Ex-premier roasted over RBA take
A post on X by Queensland Labor leader Steven Miles in the wake of the Reserve Bank’s rate cut has been roasted by social media users.
Australian Economy
Reason for Aussie airline’s mega profits
Two of Australia’s biggest airlines are paving the way for a duopoly of the skies, with the consumer watchdog explaining how they reaped mega profits in the first half of the financial year.
400 jobs at risk as major retailer goes bust
A legendary motorcycle retailer with a 55-year history has entered voluntary administration, putting 400 jobs in limbo.
Call to end ‘punishing’ housing market
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey sees a way out of the state’s housing crisis, but his solution relies on a little help from his friends.
The best savings rate you can get right now
Banks are slashing interest rates, but there is one bank offering savers a hefty 5.4 per cent on their money.
Aussie housing truth no one wanted to hear
An international housing affordability study has backed up what many Aussies already know – four major Australian cities are ‘impossibly unaffordable’.
Albo backs pay rise for millions of Aussies
Millions of Aussie workers would receive a pay rise if the Fair Work Commission agrees to increase wages for low paid workers, with the PM backing in a raise.
Game changing feature in Aussie lounge
Qantas has revealed a surprise aesthetic design theme inside a brand new lounge which will be an experience for passengers like “nothing else”.
Qantas announces new international route
Qantas will relaunch international flights from a major Aussie city with direct flights to a cosmopolitan Pacific city and a connecting hop to New York City.
Major update in historic Aussie rocket launch
There’s been a huge update as Gilmour Space Technologies enters its launch window to fire off a rocket into orbit.
Wages surprise tipped to test the RBA
Aussie workers’ wages are on the rise, but it could have a negative impact on the future rate cuts, with the RBA board due to meet next week.
Betoota Advocate’s scathing takedown of city
Australia’s “most liveable city” has become a shell of its former self and “everyone can see it except for them”, a commentator claims.
ASX lifts on US-China trade deal talks
Cautious Australian investors pushed the ASX slightly higher on Monday as they await news from negotiations on a US-China trade deal.
Countdown to Aussie space dream begins
The countdown has begun for an Aussie company’s dream to lift-off into space and begin competing with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
Aussie shares lift on Trump trade deal hopes
Cautious investors pushed the Australian sharemarket higher on Thursday on the prospect of a new Trump trade deal with the UK.
Big bank reveals record $11bn revenue haul
One of Australia’s biggest banks has delivered record revenues as its outgoing CEO praises ‘remarkably resilient’ Aussie households.
$5 billion: Musk’s Aussie bet pays off big time
A bet Elon Musk made with an Aussie tech mogul years ago is now earning him billions of dollars, even as Tesla’s sales in this country plummet.
‘Six years’: What Liberal supporters don’t get
Labor’s extraordinary victory has Anthony Albanese facing a huge opportunity. The future for the Liberal Party could not be more grim.
International student’s Albo video goes viral
International students have taken to social media in the wake of Saturday’s landslide election win for Anthony Albanese.
Aussies lose millions in Trump tariff chaos
They haven’t been implemented yet, but just the threat of Donald Trump’s US tariffs is damaging some of Australia’s biggest businesses.
Chalmers eyes biggest threat to Australia
The Treasurer shared the biggest to Australia’s economy, amid a toughening global trade war ignited by Donald Trump, and a slowing Chinese market.
Major voting block both parties forgot
The two major parties have been accused of forgetting about nearly a third of all Australians in the build up to the federal election.
‘Incredible’: ASX caps off $85bn week
The ASX 200 has capped off an $85bn week on the back of renewed hopes tariffs could be walked back.
ASX lifts despite US, China turmoil
A surge in technology and real estate stocks helped drive the ASX 200 higher, despite fears of a slowing US and Chinese economy.
‘Savage cuts’: Coalition’s costings slammed
With just two sleeps to go until the federal election, the Coalition has finally released its costings, drawing fire from Jim Chalmers.
Albo can’t rule out raising taxes
Anthony Albanese has been unable to rule out increasing taxes after the election, with the Opposition seizing on the admission before Saturday’s election.
Why Aussies could spend more on mortgages
Struggling mortgage holders will get a rate cut in May, but are now tipped to get less over the rest of 2025, an industry expert warns.
ASX lifts on rate cut hopes
A jump in the banking and consumer discretionary stocks helped push the ASX into the green on Wednesday as investors factored in a rate cut in May.
Scary new Aussie election trend appears
Experts have slammed an apparent co-ordinated scare campaign in the dying days of the election race has been savaged by experts.
Rate cut firms on latest inflation read
The Reserve Bank of Australia is tipped to cut interest rates when it meets in May following the latest inflation print.
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