Treasury Secretary John Fraser says Sydney's housing market is showing "unequivocal" signs of a housing bubble, pointing to the proliferation of home renovation shows as an sign of the way low interest rates affecting Australia's culture.
Shares start the week on a sour note as big banks and miners sell off.
The Australian dollar is set for a busy week of data at home and abroad after a volatile month, and significant data from the United States and the all-important Greek debt deadline may keep the dollar on a renewed downside.
Billionairess, Gina Rinehart, can't be accused of just siting around and watching her resource riches implode - or, crying into her tea while the kids re-take control of a significant patch of the Hancock empire.
A former Westpac Bank finance manager is facing a potential jail sentence of 12 years after being charged over a $2.5 million fraud.
The Reserve Bank of Australia looks likely to hold the cash rate at 2 per cent when the board meets on Tuesday, despite continued sluggishness in the domestic economy and uncertainty about global growth and markets.
The Chinese government has urged the competition regulator to bear in mind wider national interests and dump its opposition to a deeper alliance between Qantas and state-owned China Eastern.
International pirates are aiming to undercut Australia's local pay TV monopoly by tens of thousands of dollars a year.
Home renovation shows on television are fuelling house price bubbles in Sydney and part of Melbourne.
While the Rinehart/Hancock family battles over the keys to this still massive fortune, Gina Rinehart has another concern.
If you want some money back on the road tolls you pay, don't just drive on those motorways, invest in the company that owns them.
Cochlear's new chief executive Chris Smith certainly has his work cut out for him.
The Middle Kingdom has a cast-iron memory. Now it looks set to turn the tables on the big miners Rio Tinto and BHP.
Shares start the week on a sour note as big banks and miners sell off.
The Australian dollar is set for a busy week of data at home and abroad after a volatile month, and significant data from the United States and the all-important Greek debt deadline may keep the dollar on a renewed downside.
Investors are being offered a slice of Australia biggest milk processor, Murray Goulburn, from $2.10 a unit, as it seeks to raise $500 million through a partial float.
Small businesses were the winners in the federal budget, but their mid-sized counterparts have been left stranded, particularly when it comes to food manufacturing and exports.
The economy and markets 'won't really care' if Australia ends up part of the AA club.
Woolworths' fall from grace, and struggles at Myer and Metcash, expose a lack of retail experience on the boards of largest retailers.
The price of chocolate is set to rise between 3 and 5 per cent as manufacturers combat rising cocoa prices and a falling Australian dollar.
Banks are offering fewer low-deposit home loans, another sign of tightening credit standards in the mortgage market.
The battle over the banking industry's reputation intensified on Friday, as two of Australia's top regulators took a simultaneous swipe at the culture at the heart of the nation's largest financial institutions.
While the Rinehart/Hancock family battles over the keys to this still massive fortune, Gina Rinehart has another concern.
Wealthy Chinese who made their country the world's second-biggest market for diamonds are travelling abroad to buy the stones.
Joseph Stalin created Socialist Realism by decree in 1932 to glorify communism through art. Now Vladimir Putin's capitalists can't get enough of it.
The former boss of Lehman Bros was unapologetic in his first public appearance since the financial crisis, suggesting he could have saved the firm.
Wealthy Chinese who made their country the world's second-biggest market for diamonds are increasingly travelling abroad to buy the stones.
China's sharemarket rally is producing wealth on an unprecedented scale, with the creation of more than 50 new billionaires so far this year.
After more than a century at Randwick, the Inglis horse empire is rounding up the floats and heading out to Warwick Farm, in Sydney's west.
ING Direct has signalled it plans to move to 60 Margaret Street, Sydney to take up the space being vacated by current tenant and landlord, Mirvac.
In one of the busiest periods for pub sales, the Macquarie Hotel, Liverpool has been sold for $25 million to private Sydney hoteliers, taking the total deals to about $200 million since the start of the year.
Its been dubbed the new club lounge, where tenants of DEXUS Property can use new space at DEXUS Place, as an extension of their offices.
Would you scream abuse at co-workers? No. So why do it at the football?
Q. I'm really apprehensive about purchasing in such an overheated market. What are the prospects for Sydney house prices?
After decades of marriage, divorce is the last thing couples expect to disrupt their retirement plans. But it's happening more and more.
The local unmanned aerial vehicle market could be about to consolidate, prompting a shake-up in the sector.
This local firm has its sights set on a $56 billion market.
As the mining boom cools, Australian farmers and investment bankers alike could capitalise on China's growth.
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