Growth in Australia’s manufacturing sector in the early months of 2022 came to an abrupt halt in May, due to supply constraints, labour shortages, rising prices and wage growth. The Australian Industry Group performance of manufacturing index fell by 6.1 points to 52.4 points, just above...
Australians are being urged to roll up their sleeves and donate blood as a burgeoning flu season causes supplies to plummet. Some 17,500 people are urgently needed to donate blood within the next week or stocks could fall to just two days worth by midweek, according...
Australia is in for a period of banking sector turbulence as households deal with rising inflation and mortgage payments, the industry regulator says. “The next few years will be far from plain sailing,” Australian Prudential Regulation Authority chair Wayne Byres told a conference on Tuesday. APRA has...
Consumer advocates are urging the incoming Labor government to rein in the unregulated cryptocurrency industry as a reform priority. “Choice is hearing from many Australians about financial loss and other harm caused by purchasing crypto assets that were not what they appeared to be,” the consumer...
Australia’s consumer watchdog is suing Mastercard over alleged anti-competitive conduct in deals with large retailers. The ACCC has instituted Federal Court proceedings, accusing Mastercard of substantially lessening competition in debit card acceptance services. The alleged anti-competitive conduct began in late 2017 in the context of the Reserve...
A change of government has had little impact on confidence, with the mood of consumers remaining down in the dumps in an environment of rising interest rates, ballooning inflation and a steady climb in petrol prices. However, a swag of new figures suggest Wednesday’s national accounts...