THE FRONT DORE: The ex-PM has been telling us all along his treasurer was an economic dud. Now Wayne Swan has proved him right.
Christopher Dore
The price of WA’s most economically-important commodity has fallen to levels not seen since 2022, gutting billions from the State’s coffers in the process. But the boffins say there is no need to panic — yet.
Adrian Rauso
The news is set to punch a hole in the Federal Budget.
Just Group's board alleges that John Cheston engaged in "serious misconduct and a serious breach of his employment terms."
Derek Rose
The number of women working in part-time roles has fallen significantly over the past decade, gradually up to the COVID-19 pandemic and more rapidly since then.
Cheyanne Enciso
China’s property slump is causing a real headache for the Federal Government.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
Western Australia is still the nation’s dominant exporter but the latest data shows sales to China have slowed.
Matt Mckenzie
Presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged on Saturday to make it too costly for countries to shift away from using the US dollar, adding a new pillar to his tariff platform.
Bloomberg
WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti is urging the RBA to cut interest rates, as new data shows more financial pain is coming for more than 40,000 WA mortgage holders.
Joe Spagnolo
Reserve Bank boss Michele Bullock is giving medicine to a sick patient, and Treasurer Jim Chalmers needs to back in the treatment plan.
A former federal treasurer and current Labor Party national president has come out swinging against the Reserve Bank, saying the RBA is ‘punching itself in the face’.
Blair Jackson
Economists have accused Labor of using attacks on the Reserve Bank as a shield to distract from the impact of its spending on inflation, after former treasurer Wayne Swan launched a blistering salvo.
Katina Curtis and Daniel Newell
The popular venues across the major Australian city suddenly shut its doors, entering into liquidation.
NewsWire
There are small signs rents are coming down, but vacancy rates are still razor thin and there could not be any more “rental pain” in 12 NSW suburbs.
Interest rates should be lowered, the Premier believes, saying the Reserve Bank’s more than a dozen consecutive rises have achieved its goal of slowing Australia’s economy.
Dylan Caporn
The RBA boss has acknowledged the harsh realities of high interest rates on Aussie households, however she said it was required to quell inflation.
Jessica Wang
Michele Bullock has defended the Reserve Bank’s 13 interest rate hikes to fight inflation, arguing Australia’s most vulnerable have been hit hardest by surging prices.
The Finance Minister has dismissed the opposition’s attack on the government’s handling of the economy after fresh GDP showed anaemic growth.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
The cost of managing your money, getting a loan, and insuring your possessions has gone up way more than the actual inflation rate in the past year.
The economy might be slowing but the Reserve Bank chief wants inflation to moderate further before opening the door to interest rate cuts.
Poppy Johnston
The oversized importance of iron ore to Australia’s economy has been reinforced by new analysis amid a backdrop of the steelmaking commodity tumbling back below $US100 per tonne.
Labor’s key housing initiative to boost rental homes will be blocked by the Coalition and the Greens, who say it benefits corporations over renters.
The Australian economy has grown at a weak 0.2 per cent for the June quarter, as expected, as inflation and cost of living pressures bite.
As inflation and cost of living pressures continue to bite, Australians have been hit with some news they didn’t really need to hear.
