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So, you've given up the dream of home ownership – for the moment, at least.
So, you've given up the dream of home ownership – for the moment, at least.
Melbourne led the way in property price growth over the past week, while Sydney also saw a rise, according to the latest CoreLogic property data.
One of the legacies of the Abbott era could cost Australia $500 billion over the next decade.
Treasury will continue to flounder and its influence wane until it switches its goal from smaller government to more effective government.
Park Orchards has a median weekly household income of $2660, which is $250 more than that of half of Toorak's households.
New research is aiming to show the economic impact of Australia's creative industries, and the hot spots for jobs in that sector.
There are no hills in Tea Gardens, barely a single two-storey house and only 67 babies.
Australia is set to become the world's largest exporter of gas but its level of resource tax transparency falls behind Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Mongolia, a new global report has found, as the country forfeits billions of dollars in tax to multinational mining giants.
A team of researchers in the United States might have cracked one of the biggest mysteries in economics.
Australia has revised down the value of its resources and energy export earnings in the financial year ended June by 4.6 percent, or nearly $10 billion, due largely to falling prices for iron ore, its most valuable export.
In truth, economics has much to teach us about the pursuit of "utility" or happiness.
Soaring home prices in Australia's biggest cities are driven by strong demand and a lack of supply, rather than being a sign of a "bubble," according to HSBC Holdings local chief economist Paul Bloxham.
Australia's return to budget surplus will be built on the back of a 14 per cent increase in the income tax take.
The Reserve Bank has disappointed commentators hoping for a hawkish stance by keeping rates steady.
The Reserve Bank has kept its cash rate on hold at 1.5 per cent.
It's a pretty simple concept that some of corporate Australia is yet to grasp: companies that set and measure gender diversity targets are more gender diverse.
A key leading indicator of Australian economic activity showed the economy growing strongly in the second-quarter.
Sydney and Melbourne property prices rebounded in June after a pullback the month before.
Individuals and small business taxpayers are still encountering ATO officials who take an "unnecessary, belligerent stance" when it comes to resolving disputes, one of Australia's largest accounting bodies says.
Last Monday, an article appeared on the Lowy Institute's "Interpreter" blog under the relatively benign headline: "Rising interest rates and the RBA".
Mining millions, but weak growth. No wonder our panel failed to predict 2016-17.
Australia faces a "small but non-zero" chance of a recession in the next two years according to the BusinessDay expert forecasting panel.
One year on, and the mood about Trump has changed.
Australia is more likely to face an interest rate cut than an increase in the year ahead, a survey of 25 economists by Fairfax Media has revealed, as low wage growth, a high Australian dollar and a cooling housing market push the Reserve Bank towards a new record low cash rate.
It'll be a year of making do, with the economy too flat to justify a rate rise, in the view of the BusinessDay forecasting panel.
Three decades ago, Treasurer Paul Keating, warned Australia may become a “banana republic”. Today we are far from it.
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.
A sharing economy platform is under scrutiny over concerns for child safety.
Finding a solution to late payments.
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