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It’s time to dust off the cricket bats and take out the togs – backyard barbecues and celebrations by the beach are officially back on as temperatures across Australia warm up on Christmas Day. Aussies on the east coast will finally get their Christmas wish –...

To prepare for retirement, there’s forced savings in the form of social security, such as superannuation. Other options to arrange for a secure financial future are savings in the bank, investments and insurance. These days, preparing for retirement has become more challenging because of people’s longer...

Business confidence has veered into negative territory for the first time this year as an uncertain economic outlook ratchets up concern. Conditions for running businesses remain robust, but the gap between confidence and conditions has grown to its widest ever recorded in NAB’s business survey. Manufacturing, construction...

A former Reserve Bank governor has joined more than 100 economists and tax experts to call for an overhaul of the stage three tax cuts. Former RBA governor Bernie Fraser, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chair Alan Fels are...

The Politics, the background, what the gas industry says and what environmental groups say? THE POLITICS * Federal parliament will sit on Thursday to debate and pass laws the government says will push down electricity and gas bills for households and businesses. * Drafts laws and a consultation...

It’s a mixed outlook for agriculture in the coming year, with grains and lamb expected to perform well while the number of dairy farmers leaving the industry takes a toll. Rural Bank’s 2023 outlook also listed global economic challenges and continuing high production costs as the...