Electricity prices jump 12 per cent, six times the average pay rise
The surge will fuel concerns among policymakers over energy and household budgets as Parliament gets ready to resume next week.
The surge will fuel concerns among policymakers over energy and household budgets as Parliament gets ready to resume next week.
Australia continues to host significant quantities of illicit funds from outside the country, according to the 2018 Financial Secrecy Index.
So the January 26 crisis passes for another year, the status quo warriors no doubt pleased with their spirit defending the symbolism of an event 230 years ago, an event most Australians don't know is related to Australia Day.
For the 14th quarter running NSW's economy has been judged Australia's powerhouse, according to CommSec analysis.
2018 is the year of an LNG revival as these five trends mark Australia's ascension to a global energy leader.
A Turnbull government "battlers budget" risks undermining economic stability, a leading economic forecaster has warned, as the government lays the ground work for personal income tax cuts this year.
Government spending on tax breaks is set to hit a record $170 billion in 2017-18.
The task of reducing government debt is a bit like weight loss - a little blow out along the way is neither here nor there.
The International Monetary Fund says Trump's tax cuts will boost economic growth, but things aren't as clear down under.
Adrian Dwyer will move from the government's infrastructure agency to head up Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, often described as a lobby group.
The United States is unlikely to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the near future but it would be "great" if they did, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said after President Donald Trump expressed a willingness to reconsider the trade pact if he could secure a "substantially better deal".
House prices in some Australian capital cities have risen sharply in recent years, especially in Sydney and Melbourne.
The tax cut boot dropped again during ScoMo’s happy jobs media conference has a sibling that we’re unlikely to hear much about before the next election: spending cuts.
Australia has retained its coveted AAA credit rating, but Standard and Poor's says the outlook is "negative".
If Australia is to hit its Paris climate change agreement targets, it needs to think seriously about nuclear energy, the Australian Nuclear Association said.
Australia is attracting more high net worth individuals (HNWI) as migrants than any other country, according to a new report.
Donald Trump can expect a warm welcome from some big Wall Street names when he arrives in Davos.
President Donald Trump's economics team landed in Davos, bringing with them their boss's "America First" agenda.
What's in it for Australia? There's no way to tell until we've seen the text, and we won't see it until after it's signed, in Chile on March 8.
Green energy jobs have surged, as wind power becomes the dominant clean energy source in Australia.
The mini-furore over government support for EVs is a sign of how poisonous Australia's energy wars have become.
Justin Trudeau says gender equality would be a priority in "everything the G7 does this year".
The tax office is tipping taxpayers into its Pay As You Go instalments system without telling them why.
Businesses are expecting more sales, profits, investment and employment growth than at any time since 2012.
The world financial system is as dangerously stretched today as it was at the peak of the last bubble but this time the authorities are caught in a "policy trap" with few defences left, a veteran central banker has warned.
Laid-off Australian auto workers are ready to return to the former Holden factory if it is retooled to build electric vehicles.
The number of corporations buying green energy has hit new levels, as renewable energy becomes more affordable.
Australia is set to reach its Renewable Energy Target earlier than predicted due to record levels of renewables investment last year, says the Clean Energy Regulator.
The Trump tax cuts are expected to propel global growth to 3.9 per cent in 2018, the most since 2010.
For four days in January, the seven chairwomen of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, leaders who hail from France, Australia, the United States, India, Italy and Norway, will be the faces of successful women around the world.
A Vegemite sandwich and a squashed banana no longer cut it in Australian school lunchboxes.
Changes to superannuation legislation passed during the 2017 financial year have ended discrimination against small business.