Australians’ satisfaction with their standard of living is at an all time low, and we expect things will only get worse.
Kim Macdonald
Jim Chalmers has revealed the government found $20bn in savings to prevent national debt crossing the critical $1 trillion threshold for the first time.
Cameron Micallef
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will on Wednesday unveil a slightly smaller than anticipated Budget deficit in a mid-year update expected to feature major spending cuts and rising revenue.
Matt Mckenzie
The Canadian government has approved Anglo American acquisition of Teck Resources, helping to clear the way for the creation of a $50 billion ($75.2b) metals giant focused on copper mines in Chile and Peru.
Katharine Gemmell and Derek Decloet
A major change to the way Aussies pay for certain items at the grocery store or petrol station is set to kick in over the next few weeks.
Aris Schuler-Shah
The former boss of gold play Wiluna Mining has vowed keep scrutiny on the collapsed company after a legal manoeuvre by administrators fizzled out.
John Van Der Wielen replaces former Rio Tinto boss Sam Walsh, who had chaired the mint’s Government-owed operating company, Gold Corporation, since 2019.
Sean Smith
Australia’s sharemarket fell in line with much of the world ahead of the release of a pivotal US report.
Updated figures reveal more than 370,000 businesses shut their doors this year, but the number may not be as startling as first thought.
Half of Australia's big four banks are tipping the Reserve Bank to hike interest rates at its next meeting as inflation is pushed outside the target zone.
Jacob Shteyman
South32 will mothball its Mozal Aluminium refining operations in Mozambique at a cost of $90 million after failing to land a deal that would ensure sustainable electricity prices with local authorities.
Simone Grogan
Kaiser Reef has completed drilling at its Maldon gold project in Victoria, looking to turn 3567t of old gold waste dumps grading 1.6g/t into cash, with the nearby Nuggety dump next in line for drilling.
Michael Busbridge
David Sharaz has officially been declared bankrupt by a Federal Court one week after his wife Brittany Higgins faced the same fate.
Emma Kirk
Australian consumer sentiment slumped in December as households brace for higher-for-longer interest rates and hopes of further mortgage relief fade.
Cheyanne Enciso
Ford is backing away from plans to manufacture large electric vehicles, citing lacklustre demand.
Nora Eckert
Ground staff who were illegally sacked by Qantas are set to get a share of millions after the airline was slugged with massive penalties.
Steve Zemek
Pacgold Ltd has outlined a big gold-antimony opportunity in North Queensland after soil sampling outlined strong anomalies over 7km of strike at its St George project, setting the stage for first-pass drilling.
Rowena Duckworth
Elon Musk's net worth surpassed $US600 billion in 2025, according to calculations by Forbes magazine.
Staff Writers
Asian share markets have fallen and Europe has opened lower before the release of delayed US employment data that could influence the Fed on interest rates.
Elizabeth Howcroft
New Zealand's fiscal woes are set to lengthen with the mid-year budget pushing out a return to surplus to 2030.
Ben McKay
These two financial giants forecast the Reserve Bank will need to act soon as the national economy performs better than expected.
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Weakness in energy, mining and technology stocks have weighed on the Australian market, turning a modest lift to a clear loss by the close.
Adrian Black
The consumer watchdog has taken aim at two food retailers for allegedly trapping Australian consumers into subscriptions.
