Business
The economy
Opinion
Australian economy
High immigration is hiding the economy's long-running weakness
Australia's rapid population growth – plus the ups and downs of the resources boom – is masking the economy's problems.
- by Ross Gittins
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Income tax
Millionaires' beach: Australia's new richest postcode revealed
A Sydney northern beaches postcode has dethroned the wealthy eastern suburbs for the first time in seven years.
- by Derek Rose
Mining
Australian coal at risk from China move, warns government report
A new government report warns China's restrictions on coal imports is the number one risk for Australian coal and could lead to a significant price slump.
- by Cole Latimer
Wage growth
Poor planning? Financial managers cop salary decrease, surgeons get rise
Four professions went backwards in an ATO list of the top 10 average earners in 2016-17.
- by Michael Fowler
China
China's Li Keqiang says growth higher than expected
The Chinese Premier also told an international business audience that China was a key part of Asia.
- by Kirsty Needham
Property market
Property slump drives the biggest wealth drop in seven years
Slumping house prices and a jittery sharemarket have led to the biggest decline in household wealth in seven years, underscoring pressure on the Reserve Bank to cut rates again.
- by Michael Heath
Opinion
Sharemarket
'Murderous risks': All of a sudden, the 'R' word is back on our lips
Are we heading for a global recession? Should the US economy tip over at this juncture, the tail risks for the world are murderous.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
World markets
Trump's $4.7 trillion miss: The tax promise that has fallen way short
When President Donald Trump overhauled America's tax system in 2017, he promised trillions in offshore profits would return to the US. It hasn't quite worked out that way.
- by Laura Davison and Jeff Kearns
Energy
Renewables investment to halve in 2020 as policy vacuum saps confidence
Investment in renewable energy is set to slump heavily in the early 2020s as experts warn a policy vacuum has sucked confidence from companies in the sector.
- by Cole Latimer
Mining
'Huge opportunities': Government plan to spur minerals boom
The government has a strategy to exploit the massive demand for minerals used in renewable energy, aerospace and other industries.
- by Darren Gray
Energy
Energy market operator calls for LNG imports to avoid gas shortages
The energy market operator has issued fresh warnings of gas shortages unless new gas pipelines and imports terminals are built.
- by Cole Latimer