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Harvey Norman executive chairman Gerry Harvey.

Minority government would be ‘terrible’ for the economy, warns Gerry Harvey

Consumers are holding up better than expected, said the outspoken 85-year-old retail billionaire, with premium prices helping Harvey Norman to solid profits.

  • Jessica Yun

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Ponzi schemes are collapsing while financial markets are soaring, concerning legal and market experts.

King of chaos: Wall Street is losing faith in Donald Trump

The Wall Street honeymoon Donald Trump experienced in the initial months of his new administration appears to be ending.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Mosaic owns the Rivers brand along with Noni B and Millers. The company called in administrators last year.

Profit warnings, shuttered stores: Retailers are desperate for rate cuts

The discretionary retail sector is hanging out for an interest rate cut to breathe some life into moribund sales growth and shrinking margins.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Natalie Latter and Sam Baker with their daughter Pip.

Beloved Perth business puts out distress call as cost of living bites

In only 6½ years it’s built a whopping following, making it one of Perth’s most successful shops of its kind. So why can’t that keep the wolf from the door?

  • Emma Young
South Australia has topped the ladder.

The surprise state topping Australia’s economic ladder

It’s not WA, although the mining state is fast gaining on top spot, leading on relative population growth and home lending metrics.

  • Jacob Shteyman and Abe Maddison
Consumer confidence has bounced as households get more take home pay, but next week’s inflation figures could reverse that trend.

Consumer confidence bounces with stage 3 tax cuts

The joy may be short-lived, with inflation data due next week key to the Reserve Bank board’s next interest rate move.

  • Rachel Clun
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After 2 hours and 27 minutes of agonising hold music, I should hang up, yet a single thought keeps me on the line: what if I’m next?

My breaking point? Being on hold for 2 hours and 27 minutes

After hours of agonising hold music, I really should hang up, and yet a single thought keeps me on the line: what if I’m next?

  • Thomas Mitchell
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra.

Tax cuts buoy shoppers, but businesses start to feel interest rate pinch

Consumer confidence has climbed sharply, thanks partly to the Albanese government’s revamped tax cuts. But new figures show businesses are starting to struggle.

  • Shane Wright
The cost of living crisis, hits consumer sentiment.

2023: The year of the gloomy consumer

Consumers will be happy to see the back of 2023 as we roll into a not-so-merry Christmas.

  • Elizabeth Knight

‘Your call is important to us’ and other lies you’ll hear if you ever get through

Why do providers of customer service, supposed experts in their field, provide their customers with information they know is nonsense?

  • Jo Pybus

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