Australian motorists could soon pay less at the bowser after the G7 struck a deal that was widely supported by US President Donald Trump.
Cameron Micallef
The homes Australia desperately needs have been approved – but there’s just one problem.
PAIGE FRYER
A sharp rebound in tech stocks has lifted the ASX 200, but analysts warn surging oil prices and Middle East tensions could quickly reverse the gains.
Revelations that a dozen civil servants at Australia’s sovereign wealth fund are on salaries of more than $1m have sparked anger.
Blair Jackson
Poor policy, high inflation and a global war have hammered Australia’s construction sector, with new figures showing the nation’s housing target is increasingly unachievable.
Cameron Micallef and Emma Kirk
A key measure of Australia’s manufacturing industry has delivered its worst result in almost two years – raising fresh concerns about the sector’s stability.
Recent first-homebuyers who participated in the Federal Government’s 5 per cent deposit scheme are those most likely to have fallen into negative equity, according to Reserve Bank of Australia research.
Adrian Lowe and Stephen Johnson
The number of jobs on offer around the country has fallen again – as unemployment figures paint a troubling picture of Australia’s softening labour market.
Anthony Albanese is continuing to blame the conflict in the Middle East for Australia’s inflation problem.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Aussies who bought their first house with the government 5% deposit scheme have been given bad news, following a new RBA report.
Australian governments have again footed the bill to keep another Rio Tinto smelter running, this time pumping in $200m for one in Tasmania.
The number of WA companies reporting rising cost pressures as a handbrake on growth has hit a five-year high, with the State’s peak business lobby group warning there’s little relief on the horizon.
Cheyanne Enciso
Australia's overall housing downturn is now deeper than at the same stage of the 2022-23 decline, putting it on track for one of the biggest falls on record.
Jacob Shteyman and Daniel Newell
A key group has been dealt a double blow as rising interest rates erase the benefit of falling house prices.
A Government report has revised WA’s surplus for 2025-26 to $684 million more than was estimated in May’s State Budget, sparking a further spend in hospital infrastructure.
Oliver Lane
The Australian dollar has sunk to a nine-week low below US70¢ despite another RBA rate rise, raising import-cost risks as Michele Bullock puts the currency at the centre of the inflation fight.
Ryan Johnson
Donald Trump’s envoy has started work in Canberra - kicking his posting off with a touching tribute to Australian soldiers.
Business groups say policymakers are better off assessing how the ‘ever-growing mountain of regulatory burden’ was hurting Australia’s productivity, instead of telling firms to lift their game.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has denied being at odds with the RBA governor after headline inflation jumped to 4 per cent and interest rates hit a 15-year high.
Just a day after announcing a fourth interest rate hike in 2026, the RBA has received a critical inflation figure that doesn’t bode well for mortgage holders.
Inflation has soared to a three-month high — increasing the chance of a November rate hike but calling into question Labor’s claim the Middle East conflict is the key driver of higher consumer prices.
Stephen Johnson
Two of the nation’s biggest lenders have warned homeowners to brace for another bruising interest rate rise when the Reserve Bank next meets again in November.
Daniel Newell
Aussie mortgage holders are facing a “double whammy” in the wake of the Reserve Bank’s cash rate call.
Restaurants across the nation are bracing for falls in customer traffic after another interest rate rise, amid expectations consumers will cut back on spending.
Kaaren Morrissey
