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Retail sales figures should show the Australian economy continues to “muddle along” without setting off too many alarm bells about an imminent recession or inflation kicking off again. Economists expect the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday to reveal retail trade picked up 0.4 per cent...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-owned businesses have secured $10 billion in commonwealth contracts since 2015 under the government’s Indigenous procurement policy. Daniel Joinbee’s Gunggandji Aerospace is one of 4,100 Indigenous businesses awarded more than 71,000 contracts over the past nine years. Mr Joinbee is an air force...

A major airline deal promising better value airfares into Europe and Asia won’t crash prices for passengers but will be difficult for regulators to turn away, an aviation expert says. Qatar Airways has proposed purchasing one-quarter of Virgin Australia, allowing the local carrier to launch flights...

Learn what you can do to be well prepared before engaging a new registered agent. Are you planning to engage a new registered agent or change the authorisations you’ve given your existing agent? You’ll need to nominate them in Online services for business before they can access your...

The first plane has taken off and landed at what will be Australia’s next international airport. A test pilot hit the milestone in a Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche aircraft at Western Sydney International Airport after completing a series of landing and take-off runs during daylight, dusk...

Junior pay rates for workers over 18 should be scrapped, the head of Australia’s peak union body says, labelling the wage as discriminatory. Australian Council of Trade Unions president Michele O’Neil has urged the federal government to make workplace law changes that would allow for workers...