Mortgage holders can all but lock in a rate cut in less than two weeks after the central bank’s preferred measure of inflation fell to its lowest level in three-and-a-half years. Trimmed mean inflation – which omits volatile items to measure underlying growth in prices –...
West is best again in economic circles but big gains made on the other side of the Nullarbor have surprised economists and left eastern states languishing. A boost in housing construction has propelled South Australia to second position, above Queensland and Victoria, in CommSec’s latest State...
Headline and underlying inflation figures fell to four-year lows in the June quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed on Wednesday, lifting hopes of an upcoming Reserve Bank rate cut. KEY FIGURES * Headline inflation came in at 0.7 per cent in the June quarter, down from...
Australia is missing out on a $7 billion per year economic boon because it has failed to keep pace in the international research and development stakes, according to a new report. Tax cuts and red tape have dominated discussions ahead of Treasurer Jim Chalmers’s economic roundtable. But...
A one-off HECS debt reduction for university students is all but set after the federal opposition confirmed it would back the proposal. Laws to cut 20 per cent off the HECS bill for students passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday, which would slash $5500 from...
About one in seven Australian workers will have their penalty rates increased and their employers will not be able to reduce them, under changes proposed by the Albanese government. One of those workers is service assistant Ruth Sumner, who for 25 years had to struggle to...