Australia has “wasted billions” making housing unaffordable through investor tax breaks, but a radical budget shake-up changes everything.
Cameron Micallef
A budget airline has axed two major Australian routes to Bali, citing the surging price of fuel.
Blair Jackson
The Australian-Chinese community is uneasy after Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he plans to axe welfare benefits from non-citizens.
Sebastian Tan
After 14 million people’s superannuation took a hit this week, asset managers warn of a “regime change” on the Australian share market.
Aussies have left behind nearly $3bn in forgotten funds, but many remain unaware they could be entitled to payouts from their past.
One of Australia’s major airlines says it has found a way to cut check-in times in half in a major tech overhaul.
The Australian dollar is tipped to climb even higher as the USD and weaker Asian peers come under pressure.
Ryan Johnson
Australian renters are feeling the pinch more than ever, with some paying almost 70 per cent of their weekly income on housing.
Alexandra Feiam
Australian budgets have taken a hit due to rate hikes and soaring fuel costs, but it’s not the grim economic reckoning experts predicted.
Australia’s peak union group says Donald Trump’s war and whims are reason to give millions of low wage workers a 6 per cent pay rise.
Cash-strapped mortgage holders face the prospect of even higher repayments in the wake of the federal budget locking in higher spending.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has explained why the Albanese government broke an election promise.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Australian workers have been dubbed the big winner as the government as a group slams a critical tax change.
Excise revenue is tipped to fall by $5.4bn over the next five years, and the government is largely blaming one thing – tobacco.
Nathan Schmidt
Billions of dollars in government spending have been announced. Here’s a break down of where the money is coming from and going to.
Alexander Britton
More than 50,000 motorists were fined for an “honest mistake” last year in one state alone. Now, a new measure could change that.
The Australian Treasurer has flagged major tax changes for workers and investors, ahead of Tuesday’s budget announcement.
An extra $2 billion will be pledged in the budget to build sewerage and roads for new homes as the treasurer frames housing policy as a remedy to populism.
Jacob Shteyman and Maeve Bannister
Jim Chalmers hopes slashing red tape and winding back investor tax breaks will convince voters the dream of home ownership is still alive.
Jacob Shteyman
The federal taxpayer's stake in Victoria's massive Suburban Rail Loop public transport project has ballooned to $6 billion, as regional rail gets the axe.
Zac de Silva and Jacob Shteyman
Australians face higher grocery prices, as a “perfect storm” of rising oil costs and global supply disruptions hits every link in the food chain.
The scale of cash handouts in the Western Australian budget has infuriated some economists, who argue they are provocatively inflationary.
Ben McKay
More than 862,000 NSW motorists have claimed $284 million since January, with 58 suburbs now in the “$1 million club” for total cashback received.
Tia Clarkson-Pascoe
Economic echoes of the post-COVID-19 period indicate global volatility will not break Australia's hunger for credit, lowering the odds of recession.
Adrian Black
