Top earners have to wait for tax cuts
High income earners will take a back seat to the lower paid whose tax cuts will start in July at as little as $5 a week.
ANZ scraps product-linked bonuses for financial planners
Financial planners employed by ANZ will now no longer get bonuses for pushing products and be sacked if they fail a compliance audit twice.
AMP is still in a world of trouble
David Murray has to work out how to get AMP out of this mess.
ASX poised to lift, budget in focus
Australian shares are poised to lift, bolstered by a rally on Wall Street after Warren Buffett boosted his Apple stake. Westpac's results are ahead.
Westpac cash profit rises 6pc to $4.3b
Growth in mortgages and lower bad debts in the business bank has helped to lift Westpac's first-half profit.
Budget must limit government’s tax take for growth
Trying to build up Australia's budget surpluses by taxing more and more is a delusion that would only make us weaker and more vulnerable.
Financial service system not broken, says Murray
Incoming AMP chairman David Murray says the banking royal commission has given people the impression that the system is more broken than it is.
AMP banks on better luck with David Murray
AMP shareholders are hoping for some better fortune with an old-school banker running the boardroom.
Email trail shifts blame from Brenner
AMP says it was Clayton Utz and not Catherine Brenner who decided to exclude the name of the company's former CEO from a report into its fee-for-no-service scandal.
How Nine shook up TV's summer of sport
The timing was serendipitous and would lead to the biggest shake-up in summer television in more than four decades.
Franchise guru points finger at corporates
Franchising pioneer Michael Sherlock has blamed listed corporations and private equity investors for the worst abuses in the $170 billion franchise system.
Cooper Investors sells out of Aurizon
Aurizon's oldest investors are losing faith as battles between the rail group and its Queensland regulator drag on.
ASX confession season begins on a high
The weather hampered trading at JB Hi-Fi and Boral, but it was largely an optimistic start to the confession season last week.
Strong US dollar could create 'sucking sound'
The recent strength of the US dollar, if it continues, could change the game for investors in Asian markets, Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific investment chief says.
ASX to lift, budget could check advance
Local investors appear poised to start the week on a positive note, bolstered by a rally on Wall Street and amid expectations of an "election" budget.
Private equity snares half of Hunter Lab
Two former Swisse backers have taken a 50 per cent stake in skincare brand Hunter Lab through their private equity firm.
Opinion
Budget must limit government’s tax take for growth
Trying to build up Australia's budget surpluses by taxing more and more is a delusion that would only make us weaker and more vulnerable.
Super union raises $11m political war chest
Australia's expanding militant union appears to have started filling a political war chest with $11 million that will be directed to supporting Labor at the federal election.
Morrison and Murray's double act
Scott Morrison and David Murray have something in common.
AMP will fight for vertical integration
"It really is possible we can think we've dealt with vertical integration and not deal with the actual issues," says David Murray.
Morrison tames labour market expectations
Treasurer Scott Morrison has hinted the government doesn't expect a repeat of last year's block-busting 403,000 surge in employment.
Budget money to help women back to work
The federal budget will set aside "significant" funding for practical measures to help more women back to work and build their "financial security and resilience".
Benefits to flow before company tax cuts: government
Workers could expect to receive the claimed benefits stemming from company tax cuts years before the lower rates came into effect, Mathias Cormann contends.
CFMMEU amassing $11m political war chest
The CFMMEU is amassing a $11 million political war chest to fund Labor candidates and political campaigns at the next election.
Bowen dodges on Labor's new tax cap
Chris Bowen has declined to commit to a previous rule that Labor would keep tax revenue below 23.7 per cent of the economy.
NASA says SpaceX's rockets could put lives at risk
When Elon Musk and his team at SpaceX were looking to make their Falcon 9 rocket even more powerful, they came up with a creative idea - but it comes with a big risk.
Unis tell Beijing student safety fears unfounded
A delegation of vice-chancellors from Australia's leading universities has told senior officials in Beijing that their campuses are the safest in the world for Chinese students.
Aerial ping pong diplomacy to mend China ties
Port Adelaide says sports diplomacy could play a role mending Sino-Australia relations even though most Chinese people have never heard of Australian rules football.
Buffett downplays trade war, and suffers rare loss
The billionaire investor said it was unlikely the US and China would come to loggerheads on trade, and that the countries would avoid doing "something extremely foolish".
US-China trade war set to heat up
The US-China trade fight threatens to resume and intensify after President Donald Trump's top officials left Beijing last week without having won major concessions.
Personal Finance
Henderson Maxwell's owners launch review
The Italian-funded firm that acquired Henderson Maxwell says an internal review is under way following revelations at the banking royal commission.
Healthscope shareholders' waiting game
Healthscope's April earnings are being more keenly awaited than usual as it weighs up a $4.1 billion takeover approach led by private equity group BGH.
Westpac to address big mortgage switch
Analysts are likely to focus on the quality of Westpac's loan book and how the migration of out of interest-only loans will impact their margins.
Keep NAPLAN but tweak it
The federal Education Minister said he was looking forward to a COAG review which might "have a look at the way NAPLAN data is reported"
Desperate unis appeal to budget bottom line
In the absence of domestic graduates the country would rely more on skilled migrants.
Dropping out of uni not always bad
Tertiary education experts say university education has become the default option for most school leavers.
Esso worker attempted suicide after union bullying
A contract worker at Esso's Longford gas plant attempted suicide, claiming union delegates ostracised him from the workforce.
Lifestyle
The 7 best exercises for toning your body right now
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