New data points to a strengthening in the Australian economy in the coming months, aided by the significant easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index, which indicates the likely pace of economic activity three to nine months into the future, rose to its...
Falling petrol prices have given a further lift to consumer confidence, but a new survey still shows pessimists outweighing optimists. The ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence index – a guide to future household spending – rose 2.3 per cent in the past week to 96.8, its highest...
Weeks after floods devastated massive swathes of NSW and QLD, climate change remains a major concern for Australians as they head into the polls. A new Ipsos survey has found that 83 per cent of Australians are worried about the debilitating effects of climate change and...
Australian companies will get more taxpayer support to take their place in the world’s new energy and high-tech economy if the Morrison government is re-elected. Federal subsidies to reinvent fossil fuels and mine new minerals, announced on the campaign trail on Tuesday, have been welcomed by...
The locations of new hydrogen hubs and critical mineral grants will be unveiled by the prime minister in Western Australia as Scott Morrison says the developments will bring thousands of jobs to the sector. The Pilbara in the state’s north and Kwinana in Perth will become...
The Australian share market has closed with modest gains, propelled by a strong healthcare sector marked by a private equity bid for Australia’s biggest private hospital operator. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ended four points higher, or 0.05 per cent, to close at 7569.2 on Wednesday. The index...
Australians with the rarest and most valuable blood type should hop into their local donation centre this Easter. Australian Red Cross Lifeblood urgently needs people with 0- blood to donate over the next fortnight, as consecutive long weekends threaten supplies. Lifeblood’s reserves of the emergency blood type,...
An alliance of emergency responders, diplomats, defence personnel and healthcare professionals is calling on Australia’s next government to urgently prioritise action on climate change. In an open letter to “the incoming prime minister”, the group asks the next government to make combating global warming its top...
Continued strong demand for skilled workers backs economists’ predictions that the latest jobs figures will show the unemployment rate below four per cent for the first time in nearly 50 years. At the same time, the cut in fuel excise announced in last month’s federal budget...
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