The travel agency giant has warned investors its profit has dropped amid geopolitical volatility and corporates cutting costs, but its boss believes travel bookings will bounce back.
The direct correlation between interest rate cuts and the fortunes of Australia’s small businesses has been laid bare, with a powerful chart showing sales surge after a cut and nosedive when on hold.
A new mine near Toowoomba has gone into administration owing $32m before it ever started extracting from the ground.
Economists say an interest rate cut next month is all but locked in and the Reserve Bank of Australia would find it ‘hard to justify’ another hold after latest figures showed slowed inflation.
Australian banks have promised to refund a mammoth $93 million in rogue fees to nearly one million customers. See the full list of banks and if you can expect a nice windfall.
A collapsed marine salvage company and its director were fined more than $1 million after a wharf worker was killed in a horror incident.
A marketing guru claims Labubu toys tap into the same brain wiring as poker machines, as the company behind them forecasts a nine-figure surge in profit.
A North Queensland mum has won a fight with her former employer to be paid her long service leave entitlements two years early, under a little-known law.
ASIC will launch a review into debt fixers and credit repair companies, amid horror stories from customers who say they’ve been left in worse trouble than before.
Australia’s earliest and most rare coins and colonial currency – including our first-ever half sovereign and an 1813 Holey Dollar with a $90,000 price tag – are up for auction this week.
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