Australian share investors could face one of the most impactful federal budgets in years, with looming changes to capital gains tax expected to reshape portfolios in unexpected ways.
Ryan Johnson
Key indicators for the current state of Perth’s housing market have started to shift in the wrong direction over the past few weeks. And these are the sellers and buyers most likely to feel the sting first.
Nick Bruining
Older small business operators hoping to make voluntary concessional contributions to superannuation have been told to make sure they satisfy employment rules before sending any money to their fund.
DEBTMAN: There are 2.2 million property investors in Australia holding their collective breath right now ahead of Jim Chalmers’ Budget. And there’s one small but painful thing they may not have considered.
Bruce Brammall
Q+A: Navigating the complexities of the superannuation system to successfully make a plan for your retirement is no mean feat. So when you get it right, it makes the pay-off so much sweeter.
The Australian Treasurer has flagged major tax changes for workers and investors, ahead of Tuesday’s budget announcement.
Cameron Micallef
For Australians already struggling with mortgage repayments and tenants drowning in rent rises, the interest rate hike has left many with their heads in their hands. Here’s my guide for you.
David Koch
Goods have soared by as much as 40 per cent in five years, putting WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti’s ‘cost of living-relief Budget’ under renewed scrutiny.
Joe Spagnolo
Australians face higher grocery prices, as a “perfect storm” of rising oil costs and global supply disruptions hits every link in the food chain.
Labor may loosen super investment rules, but Jim Chalmers says members’ interests will remain paramount.
US President Donald Trump has unveiled a retirement savings plan he said will be better than Australia’s $4.5 trillion superannuation system, but experts say it falls short.
An Australian state has delivered a budget with $1bn in cost of living relief – including a payout for every driver.
Emma Kirk
TelstraSuper has been found to have left hundreds of members waiting too long for answers to their complaints.
Borrowers have been slugged with higher mortgage rates after the Reserve Bank’s May hike, but many savers will miss out unless they meet the fine print on bonus accounts.
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
Australia’s income support system is under mounting strain from the staggering number of people drawing some form of assistance.
Andrew Hedgman
Here’s the rub for the RBA: How do you get people to stop spending when you reward cashed-up baby boomers while slugging young families with a mortgage?
Daniel Newell
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
Households are days away from being smashed with higher costs, as the all four major banks react to the latest rate hike.
The Reserve Bank has raised interest rates by another 25 basis points to 4.35 per cent, undoing last year’s relief. Governor Michele Bullock hinted at more pain and cautioned against higher government spending.
Stephen Johnson
The state government handling the largest debt pile in the country has handed down an election year budget.
Alexandra Feiam and Blair Jackson
New data reveals a surprising change to consumer spending as the RBA prepares to make a crucial decision on interest rates.
Ike Morris
The Middle East war has blown another hole in the budgets of millions of families already shell-shocked by two interest rate hikes this year.
New analysis from the Super Members Council found one in four Australian workers missed out on super between 2018 and 2023, costing employees $24.4 billion nationally.
