The average debt of every household has soared to almost twice annual incomes and rising, according to data that increases pressure on the Reserve Bank of Australia and bank regulators to avoid a property market disaster.
Australian Border Force head Roman Quaedvlieg has gone on leave following an external investigation.
Malcolm Turnbull will argue aggressively for free trade in a politically volatile world which is retreating towards protectionism, during an eight-day trip to Europe.
Malcolm Turnbull has clarified that he intends being Prime Minister for "a very long time" after saying on the weekend he would walk away from Parliament if he lost the top job
The Greens are working on a truce after a damaging internal fight over rogue senator Lee Rhiannon.
The South Australian Liberals will block the state-based bank tax after overwhelmingly voting to do so at a party room meeting.
The coalition that has cut air, sea and land links with Qatar over accusations the country is supporting terrorism agreed to a two-day extension on its demands.
A small fintech company has beaten the financial services regulator and will able to use "bank" in its trading name.
Beijing said it had dispatched military vessels and fighter planes in response to Washington's decision to send a destroyer to within 12 nautical miles of islands claimed by China.
Since his election, the US President has published more than 60 tweets disparaging "fake news", but fewer than a dozen about the border wall...
The PM's Liberal Democratic Party secured 23 seats, its lowest number ever in the capital, in a vote that could be a harbinger for national ...
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