Businesses feel optimistic about their growth prospects following the Reserve Bank’s first rate cut in more than four years, while a lift in profit and inventories shows modest signs of a rebound. Buoyed by the prospect of lower interest rates, small and medium enterprises plan to...
Australia’s economy has “turned a corner”, ending a record 21 months of falling living standards in an encouraging sign that there are better times ahead. Gross domestic product expanded by 0.6 per cent in the December quarter, the fastest quarter of growth in two years, the...
Do Australian drivers still need a stepping stone to make the transition from a petrol or diesel vehicle to an electric car? It’s a question that is dividing the automotive industry as the clock ticks down to the removal of a tax exemption for plug-in hybrid...
Butchers, bakers and smallgoods makers are better off living in the country, with research showing workers across nearly 100 occupations can get more bang for their buck in the bush. City-based teachers, mechanics, general practitioners, chief executives, chefs, house cleaners and child care workers may also...
A coalition proposal to ban public servants working from home would be a greater disadvantage to women, a federal minister says. Federal public servants would be required to work five days per week in the office, should the coalition win the next election. It’s a move...
More than half of Australian employers have narrowed their gender pay gap but as it steadily shrinks, employers are warned scrapping workplace flexibility will impact women’s earning potential. Just one-in-five employers have an average gender pay gap in the target range of minus five per cent...
Households could fork out an extra $450 a year for power by 2030 if policymakers pursue nuclear and a slower renewable rollout, modelling suggests. An analysis commissioned by the Clean Energy Council found the additional pricey gas needed under a nuclear pathway would drive bills higher...
A quarter of pre-school-aged children in some mortgage-belt electorates are missing out on early learning despite the presence of high quality centres nearby, new analysis shows. The findings come as a group of early learning advocates, service providers and children’s advocates say recent changes to the...
As a mother of two young children attending a public school, Gemma Quinn hopes they will benefit from billions of dollars being invested into their future over the next decade. The Federation of Parents and Citizens Association of NSW chief executive said she would like to...
What is a Leapmotor C10? Is it: a jumping insect native to Tasmania? Someone who only invests their savings at four-yearly intervals? Or a centuries-old Chinese style of cuisine? Whatever you call it, Chinese car maker Leapmotor seems poised to put a cat among the pigeons in...
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