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RBA sends clear but uncomfortable signal to households

By Stella Huangfu The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lifted the official cash rate by another 25 basis points, the third hike this year as it struggles to keep

Queensland home ownership falls to historically low levels

By Shane Rodgers Queensland has one of the nation’s lowest levels of home ownership in a market grappling with cost pressures, mismatched supply and low rental

Families hit again on interest rates in shaky economy

By Shane Rodgers The Reserve Bank is continuing to use interest rates as a blunt instrument against inflation, lifting the cash rate target by another 25 basis points

Australia’s inflation moves into danger zone

Australia’s inflation struggles are continuing with the Consumer Price Index rising 4.6 percent in the year to March off the back of fuel cost blowouts. The annual

Plenty of risks in negative gearing rent reforms

By Rachel Ong ViforJ In the lead-up to the May federal budget – now just a fortnight away – Treasurer Jim Chalmers has left the door open to winding back negative

Should you take the $1000 tax deduction and run?

By Fei Gao When Australian workers lodge a tax return from mid next year, around 6 million taxpayers look set to be able to claim up to A$1000 with an “instant”

Australia’s gas reserves ownership under the microscope

By Samantha Hepburn Over the last decade, Australia has become one of the world’s largest exporters of liquefied natural gas. But while the gas is extracted from

Are we finally seeing the end of oil?

By Wesley Morgan and Ben Newell US President Donald Trump is a longtime climate denier and oil industry ally, who sums up his own energy policy as “drill, baby,

Inflation-busting approach is ‘unnecessarily cruel’

By Warwick Smith The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will look at the latest unemployment figures – 4.3 percent, roughly 650,000 people out of work – and see a

Unemployment steady at 4.3% in March

The seasonally adjusted national unemployment rate was steady at 4.3 percent in March off the back of 18,000 new jobs. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures

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