‘Not America’: Demand for $2k wage boost
Union leader Sally McManus has fronted the Fair Work Commission to push for a big minimum wage increase for workers.
Markets
ASX edges higher; tariffs wait keeps investors cautious
Star pins hopes on Bally’s as refinancing talks with Salter fail. MinRes, founder Chris Ellison slapped with class action. Zip loses in court. US Fed official worried about tariff policy ‘fog’.
Turnbull mocks Trump in brutal take-down
Malcolm Turnbull has mocked Donald Trump in a pugnacious address to the National Press Club, saying Aussies need to stand up the ‘billionaire bully’.
Grim trend spikes in Aussie workplaces
New research has revealed a grim trend taking hold in Australian workplaces, led by millennial and Gen X workers.
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Profit crash hits iconic Aussie brand
Iconic department store Myer has suffered a sharp slump in profits as it struggles to reset its business.
ASX 200 rally fades as Middle East flares again
NAB, CBA bosses detail housing crisis pain points. Hanwha seeks FIRB nod for Austal stake boost. Coal miner New Hope’s $100m buyback. Active Super members to bear greenwashing penalty burden.
‘Hurt us’: Aus Trump measure could backfire
Patriotic ‘Buy Australian’ feeling emerged on ABC’s Q+A on Monday night, with the domestic steel industry at the centre of the debate.
Trump shadow to hit Aussie growth
Australian economic growth will likely slow over the next two years, a leading forecaster has warned, as Trump’s tariff agenda shadows the world.
ASX soars on possible US rate cut
The Aussie sharemarket lifted today on talks of a potential rate cut in the US, the start of a big tech week and potential stimulus measures from the world’s second largest economy.
ASX 200 scores two-day gain; miners, energy stocks lift; MinRes soars
China’s economic data beats estimates. Star’s former executives expose alleged internal fails. Suitor Ramelius falls as $2bn bid lifts Spartan. Smartpay’s best day in months as Tyro, unnamed rival suitor circle. Woodside gets its first China LNG customer.
Tech king unleashes on ‘nanny state’ Aus
Australia is paralysed by overregulation that’s killed innovation and ‘Crypto King’ Fred Schebesta thinks the “nanny state” needs a Trump-style U-turn, and fast.
‘Stop’: Qantas boss’ dark warning to Aussies
Qantas chairman John Mullen has issued a stark warning that our way of life could simply “stop” in a serious international emergency.
Climate campaigner defends ritzy private jet
An Aussie billionaire and ardent climate change campaigner has just bought a private jet, but says he feels a ‘deep internal conflict’ about it.
ASX 200 snaps three day losing streak
Australia’s sharemarket snapped a three-day losing streak on the back of the major miners, as the price of gold and iron ore climbed throughout the trading day.
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