ANZ tips Feb rate cut amid weak economy
Slow spending lifts chances the RBA will move earlier than expected to deliver interest rate relief.
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Burning cash: Star’s future can be counted in months
New boss Steve McCann has his work cut out to come up with a deal to save the casino. But he is fast running out of options.
ASX 200 mostly recovers from fall; Star, Lovisa hit
November retail sales undershoot expectations despite Black Friday boost. Casino group Star’s investors react to latest cash crisis. Rex board aware of ‘bewilderingly bad’ sales: ASIC. Arcadium lifts on US nod to Rio buyout.
ASX 200 hits four-week high on underlying CPI surprise
Investors buoyed by cooling underlying price pressures. Forrest named in bombshell ExxonMobil lawsuit. Avita’s downgraded earnings guidance weighs. Computershare falls on UBS ratings cut.
ASX 200 ends up 0.3pc up as most sectors rise
Australia’s stock market rises for a fourth day running, setting three week intraday and daily closing highs as gains in most sectors outweigh falls in iron ore miners. Morgan Stanley says Aussie bank share prices ‘not justified’. IDP Education up on Macquarie upgrade. WiseTech’s new buy. Nvidia hits record.
ASX 200 edges higher as iron ore falls weigh; Insignia soars
CC Capital trumps Bain takeover bid for Insignia. Infratil flags more CDC support as debt costs weigh on valuation. Shares in Goodman, Nine up after notable investor moves. Whyalla Steelworks restarts with unresolved issues.
Polo breaks down barriers amid track drama
The Magic Millions polo day is bringing in new audiences, going ahead without a hitch after the event’s inaugural twilight race had to be shifted when a large section of the track appeared to be poisoned.
Cruising denial: I had to give marriage myth the kiss-off but I’ll always love Lucy
There’s more to this romantic travel tale than meets the eye.
Summer drinking: Raise a glass to the long, liquid days of January
Think of the wines you pack for your summer holiday the same way you do the books you take to read on the beach.
‘Tragedy’ as Australia loses policy ‘passion’, forgoing leadership to follow
Former foreign minister Alexander Downer has decried the ‘tragedy of modern Australia’, which has ‘lost its passion’, as it abandoned policy leadership and followed the pack.
Blazes destroy homes, livestock, cut freight route
The Grampians National Park fire threatened to flare again on Sunday, while in Western Australia, an out-of-control blaze has cut off the main freight route north of Perth.
Tributes keep flowing as teen’s body is found
The 15-year-old’s body is being recovered by emergency responders after he was swept off a rock shelf at North Avoca Beach on the NSW Central Coast.
Pesutto’s apology to Deeming revealed
Moira Deeming says she is ‘delighted’ to be back in the Victorian Liberal parliamentary partyroom, revealing John Pesutto apologised and shook her hand when she entered.
Police scale back search for 15-year-old swept off rocks
Police say the search for a 15-year-old Scots College student hit by a wave and swept off the rocks at North Avoca Beach on the NSW Central Coast has been scaled back as it enters a recovery phase.
Emergency search for missing teenager off NSW coast
A 15-year-old boy is believed to have been swept off a rock shelf at North Avoca Beach in NSW on Tuesday and an air and sea search has begun to find him.
Horror development in student’s poisoning
A woman has been charged with the attempted murder of an Aussie exchange student after he was allegedly given rat poison while studying in Taiwan.
Three arrested after Gold Coast armed home invasion
Two men and a teenager have been arrested after they allegedly broke into a suburban Gold Coast home armed with a gun and a machete early on Tuesday morning.
Grazier outrage as axe falls on $40m carbon credit plan
A method that generated the country’s fourth highest number of carbon credits, worth about $40m, has been suspended, leaving the beef industry fuming.
Sydney New Year’s Eve saved after industrial ceasefire
Sydney’s New Year’s Eve celebrations have been given the green light as rail unions dropped work bans set to impact services and gave a ‘formal undertaking’ that December 31 would not be disrupted.
Pictures reveal ‘insane’ beach bash aftermath
New images have laid bare the aftermath of an infamous Christmas beach party attended by thousands – and why it’s left residents fuming.
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