Shane Wright
- Opinion
- Trade
Trump’s shadow is electoral kryptonite to the voters Dutton needs most
Donald Trump is anathema to the educated, affluent voters in the once-Liberal strongholds the Coalition needs to win back to seize power.
- Christopher Pyne
- Opinion
- Trade wars
Trump’s trade war is bad, but how bad is up to the rest of us
What matters most is the indirect effect on Australia from Trump’s attempts to start a trade war with the other big economies.
- Ross Gittins
Trump’s tariff war will hit budget hard as turmoil costs Australia billions
Economic fallout from Donald Trump’s tariffs will hit whoever wins government, with Australia unable to escape the global economic slowdown.
- Shane Wright and David Crowe
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