Business Day

NAB's revenue increased 1 per cent in the December quarter, but expenses grew much faster, at 5 per cent, amid higher ...

Pay rises, redundancies eat into NAB profit

BANKING AND FINANCE
Clancy Yeates

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Markets Live: Banks boost ASX

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

Seven's chief executive Tim Worner has been cleared by the board of any wrong doing. His former mistress, Amber ...

'Factually incorrect': Harrison reports Seven to ASIC, ASX

MEDIA & MARKETING
Lucy Battersby
22 mins ago

There's still considerable heat in the housing market.

Investor home loans the fly in the ointment for RBA on Tuesday

THE ECONOMY
Peter Martin

House prices are yet to decline, but a number of analysts believe a correction could not be too far away.

Is Australia's property boom showing signs of crumbling?

THE ECONOMY
Jonathan Barrett and Byron Kaye
58 mins ago

A spokesman for Consolidated Press Holdings, Packer's investment vehicle, said: "Mr Packer has no association or ...

James Packer sues over online ad

CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Myriam Robin

Law firm Slater & Gordon has been hit with a discrimination claim by one of its former employees.

'Workplace discrimination': Slater & Gordon sued for unfair dismissal

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Sarah Danckert

Market Indices

Updated: February 6, 2017 - 8:52AM

Updated: February 6, 2017 - 8:36AM

Updated: February 4, 2017 - 6:15AM

Updated: February 4, 2017 - 1:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7676

Percentage up/down

-0.12% fall
Euro

Price

0.7119

Percentage up/down

0.14% rise
British Pound

Price

0.6150

Percentage up/down

0.08% rise

Updated: February 6, 2017 - 8:22AM

Malcolm Turnbull wants to blame our problems on a too-fast shift to renewables, to justify a new subsidy for new ...

Malcolm Turnbull wants us to think he's an energy magician

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Another earnings warning from McGrath.

John McGrath lashes mutineers

Colin Kruger, CBD

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre.

Mining's economic contribution not as big as you might think

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

The ASX rally looks set to extend to a fifth day.

8@eight: Banks set for a boost

Sponsored
Chris Weston

Bullion was fetching $US1214.50 an ounce on Friday.

Gold bulls stampede

Jessica Sier

All eyes are on Wall Street after the S&P500 surged 0.7 per cent in response to US President Donald Trump ordering a ...

Eyes turn to RBA as US cuts bank regulation

Myriam Robin

Barring unforeseen circumstances, the only way the two founders are ever really going to lose control of Snap is if both die.

Is Snap's float the most shareholder-unfriendly ever?

COMMENT
Steven Davidoff Solomon

Banks power Wall St rally

Jeremy Herron

Trump moves to roll back post-GFC financial rules

Bank tests assume global recession

Jesse Hamilton

Trader said to net $26m on Fed bet

Edward Bolingbroke

President Donald Trump

'The fox is in the hen house': Trump to roll back financial regulation

Zeke Faux, Yalman Onaran and Jenny Surane

Ombudsman Kate Carnell made 15 recommendations to level the playing field for small business borrowers.

Small business banking report fuels calls for royal commission

Sarah Danckert

The government has proposed legislation to enshrine super's objective as "to provide income in retirement to substitute ...

Fight over super's objective heats up

Clancy Yeates

The executive order impacting Dodd-Frank is vague in its wording and broad in its reach; it never mentions the ...

Trump moves to roll back post-GFC financial rules

Good performance could give banks including JPMorgan more leeway to pay dividends to their shareholders and buy back stock.

Bank tests assume global recession

Jesse Hamilton

Road

One of the most deadly workplaces in Australia

Anna Patty

bureaucratic overload.

13 signs you are about to get fired

Aine Cain

Brad Marsh took on Bakers Delight at the Fair Work Commission, claiming his 15-year-old daughter and her workmates were ...

Bakers Delight caves to pressure and scraps 'unfair' agreement

Nick Toscano

Economic survey

Australia a one-trick pony or unicorn? 27 economists weigh in

EXCLUSIVE
Peter Martin

NewSat director Adrian Ballintine.

