Inflation is up, but it's not happy reading: Prices for essentials such as petrol and power show the biggest jumps as wages are barely lifting and debts are high. It doesn't bode well for consumer spending.
Should the public be able to freely access the names of the people behind the ownership of assets and bank accounts?
The ACT has passed Victoria to become Australia's second-strongest economy, according to the latest CommSec state of the states report, published Monday.
Rising costs for petrol, fruits and vegetables and tobacco are expected to have lifted consumer prices in the March quarter.
Few seem to care about renters fate but, for once, a little help may be coming their way.
Online retail giants Amazon, eBay, Etsy and Alibaba say the federal government has severely underestimated the threat of rival foreign online retailers failing to comply with its planned GST changes, and consumers will be left worse off.
Multinational oil giant Chevron has lost its appeal against a multimillion-dollar tax bill issued by the Australian Taxation Office, setting the scene for the tax man to challenge other companies with dubious tax schemes.
The chief executive of Coles and Tabcorp boss are former captains of industry who came to our shores on 457 work visas.
Leading businesswoman says revamped 457 visa scheme should have made it easier for nannies from Pacific Islands to come here.
Australia is caught in a disconnect between the trajectory of its key commodity export and a currency that refuses to follow suit.
The one top-earning job in Australia pays women more than men does so by just half a per cent.
The hunt for the right CEO just got harder because if he or she is from overseas they can't be aged over 45 under Malcolm Turnbull's plan to abolish 457 visas.
Interest in the Australian market, particularly from the US and Canada, is rising given the level of transparency relative to other parts of Asia Pacific.
The IMF changes tack as the budget approaches.
Global economic growth is expected to pick up this year and in 2018, despite the political uncertainties created by Brexit and the election of maverick US President Donald Trump. And the International Monetary Fund has issued a better growth forecast for the Australian economy, compared to the Treasury's most recent predictions issued in December.
Turnbull, Dutton or Trump? Or maybe Hanson or Bernardi? Who can really claim responsibility?
Millennials and Baby Boomers are often cast as natural foes fighting in some kind of economic Hunger Games. But what if I told you that economic and social policy doesn't have to be zero-sum?
The Reserve Bank has warned regulators it could be forced to clamp down further on home loans and take more drastic action to cool the overheated housing markets.
Australia's poorest people are taking on negatively geared property investments, despite their inability to manage the risks.
State and federal governments are promising action to make property more affordable for first-home buyers. But what would be the best policies?
An overcooked housing market and rising interest rates are poised to plunge thousands of Australian families into mortgage stress.
ACT economy now among the fastest growing in Australia.
Home internet services should be exempt from fringe benefits tax to take account of the fact that more Australians are working from home, telecommunications giant Telstra says.
China's economy expanded faster than expected in the first quarter as higher government infrastructure spending and a gravity-defying property boom helped boost industrial output by the most in over two years.
I have a lot of strong views, and I hope it isn't hard to detect an internal consistency in them, but they're not driven by loyalty to any party.
Australian people are spending more of their income on housing than ever before.
A lot of the problems we cause ourselves arise from the way we've evolved to economise on thinking time by taking mental shortcuts.
One third of new mortgage owners have less than a month's buffer against financial instability, the Reserve Bank has warned.
Australia's employment surged more than expected in March, led by a rebound in full-time jobs.
We might seem to forget it sometimes, but Australia has more economic challenges than just Sydney and Melbourne housing prices.
An influx of registered training organisations offering subpar courses has made it tough for employers.
There's a solution for small business still waiting on the instant asset write-off threshold increase to $10 million.
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