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Housing highs to test Lowe
INCOMING Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe is unlikely to cut the cash rate to a new record low at his first meeting in charge next month, economists say.
Flexible Foxtel gives easy view of Throne
NEW Foxtel chief Peter Tonagh has renewed exclusive rights with Game of Thrones maker HBO and commissioned a version of Joan Lindsay’s historic Australian novel Picnic At Hanging Rock.
Shoppers off their food as lean times tipped to persist
THE lean times for Australia’s retail industry look set to continue, a new report has found, with grocery giants set to cop the rough end of the pineapple.
Getting the balance right
WHEN people talk about the role that banks play in the Australian community today, the conversation rightly focuses on how we can be better.
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Qantas chief’s $13m pay bonanza
QANTAS chief Alan Joyce earned more than three times the average annual Aussie wage every week over the past year as his pay hit almost $13 million.
Hardy Harvey gallops ahead
HARVEY Norman shares have soared to an eight-year high as a boom in housing construction and renovation drives strong profit growth.
The economy Nation faces slow growth limbo — BIS
THE Australian economy will be locked in “slow growth limbo” for another three years, a report has found.
Power struggle Terry McCrann: Australia must learn to live with China
Two weeks ago Treasurer Scott Morrison personally rejected the bids from China and what might be called China-lite — Hong Kong — to buy control of the New South Wales power network, writes Terry McCrann.
Howard: Women will never be equal in politics
APPARENTLY women are too busy being mums to progress in politics, so we may as well forget about gender equality in parliament.
Instagram ‘bug’ worth $3 million
WHIZ kid Hugh Stephens has made $3 million off one strange Instagram feature. He’s amazed the gravy train has lasted this long.