NewSat boss, chairman slapped with $270 million lawsuit

EXCLUSIVE
Sarah Danckert

The new look Timezone concept store at Pacific Werribee in Melbourne's west, which opened in late 2016.

Timezone - the dingy arcade of your youth is making a comeback

EXCLUSIVE
Lucy Battersby

A spokesman for Consolidated Press Holdings, Packer's investment vehicle, said: "Mr Packer has no association or ...

James Packer sues over online ad

Myriam Robin

Lily Lipari dines at Otto.

'They get jealous': Why Sydney's kids are going gourmet

Kim Arlington

Urth Energy, a specialty solar energy retailer, has collapsed.

'Boutique' energy retailer calls in administrator

Brian Robins

Jack Ma, founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group launches the group's Australian headquarters.

Alibaba's Jack Ma vows to use government funds to grow small businesses

Catie Low

Even companies that are trading well have complained about market conditions.

'There will be casualties' from our discount addiction

Madeleine Heffernan

Giuseppe Lavazza, Global Vice President of Lavazza poses for photos at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Friday 20 ...

Coffee king shows it's easy going green

Mark Hawthorne

Ivanka Trump, daughter of President-elect Donald Trump, features with her siblings in the promotional video for Trump ...

Top US retailer drops Ivanka Trump brand

Once respected brands Marcs and David Lawrence are up for sale after their parent company went into voluntary ...

Retail rot spreads to big-name fashion chains

Catie Low

Sydney was named as the second-most unaffordable city in the world in a recent study.

Is Australia's property boom showing signs of crumbling?

Jonathan Barrett and Byron Kaye
58 mins ago

Some taxpayers say they have been wrongly accused of tax fraud and evasion. The Inspector-General of Tax wants to review ...

Wrongly accused of fraud and evasion by the ATO? IGT wants to know

Nassim Khadem

There's still considerable heat in the housing market.

Investor home loans the fly in the ointment for RBA

Peter Martin

Scope economic survey

Australia a one-trick pony or unicorn? 27 economists weigh in

EXCLUSIVE
Peter Martin

Escondida produced 1.15 million tonnes of the metal in 2015, about 6 per cent of the world's total. It is majority ...

BHP seeks to avert Escondida strike

China's role in giving a boost to commodity prices is clear enough, but is it enough?

Economists believe commodity run is probably done

Brian Robins

Illegal mining near the site of the Dipidio mine north of Manila

'Why is mining more important than people's lives?'

Brian Robins

Retailers are facing pressure from the overseas brands, higher rents and lack of demand for discretionary items.

Retailers feeling the pressure from expansion of overseas entrants

Carolyn Cummins

Mirvac's new office building at 200 George Street, Sydney.

Staff need preparation for new workplace strategies

Carolyn Cummins

754 Pacific Highway, Chatswood, is on the market with parking for 90 cars and a site area of 2040 sq m, with price ...

Mega development sites the hot ticket for investors

Carolyn Cummins

President Donald Trump

'The fox is in the hen house': Trump to roll back financial regulation

Zeke Faux, Yalman Onaran and Jenny Surane

Demonstrators during a rally against US President Donald Trump's order that restricts travel to the United States.

Cargill at odds with Trump as it warns on immigration, trade

Shruti Date Singh

Prosecutors will step up a crackdown on securities crime, such as market manipulation and insider trading.

China vows strong punishments for illegal financing activities

BMW's M760Li XDrive is the latest in a wave of go-fast premium bruisers.

Driving the fastest, most powerful (and expensive) BMW ever

Luxury Cars
1 hr ago

Daniel Craig as James Bond in Casino Royale.

Forget hackers, it's old-school spies you need to be scared of

Culture

Are you covered?

Is insurance in super pointless with a pre-existing condition?

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Ensuring you are paid compulsory super can take a back seat to take-home pay and other entitlements.

Not everyone gets paid their compulsory super. But it's easily fixed

Daryl Dixon

Invoice2Go founder Chris Strode says the biggest challenge is not how hard you can work, but learning how to let go.

How I plan to win in 2017

Chanelle Louise, Cilk Rose Water

I turned my boyfriend's accident into sweet success