Are we due for economic collapse?
IS AUSTRALIA really heading towards the recession we’re due to have? Or has it already happened without anyone noticing?
Australian Economy
Stamp duty cut for first homebuyers
STAMP duty has been slashed for first homebuyers as house prices in Australia’s capital cities fell 1.1 per cent in May.
Christensen’s crafty vow on penalty rates
REBEL National George Christensen has launched a bid to protect penalty rates that are set to be reduced on July 1 and he’s prepared to cross the floor to back it.
How to survive the jobs wipe-out
MILLIONS of jobs are expected to be wiped out in coming years — but you don’t have to sit back and take it, a leading economist says.
Australia’s sky-high construction war
THE Gold Coast and Melbourne are engaged in something of a construction war and, for both, the sky is the limit.
‘Game’s up’ for fake refugees
PETER Dutton has set a deadline of October 1 for illegal arrivals living in Australia to apply for refugee protection or face deportation.
Real reason for wealth gap
Why are some people rich and others poor? There’s an answer so simple you won’t believe it.
Former lover reveals life of luxury
THE ex-girlfriend of the ATO deputy chief’s son has revealed how she was lavished with clothes, holidays, jewellery and “liposculpture” surgery.
Why Australia is now ‘walking dead’
AUSTRALIA is a “Zombie economy” with a hidden but ballooning problem that could lead to a disastrous meltdown within the next three years.
Australia’s unemployment rate falls
EMPLOYMENT figures for April have shown a drop in the unemployment rate spurred by the creation of 37,000 jobs, marking a win for the Turnbull government.
Your salary is a political minefield
YOUR lack of a pay rise isn’t just hurting you. Thousands of other Australians are struggling to bridge the gap between pay increases and inflation.
Bill’s plan not what it seems
LABOR will go to the next election telling voters they should be comfortable with a government taking a huge chunk of the income of some Australian workers.
Budget 2017: Your five-minute guide
THE government billed this Budget as based on fairness, security and opportunity. Try the Budget Calculator to find out what it means for you.
The real point of today’s Budget
MALCOLM Turnbull and Scott Morrison will tell us their Budget is about helping the economy. It really has another purpose.
Where did that spending crisis go?
OUR national debt is nearly half a trillion dollars. But that won’t stop our government from promising huge spending increases in the Budget tomorrow.
House prices to ‘fall by 7 per cent’
HOUSE prices could fall by as much as seven per cent over the next two years amid growing signs of a property slowdown.
Australia’s growing ‘sandwich generation’
MELBOURNE teacher Jon was forced to take an extra job waiting tables to support his young family and ageing mother. It’s a problem we should be worried about.
Signs of property market slowdown
SYDNEY and Melbourne housing markets are finally showing signs of cooling, but is it too early to call the peak?
Property prices down 40 per cent
FAMILIES in this city are at breaking point as they face debts they can’t pay off. Is it a lesson for the rest of us?
Turnbull doesn’t want to spend on you
MALCOLM Turnbull isn’t against spending our money. He just doesn’t want to spend it on Australians.
Prostitutes exposed in secret documents
SECRET documents reveal how so-called “massage therapists” have been brought into the country to be used as prostitutes in a perverse rort.
Australia’s disturbing wage crisis
NOT getting a pay rise isn’t just bad for you, it’s bad for Australia. Here’s why we should all be hitting up our bosses for more money.
‘We’ll build you 55,000 new homes’
LABOR opposition has blindsided the government with a premptive strike on housing affordability, but a senior Labor MP has struggled to explain it.
No one is buying this from Turnbull
MALCOLM Turnbull says changes to the 457 visas is about putting “Australians first”, but there’s a simple reason no one believes him.
Don’t be fooled by the 457 ban
THE Prime Minister had a good reason for scrapping the 457 visas, but it wasn’t about making Australia better. It’s all smoke and mirrors.
Billionaire CEO: 457 visa ban a mistake
THE government is on the defensive today after business leaders, including this billionaire CEO, called the 457 visa ban “bad for the country”.
Housing answer we’ve ignored
AUSTRALIA is running out of ideas for dealing with the housing crisis. One thing could work – but the government is scared.
Job ads up 5.2 per cent on SEEK
THE states and sectors experiencing the strongest job ad growth on SEEK have been released. Is yours on the list?
China ‘could wipe out 500k Aussie jobs’
OUR “dangerously dumb” house prices are 30 per cent overvalued and vulnerable to a crisis in China that would plunge us into recession, economist warns.
PM slaps down Morrison over super plans
IT’S been panned by experts, now Malcolm Turnbull has slapped down the idea of first home buyers using their super for a deposit.
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