Be alert, not alarmed, about Australia's high household debt
Another day, another dire warning that Australian households are about to crumple under the crushing weight of debt.
The Economy
How fee-hungry funds are nickel and diming Australia
Think Facebook, or Amazon or Alibaba are growth businesses? They've got nothing on the Port of Melbourne. In their eagerness to raise short-term cash, federal and state governments are letting private owners take larger and larger clips of the ticket for access to monopoly assets.
Why Australia is lost in space
It's an opportunity cost. That is we've always reminded ourselves of all the other things we could buy for the price of going to 100 kilometres above sea level to the Kármán line, the internationally accepted space border.
How we ended up with the world's highest power bills
We have every energy resource in the world, but political dithering and climate policy missteps have left Australia with an unwanted crown: the highest power prices in the world.
A 'shocker' for spending as consumers shut wallets
Low wage growth, higher electricity and gas bills and out-of-cycle mortgage rate increases have been blamed for a slump in consumer spending in July and August - the worst since 2010.
Australian women earn 87 cents to every man's dollar
The median full-time working woman in Australia earns 87 cents to every man's dollar, new OECD research shows.
'Great Australian nightmare' alive and well in Sydney, Melbourne
Home ownership among young Australians has fallen to the lowest level on record, as an explosive property boom squeezes out all but the wealthiest.
'Ill-considered grab for cash': miners lash WA gold tax
Australia's biggest gold miners and mining lobby groups have lashed out at the WA government over its plans for tax hikes, which they say will cost jobs in an environment of low profit margins.
Sydney house prices tipped to fall by 2 per cent in the next four months
Weakening consumer confidence is pointing to a slowdown in capital city house price growth, an economist says.
Australia's economic luck looks to be running out
Australia's record of 26 years without a recession flatters to deceive. The gaudy numbers mask serious flaws in the country's economic model.
Go north: Sydney, Melbourne property markets lose appeal
​House hunters are steering away from Sydney and Melbourne and turning their attention to Brisbane, according to property data group CoreLogic.
'Red flags': why the taxman needs to worry about Amazon
As local retailers worry about the arrival of Amazon destroying their business, the taxman will need to start worrying about how Amazon is going to work to minimise its tax bills.
RBA holds rates steady at 1.5%
The RBA has kept rates steady at their historical low of 1.5 per cent, as widely expected, while offering little to encourage talk the central bank will hike in 2018.
Can Australia afford to follow Trump over a cliff?
To insist Australia must drop its corporate tax rate to match international rates is like insisting consumers only shop on price.
Cooling off: Sydney house prices slide for first time in 17 months
Sydney house prices have declined for the first time in 17 months, the latest CoreLogic data reveals.
There are 23.9 billion reasons to love a 'Big Australia'
Look out, here comes another wave of anti-immigration sentiment, or at least pro-much-lower-immigration sentiment, riding on a surge in March quarter population figures, the biggest rise since 2009
Best odds in years. It's raining (vacant) jobs
It's easier to find a job than it has been in years and the odds are best in NSW.
Trump's tax plan to result in 'little-to-no taxes' from multinationals
Australia's top corporates and their advisers say companies are more likely to base future projects offshore thanks to Donald Trump's tax plan.
'Excessive pressure': RBA says too much is expected from the RBA
The Reserve Bank is being asked to do far too much, its deputy governor Guy Debelle has told a conference in London. From the time it was granted independence in the mid-1990s, it came to be seen as "the only game in town" for economic management, a view that was reinforced as it was forced it to do more and more.
Victoria booms as NSW leaks residents by the thousands
The latest figures from the Bureau of Statistics show the strongest population growth in Victoria since 1960, helped by a net migration of 5000 Australians moving to Victoria from other states in the first three months of 2017.
Why we're doing stuff, not buying stuff
Pascoe's Law of Stuff states that stuff expands to fill available space. Live in a small unit, it will be full. Live in a big house for a while, it also will be full.
UberEATS deliverers don't have to pay GST
While UberEATS charges the cafe or restaurant it collects food from a service fee for each delivery, it doesn't have to pay tax on that service fee.
The industries which have the fastest rising salaries
Wage growth remains stuck in the mud in Australia - but which industry's salaries are rising the fastest?
Women 'should take lead' on insurance industry equality
However, the biggest shift in addressing unconscious bias needs to come from women themselves, Lloyd's general representative in Australia says.
Consumers splurging on 'meaningful' nights out
More Australians are splashing out on "meaningful experiences" such as concert tickets, the theatre, hotel stays and eating out rather than retail goods, according to NAB data.
Debt-burdened home owners vulnerable to shocks: RBA
Home buyers who stretched themselves to enter the property market while interest rates were at record lows could be "vulnerable" to economic shocks, a senior Reserve Bank official says.
Lonely women the last straw: boards face quotas
One is the loneliest number, the AICD's latest gender diversity statistics show.
Don't believe the hype on higher rates
Westpac chief economist Bill Evans is unconvinced by the recent chatter about RBA rate rises, saying there is a case for no hikes until 2020.
Home sales jump in busiest auction week since May
Home sales have increased across all but one of the capital cities in the past seven days, marking the busiest week for auctions since the end of May, while home prices remain flat virtually across the board.
UK ratings blow as PM tries to ease Brexit tensions
The UK had its credit rating cut by Moody's Investors Service, which blamed Brexit, a sluggish economy and Prime Minister Theresa May's weakened political position.
Small Business
Selling champagne travel on a beer budget
Australians love a bargain holiday.
Phone snubbing: how to tell you're doing it
Are you distracted by your smartphone when really you ought to be concentrating on the person next to you?