Some of Australia’s biggest fuel retailers, including Ampol, 7-Eleven, and BP, have been hauled into a meeting with the consumer watchdog.
Ria Pandey
Australian mortgage holders are bracing for another rate increase, which the Albanese government has acknowledged would hit households ‘hard’.
Cameron Micallef
The RBA is being warned to avoid the temptation to hike rates sharply to fight the latest inflation war caused by soaring oil prices, as it did during COVID.
Jacob Shteyman
Australian home borrowers could be hit with a number of rate rises this year, sending the Reserve Bank cash rate to a level last seen in 2011.
Stephen Johnson
Australia has responded to calls by Donald Trump for a global coalition to confront fuel threats as war in Iran rages on.
Nathan Schmidt
When Australia’s central bank convenes this week for its second interest rate decision of the year, the board will find its current inflation problem further exacerbated by an energy price shockwave.
Swati Pandey
Chris Bowen has issued a dire warning over fuel prices in Australia amid growing shortages that have left at least one town without petrol.
Blair Jackson
Traders and economists widely expect the Reserve Bank to lift interest rates but uncertainty over the Iran war could convince the board to keep them on hold.
Australian families face a devastating double blow as the fallout from the Middle East smashes domestic households.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed a key detail about the Middle East conflict that will factor into a possible inflation spike.
Energy minister Chris Bowen has been accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ as Australians in some areas face ‘unacceptable’ fuel shortages.
David Hannant
Australian shares fell during Friday’s trading as oil price fears overshadowed strong gains from one of the market’s largest sectors.
Australia’s coffers could gain $190bn in a decade by making a simple tax change during the “worst housing crisis in living memory”.
Cameron Micallef and Ria Pandey
Australians could soon be paying more on their mortgages as a major bank flashes a key warning sign for households.
Cash-strapped mortgage holders are being warned interest rates could reach their highest levels in 15 years as the Middle East conflict bites hard.
Petrol rules will be tweaked so an extra 100 million litres of fuel can go to regional areas battling shortages and increased prices amid the US-Israel war with Iran.
Ria Pandey, Nathan Schmidt, Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer, Abisha Sapkota
We take a look at what’s affecting fuel prices and the forces at play that will determine just how much pain Australians can expect at the pump.
Daniel Newell
Australians have been warned it is only a matter of days before the pinch of the ongoing fuel crisis amid the conflict in the Middle East will be acutely felt at home.
Alexandra Feiam
Construction has begun on the biggest warehouse ever constructed in Queensland - a robotic customer fulfilment centre for Amazon Australia.
Derek Rose
The disruption to global commodity prices from the US-Israeli war with Iran is spreading far beyond energy markets
Kailyn Rhone
Australia’s tax system would be reset to help workers take home more of their pay while getting investors to contribute more under an MP’s bold plan.
Benchmark cash rate futures traders lifted the chance of a cash rate hike next week to 61 per cent after RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser spoke on Tuesday afternoon.
Tom Richardson
The RBA’s deputy governor has made a surprise call on where interest rates could go, as world markets face ongoing turmoil due to the Iran conflict.
Australia’s central bank deputy governor Andrew Hauser says further inflationary pressure from the war in Iran would be unhelpful as policymakers assess the impact on the economy.
