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Inspired to initiate home updates after watching some of the best home renovation shows on television and streaming sites? We can’t really fault you for getting all worked up, as there’s nothing quite as exciting as embarking on a home renovation project to refresh the look...

Investors tormented by weeks of tariff turmoil will hope for a quiet return from Easter as mortgage holders eye a rate cut on the horizon. Stocks in Australia and the US have clawed back ground in the past fortnight after US President Donald Trump hit pause...

Global headwinds stirred by “erratic” US policy decisions could still hit the Australian jobs market despite latest figures showing only a small uptick in unemployment. About 30,000 jobs were created in March after a shock 53,000 slump in February, pushing the jobless rate up slightly to...

An open letter from 60 Australian economists has rejected the coalition’s nuclear energy plan, promoting instead the subsidising of household clean energy policies, including incentives for home battery storage. The organiser of the letter, Gareth Bryant, an associate professor in political economy at the University of...

Australia’s growth outlook has been slashed by a major international body as US President Donald Trump’s trade upheaval sends market volatility skywards. United Nations financial agency the International Monetary Fund said uncertainty had surged to unprecedented levels, in its World Economic Outlook for April. Mr Trump’s latest...

The key to enticing employees back to the office may be the same thing that encourages more people to use an electric car, a study suggests. The Electric Vehicle Council released the findings on workplace vehicle charging on Thursday and called for major political parties to...