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'Demographic tsunami' set to keep property prices high
There's no shortage of housing forecasts but none quite like this one: rather than the key markets cooling, they are about to be hit by a demographic tsunami.
There's no shortage of housing forecasts but none quite like this one: rather than the key markets cooling, they are about to be hit by a demographic tsunami.
One-third of drivers involved with ride-sharing services such as Uber are yet to register for GST or to fully declare their income.
This week we take a deep dive into the national education debate to reveal what really needs to be done to improve our schools and universities.
Some of the census questions are next to useless.
Private sector job vacancies rose 1.5 per cent to 170,500, and public sector vacancies rose 3.2 per cent to 18,700.
Higher-than-expected tax deductions relating to cars, travel, clothing, internet and mobile phones, and self-education expenses are among the top claims the tax man will be keeping a close eye on this tax time.
Nothing like a former Reserve Bank board member saying the RBA could hike interest rate eight times in the next couple of years to get attention.
The Reserve Bank could increase interest rates eight times in the next two years, former board member John Edwards said.
The Australian Taxation Office's high-profile area targeting high-wealth individuals that former deputy commissioner Michael Cranston headed will be a key focus in a wide-ranging review of the agency.
The 2016 census reveals what's going on behind the curtains of Australia's 10 million homes.
Eva Zhuang is the face of a fast-changing Australia.
Families incomes in inner Sydney are nearly $40,000 a year higher than the rest of the city.
Australians born of Australian parents will soon be a minority.
Compared with the country described in the 1966 census we're more Asian, less Christian and more openly gay.
The 2016 census spotlights the growing proportion of people in Australia for whom renting is their normal relationship to the housing market.
Melbourne is set to overtake Sydney as Australia's most populated city, for the first time in history the majority of Australians born overseas are from Asia not Europe and there has been a 39 per cent surge in the number of people declaring themselves in a same-sex relationship.
The first Australian 2016 census results are out, revealing a snapshot of the nation.
Home ownership hits lows not seen since the fifties, while a record number of properties are vacant.
Employers letting their staff use ride-sharing services such as Uber, rather than a licensed taxi, could be liable for fringe benefits tax, the Australian Taxation Office says.
The first 2016 Australian census results have been released. Here are the key take outs.
San Francisco Federal Reserve president John Williams says monetary policy is back to being "boring" but the advent of AI will keep economics interesting.
The rapid 250 basis point rise in domestic interest rates that would leave Australian households facing a mammoth debt servicing burden is unlikely to occur, economists said.
The BIS has warned that Australian households are among the most vulnerable to a sharp rise in global interest rates.
Global banking watchdog says warning lights are flashing red as debt ratios rise and the Fed in US lifts interest rates.
Without addressing complexity in our tax system, there's no hope of stopping individuals from overclaiming and engaging in illegal cash economy activity.
Sydney and Melbourne are often given global city status, but the two have some attributes which undermine their claims.
Here's a fact to make every trade union member weep – those few who remain, anyway.
Australia needs to introduce stronger penalties for corporate crime and effective compensation and protections for whistleblowers, before it goes down the path US-style bounties, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's John Price says.
A little after Friday lunch, Australia's population ticked over the 24.5 million mark. What's unusual is the increasing questioning of immigration's role in that growth.
For nine weeks hundreds of families in a small north-east Victorian town have been without a pay check, after the area's biggest employer locked out its entire workforce in April.
Research shows the end of financial year increases the pressure on stretched small business owners.
Business needs to prepare for a bigger rush of discount-seeking consumers.
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