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NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn faces the parliamentary hearings into the big banks.

Banking chiefs still in the cross-hairs as hostility simmers

IN DEPTH
Mario Christodoulou
1 hr ago

Villa Gusto owner Ben Edwards is one of Australia's top sommerliers.

Top sommelier takes on Fiat Chrysler as deal goes sour

CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Sarah Danckert

Illustration: Glen LeLievre.

Money movers: How the RBA shifts interest rates

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Several weeks ago, the Australian Taxation Office applied to wind up Ugg Australia.

ATO sticks boot into uggs

RETAIL
Madeleine Heffernan

Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull says the government will establish a new banking tribunal.

Malcolm Turnbull's tribunal will be no quick fix for banks

ANALYSIS
Clancy Yeates

A major overhaul of Australia Post has been mooted.

Australia Post gets books in order, privatisation feared

EXCLUSIVE
Lucy Battersby

DEXUS Property has major retail leasing plans for its Gateway property, which will see fewer traditional fast food names

CBD fast food giants now heading out to the 'burbs

PROPERTY
Carolyn Cummins

Market Indices

Updated: October 7, 2016 - 4:46PM

Updated: October 7, 2016 - 7:09PM

Updated: October 8, 2016 - 12:56AM

Updated: October 8, 2016 - 12:56AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7620

Percentage up/down

0.46% rise
Euro

Price

0.6812

Percentage up/down

0.10% rise
British Pound

Price

0.6139

Percentage up/down

2.06% rise

Updated: October 8, 2016 - 12:41AM

Illustration: Glen LeLievre.

Money movers: How the RBA shifts interest rates

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

The banking inquiry failed to fizz.

Bank inquiry was like speed dating gone bad

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 18: Laboratory manager Marina Tretiach sold her house recently through an online marketplace ...

First home buyer numbers don't add up

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Concerns of a Brexit 'hard landing' have kept financial markets occupied.

Pound, gold hammered, ASX up

Jessica Sier

Gold stocks have tumbled into a bear market.

Markets Live: Bears savage gold stocks

Live
Jens Meyer

The pound continued its slide, falling to a new 31-year low.

Pound plunges 6pc in 'flash crash'

Jessica Sier

Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill mine could be exporting at a rate of 55 million tonnes a year within months.

Resources export surge tipped on higher prices

Brian Robins

Twitter plunges 20 pc on reports Google won't bid

Rishika Sadam and Tenzin Pema

ECB holds fast on stimulus measures

8@eight: ASX set to edge higher

Sponsored
Angus Nicholson

US oil rallies to June high

Mark Shenk

The banking inquiry failed to fizz.

Bank inquiry was like speed dating gone bad

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

"A bad settlement is always better than a good trial," Lagarde told Bloomberg Television on Thursday.

Lagarde pushes DB to settle fast

Simone Meier

Andrew Thorburn, chief executive officer of National Australia Bank, speaks at a parliamentary hearing.

NAB cautions on apartment glut

Clancy Yeates

"The best example of a comparable developed market is Canada," said CBA's Ian Narev on Tuesday.

Canadian bank returns pip big four, for now

Vesna Poljak

'Misrepresentation' by a borrower was more common when customers applied through a mortgage broker.

One in four 'stretch the truth' in mortgage applications

Clancy Yeates

About one in two people are comfortable about being open about their sexuality in the workplace

One in two LGBTI Australians hide their identity in the workplace

Anna Patty Workplace Editor

The reality is we're seeing a rise in more precarious employment relationships.

Being sacked can cost much more mentally than monetarily

Sponsored content
Giri Sivaraman

ACTU president Ged Kearney

Australian campaign for domestic violence leave goes global

Anna Patty

NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn faces the parliamentary hearings into the big banks.

Banking chiefs still in the cross-hairs as hostility simmers

IN DEPTH
Mario Christodoulou
1 hr ago

Villa Gusto owner Ben Edwards is one of Australia's top sommerliers.

Top sommelier takes on Fiat Chrysler as deal goes sour

Sarah Danckert

Laid-off Ford worker Nick Doria leaving the Broadmeadows plant at the end of his last shift, he's worked there for 22 years.

'Sad day for Australia': Ford is officially finished

Nick Toscano

Villa Gusto owner Ben Edwards is one of Australia's top sommerliers.

Top sommelier takes on Fiat Chrysler as deal goes sour

Sarah Danckert

Kath Purkis, creator of Her Fashion Box.

'Critical' public warning over Aussie online fashion store

Esther Han

A woman has been awarded $300,000 in damages after she fell off a chair at Kmart.

Woman awarded more than $300,000 after garden chair collapse at Kmart

Emma Partridge

Illustration: Glen LeLievre.

Money movers: How the RBA shifts interest rates

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Australia's housing market is taking off again as a growing population tries to squeeze into too few properties, posing ...

'It's all guns blazing': Lack of homes fuels bidding frenzy

Angus Whitley

Western Bulldogs were underdog victors in the AFL Grand Final against the Sydney Swans.

What Australia can learn from the underdogs

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

The International Monetary Fund recommends that governments phase out tax incentives, such as negative gearing, that ...

Australians warned of risks of soaring household debt

ANALYSIS
Matt Wade

Clive Palmer says he will examine witnesses himself at a hearing into the collapse of Queensland Nickel.

Represent himself without lawyer? Lite n' Easy for Palmer

Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill mine could be exporting at a rate of 55 million tonnes a year within months.

Resources export surge tipped on higher prices

Brian Robins

Equipment at the Abbot Point coal terminal in Queensland.

Adani's Abbot Point plans face court challenge

The Gold Coast light rail project took the approach of spreading the levy burden across as many beneficiaries as possible.

Value capture is not a magic pudding

Chris Johnson

AREITs are the major owners of commercial and some residential property across the country.

Mixed outlook for AREIT sector

Carolyn Cummins

Lendlease's new offices at Barangaroo tower 3 have high-end staff amenities.

Office workspaces the new frontiers for attracting employees

Carolyn Cummins

Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel. A 2017 Snapchat IPO would be one of the flashiest in more than a year.

Snapchat working on float valuing it at $US25b: sources

"That report highlighted that Deutsche Bank is of systemic importance," Peter Dattels, deputy director in the IMF's ...

Deutsche Bank singled out in IMF stability warning

Landon Thomas Jr

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey returned as chief executive last year and he has been part of Walt Disney's board since 2013.

Twitter keen to finish sale talks this month

Liana Baker and Jessica Toonkel

"Wild young men can't be expected to act like saints when they're worshipped as gods."

Aaron Smith's tryst isn't excusable, but it's understandable

Life On Mars

Zac and Jordan Stenmark in new perfume commercial they created for Giorgio Armani

Under the influence: 19 men ruling Australian fashion right now

Men's Style

Financial literacy is useless unless you can separate fact from fiction.

Financial literacy won't help if you don't get your facts straight

Noel Whittaker

NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn at the parliamentary bank inquiry last week.

What the banking inquiry means for shareholders

Scott Phillips

Dan Kurzius, founder of MailChimp.

This company bucked all the start-up cliches and still succeeded

Farhad Manjoo

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 14: Oprah Winfrey revs up the audience on the set during the first taping of the "Oprah ...

Five ways your body language harms your career

James Adonis

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