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Recession a 50-50 chance if RBA raises rates: economists
Up to 100,000 Australians could lose their jobs in an inflation-driven recession likely to coincide with the federal election.
- Aaron Patrick
Ten properties and counting: meet Australia’s ‘super investors’
There is a hardcore cohort of 20,000 Australians who own six or more investment properties, according to AFR Weekend analysis of annual Tax Office data.
- Michael Read
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Electricity distributors can help deliver a lower cost, more socially equitable transition.
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- Disability
NDIS to cost $100b, exceeding the pension: budget watchdog
The NDIS is on track to overtake the age pension as the most expensive area of spending within three years if it remains stuck on its current trajectory.
- Michael Read
RBA deputy talks up renewable energy potential
RBA deputy Andrew Hauser has talked up Australia’s potential to be a world leader in solar, as the nation debates the best energy mix to achieve net zero.
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- John Kehoe and Joanne Tran
Multiple interest rate rises needed to quash inflation
The hawkish warnings from economists came as the share of borrowers falling behind on repaying their home loan has risen to the highest level in five years.
- John Kehoe
Opinion & Analysis
How the RBA’s big interest rate experiment exposes Labor
The moment of truth to test Australian exceptionalism is about to arrive. Persistent local inflation suggests the strategy is coming under pressure and may be about to come unstuck.
Economics editor
We must consider imposing non-military costs on China
We are failing to deter China from committing increasingly frequent acts of aggression and intimidation against Taiwan.
Foreign policy expert
What Israel’s ultra-orthodox draft means for Netanyahu
The Israeli Prime Minister relies on the support of minority parties to hold on to power. The court ruling has put some of them offside.
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A stock trader’s guide to navigating the French election
The prospect of a change in the balance of power in France has investors on edge. These are the sectors most affected by the coming political upheaval.
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- Interest rates
How the RBA’s big interest rate experiment exposes Labor
The moment of truth to test Australian exceptionalism is about to arrive. Persistent local inflation suggests the strategy is coming under pressure and may be about to come unstuck.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- China relations
We must consider imposing non-military costs on China
We are failing to deter China from committing increasingly frequent acts of aggression and intimidation against Taiwan.
- John Lee
Yesterday
August rate rise could eat up a chunk of your stage three tax cuts
With markets pricing a one-in-three chance of an August rate rise, borrowers may not enjoy the full benefit of the stage three tax cuts that start on July 1.
- Michael Read
- Opinion
- Investing
A stock trader’s guide to navigating the French election
The prospect of a change in the balance of power in France has investors on edge. These are the sectors most affected by the coming political upheaval.
- Sagarika Jaisinghani, Verena Sepp and Julien Ponthus
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
What Israel’s ultra-orthodox draft means for Netanyahu
The Israeli Prime Minister relies on the support of minority parties to hold on to power. The court ruling has put some of them offside.
- Melanie Lidman
This Month
Not so super tax reform
The controversy over taxing unrealised superannuation gains leaves Labor’s “modest” tax agenda looking like a piecemeal approach to fixing Australia’s broken tax system.
- The AFR View
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- Interest rates
August rate rise on the cards after inflation hits 4pc
Investors say there is now a one-in-three chance of an August interest rate rise after inflation accelerated to its highest rate in six months and economists warned price pressures remained too strong.
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- Michael Read
- Opinion
- The AFR View
RBA should lift rates if that’s what it takes
The hotter-than-expected monthly inflation reading suggests the Reserve Bank has still not done enough to tame Australia’s sticky and above-target inflation.
- The AFR View
Building costs 37pc higher than four years ago
The cost of building a home is surging, threatening the Albanese government’s efforts to build 1.2 million new dwellings.
- Michael Read and James Hall
The areas most – and least – hit by Labor’s $3m super tax
Australians with super balances of more than $3 million are less likely to live in rural areas, according to new analysis, despite concerns about the tax focusing on farmers.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- China relations
Why Dutton is flying in the face of the China hawks
As the opposition leader’s rhetoric softens dramatically, the days of turning China into an election wedge appear to be over.
- James Laurenceson
- Opinion
- Interest rates
RBA edges closer to interest rate rise as inflation proves sticky
Governor Michele Bullock will be troubled by the latest inflation data, and contemplating the real possibility of an interest rate rise at the August meeting.
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- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
Nuclear power deserves a fair hearing
The opposition and the government fail to answer critical questions on their respective nuclear stances. It is time to get the experts in.
- Bruce Mountain
High rates forcing indebted home owners to sell: RBA
Highly leveraged borrowers are selling out of property and consolidating their savings into offset accounts, RBA assistant governor Christopher Kent says.
- Michael Read
- Opinion
- The AFR View
No easy super money for next-gen risk-takers
A start-up golden age is coming because without plentiful money to hide the risks, entrepreneurs will be forced to focus on what really works for customers and investors.
- The AFR View
- Analysis
- WikiLeaks
Julian Assange never accepted the ethics of journalism
Drawing support from the far left and right, the Wikileaks founder was more international political actor than reporter.
- Aaron Patrick
- Opinion
- Energy transition
Coalition’s taxpayer-funded nuclear con a road to ruin
We estimate that the fiscal damage would be in the order of a minimum $100 billion “nuke builder” tax, but likely considerably more given the international experience.
- Tim Buckley and Annemarie Jonson
- Opinion
- South China Sea
Why South China Sea is the flashpoint that could spark war
The worry for Australia is that rather than Taiwan, the worsening situation in the seas east of Asia is more likely to entangle it in a great power conflict.
- Bec Strating
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
My nuclear talk was cancelled. Here is what I would have said.
My presentation to Engineers Australia would have outlined why a nuclear-based energy system would cost consumers half as much with four times fewer emissions.
- Robert Parker
NDIS delay to cost $1.1b as senators jet off to Brazil
Disability Minister Bill Shorten warns that a Coalition proposal to delay the government’s NDIS overhaul by two months will cost taxpayers $137 million per week.
- Michael Read
