Seeking professional advice when looking to buy a property is an important step, especially if you’re new to the market or dealing with complex situations. Here are some key instances when you should consider consulting a property agent and what they can do for you. When to...
Seeking professional advice when looking to buy a property is an important step, especially if you’re new to the market or dealing with complex situations. Here are some key instances when you should consider consulting a property agent and what they can do for you. When to...
Integrating cybersecurity into the fabric of small business operations requires both strategic planning and practical measures. Here are the top 10 tips to fortify small businesses against cyber threats, underscoring the necessity for professional help and the safeguard of cyber insurance: Educate Your Team: Regularly train employees...
Home owners are unlikely to receive further relief on interest rates for the rest of the year after a surge in inflation. The latest figures showed headline inflation for the September quarter rose from 2.1 per cent to 3.2 per cent. It was the first time it...
Underlying inflation is growing for the first time since December 2022, with chances of a mortgage payment-easing interest rate cut next week all but gone. NEW INFLATION RATES * The consumer price index rose 1.3 per cent in the September 2025 quarter and 3.2 per cent annually,...
An age-old tax keeping empty nesters in huge homes while young families squeeze into apartments has drawn renewed ire from a frequent critic. Successive Reserve Bank governors have criticised stamp duty, the tax paid on property purchases. “My predecessor called it a tax on mobility,” Michele Bullock...
Artificial intelligence technology is not just helping to create more software but to create more software developers after a leading platform added a record 36 million users in one year. The coding tools could address some of Australia’s skills shortages, experts said, even though additional training...
Electric vehicle adoption is at risk of stalling in Australia after delays to construction rules that would have made it easier to charge them at home. The Electric Vehicle Council issued the warning after federal, state and territory ministers met and agreed to delay updates to...
Environmental protection reforms are expected to be introduced to parliament on Thursday after six years of wrangling in the halls of power. PROPOSED ENVIRONMENT LAWS * Better protections for natural sites are the key benefit the government will have in its new environmental legislation *On the other side...
They can drink, drive and vote and are treated as adults in the eyes of the law – but 18-year-old Australians are still being paid considerably less than their older colleagues. Despite being legal adults, 18-year-old workers receive only 70 per cent of the wage of...