Albanese unveils millions for minerals
With Beijing dominating the rare earths market, the Prime Minister is set to step up investment.
With Beijing dominating the rare earths market, the Prime Minister is set to step up investment.
Australia’s largest hardware chain has come under fierce scrutiny over allegations it has used its market power to mistreat plant suppliers.
Australian shares slipped on Monday trading as investors price in rising geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East.
Amid warnings over the government’s recently announced Future Made in Australia plan, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said taxpayer funds would not be wasted.
As one city begins plans to build Sydney’s third major city, Planning Minister Paul Scully has issued a call to arms for developers and businesses to invest in the site.
Anthony Albanese has dropped some major pre-budget hints in a new speech as he outlines his plan for a future made in Australia.
The Albanese government’s overhaul of mergers policy follows concerns that anti-competitive takeover deals are stifling innovation and cause price hikes.
Tens of thousands of survivors have been paid redress, but advocacy groups are warning more could slip through the cracks unless the government props them up.
One of the biggest costs to taxpayers is getting put under the microscope ahead of next month’s federal budget.
After a sharp sell-off during Wednesday’s session, the sharemarket unwound some, but far from all, of its losses on Thursday.
The Prime Minister has dropped a new hint on what Australians could expect in next month’s federal budget.
Australia’s 2.6 million small and medium businesses could be key to unlocking the next wave of productivity growth.
The Albanese government is under pressure to help fix the workforce problems in the childcare sector.
The Prime Minister has dropped a sneaky hint of what Australians can expect to see in the upcoming federal budget.
The Prime Minister has dropped a sneaky hint of what Australians can expect to see in the upcoming federal budget.
The Albanese government has been called to scrap a test that experts say is unfairly punishing low income families and keeping women out of work.
The Albanese government has been called to scrap a test that experts say is unfairly punishing low income families and keeping women out of work.
A student who had no idea her university debt would surge has lashed Australia’s “broken” HECS system – declaring it’s becoming “impossible” for Gen Z to go to uni.
The federal government has urged Australia’s wage umpire not to use incoming tax relief as an excuse to halt lifting wages.
Australia risks falling short on its national housing targets unless 90,000 more tradies are recruited in three months.
Australia’s surging mining giants pushed the ASX higher on the day the Reserve Bank left the cash rate unchanged.
Aged Care Minister Anika Wells said overseas issues were putting pressure on prices, causing Australia’s cost of living crunch
Aussie equities fell on Friday, as iron ore dragged and investors grappled with hotter-than-expected US inflation data.
Low but rising unemployment and plunging commodity prices could mean less room for cost of living relief come the May budget.
Low but rising unemployment and plunging commodity prices could mean less room for cost of living relief come the May budget.
If the recommendations of a groundbreaking report are embraced, every child under the age of five would be granted the opportunity to participate in three days per week of top-notch early childhood education.
Inflation is increasingly being driven by domestic factors, not those from overseas, RBA governor Michele Bullock says.
The Albanese government has pledged to make regional roads safer, after a week full of criticism for its infrastructure reforms.
Despite a bumper 55,000 jobs added to the economy in September, the unemployment rate rose following a jump in the participation rate.
With annual wages growth hitting its highest levels in almost 15 years, economists are split on the RBA’s next move on interest rates.
One state’s parliament erupted in a shouting match over how vital roads and bridges will be funded, as the federal government tries to claw back billions in cost blowouts.
The Reserve Bank has slugged homeowners with another rate rise and a recent surge in petrol prices is partly to blame.
Nearly half of household borrowers are facing financial stress ahead of the Reserve Bank’s November rates call, new analysis has revealed.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has declared warnings of human-induced climate change “ahistorical and utterly implausible”.
A major economic health check recommends the Reserve Bank makes a major move on interest rates when the board meets next week.
With many Aussie motorists paying more than $2 a litre for petrol, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has indicated the Coalition would back a cut to the fuel excise.
The RBA is widely tipped to continue its most aggressive round of rate hikes in decades after inflation figures confirmed soaring prices remained stubborn.
In her first prepared address as RBA governor, Michele Bullock has revealed the extreme pressure faced by some Aussie homeowners, but warns it won’t stop the board raising rates if necessary.
Despite its own gender pay equity taskforce recommending super be added to paid parental leave, the government won’t commit to the measure.
The man who leaked confidential government information to clients has been exiled from the world of Australian finance.
The latest report from the Reserve Bank of Australia shows how much money the men and women who determine your mortgage bill make each year.
China’s debt-ridden property sector and high interest rates across the globe point to bad news for the Aussie economy, the IMF has warned.
Australia’s economic outlook has darkened, with the value of resource exports set for a staggering fall on the back of a China slowdown.
In a feat not seen since the introduction of the iPhone, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has unveiled a major improvement to the budget bottom line.
The looming expiration of a Morrison-era deal has one state treasurer sounding the alarm about reintroducing “inefficient taxes”.
An independent MP is pushing to end a 23-year stalemate over one policy area, but her intervention faces a major hurdle.
Reflecting on his seven-year term leading the nation’s top bank, outgoing RBA boss Phil Lowe has defended his legacy and issued a new warning.
The growing reliance on personal income taxes to prop up government coffers is an “intergenerational tragedy”, it’s been claimed.
Australians can expect major changes to encourage them to spend their superannuation amid fears retirees aren’t using their savings as they should be.
The rising cost of an ageing population and sluggish economic growth will be met with ‘modest’ tax changes, the government says.
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