Australians are working more than ever to make ends meet but that’s not necessarily translating into extra goods and services. The mining sector led a two per cent fall in labour productivity growth in the June quarter as highlighted in a report from a national economic...
Queensland will be one of the world’s hardest hit coal regions, after China’s Shanxi and Indonesia’s East Kalimantan, a global report on the future of the sector shows. Nearly half a million coal miners are expected to lose their jobs by 2035 as old mines are...
The majority of Australians who pack a bag of clothes for donation take months before actually taking it to a charity shop, with goods instead left languishing in cars or bedrooms for weeks on end. That’s according to the latest Cost of Giving report from the...
Airbnb has called for a contentious Victorian tax on short stays to be expanded to all accommodation bookings, including city hotels. The state government last month announced an Australian-first, statewide levy on short-stay providers like Airbnb and Stayz. The consumer-facing 7.5 per cent levy is slated to...
More than one million Australian households will be powered by one of the world’s largest battery systems after the government approved a new renewable energy hub. The battery will be located in Melbourne suburb of Plumpton, where it will store wind, hydro and solar energy from...
Hundreds of high-end electric sports cars have been recalled in Australia due a problem with battery protection that could lead to a high-voltage fire. More than 230 Porsche Taycan electric vehicles are subject to the warning, issued on Tuesday, that affects all variants of the model. The...