While the budget downsizing super proposal isn't yet even in draft legislation, the plan is that people aged 65-plus ...

The downsizing dilemma

A government proposal to let downsizers to top up their super with sale profits sounds good but often there's no spare change.

The currency rose 1.1 per cent to US78.13¢, reaching as high as US78.29¢ earlier in the session. It's now 8.4 per cent ...

$A surges to two-year high

The Australian dollar has leapt more than 1 per cent as weak data dimmed prospects for more US rate hikes this year.