Economy

Woman cleaning.

Unpaid ‘women’s work’ is worth $427 billion

By Leonora Risse All those thousands of hours that Australians put towards unpaid household work and care – cooking, cleaning and caring for family members – are an
Read more4 November 2025
Aerial photo of urban sprawl. | Newsreel

Unit approvals lift to reverse recent trend

Housing approvals jumped in September, as the number of apartments planned was more than 50 percent above the number approved the same time last year. Australian Bureau
Read more3 November 2025
Two woman working. | Newsreel

Hub provides employment help for people with disability

A new online hub has been launched to increase the employment opportunities for people with disability. The Centre for Inclusive Employment’s new suite of online
Read more3 November 2025
Inflation rising. | Newsreel

The form RBA will consider on Melbourne Cup day

By Stella Huangfu Inflation jumped 1.3 percent in the September quarter, above economists’ and the Reserve Bank’s own expectations. That is likely to rule out a cut
Read more3 November 2025
Oil tanker. | Newsreel

Commodity prices heading back to pre-pandemic levels

The World Bank has predicted global commodity prices are set to fall to their lowest levels in six years. World Bank Group’s Chief Economist and Senior Vice President
Read more31 October 2025
Inflation target remains elusive - Newsreel

Inflation soars to outside RBA target range

Rising electricity prices drove the annual inflation rate over 3 percent and outside the Reserve Bank’s target range, putting at risk any interest rate cut next
Read more29 October 2025
Storm in Brisbane. | Newsreel

Sunday storms deemed “significant’ by Insurance Council

Sunday’s wild storms that wreaked havoc across south-east Queensland have been declared a Significant Event by the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA). ICA CEO Andrew
Read more29 October 2025
Group of young people. | Newsreel

5 charts that show the desperate plight of youth

By Intifar Chowdhury Australia is becoming increasingly unequal. The story is unmissably generational: young Australians today face a tougher reality than their parents
Read more29 October 2025
Traffic Brisbane. | Newsreel

Tolerance for commuting grows as travel times top an hour

The average Aussie is now spending more than hour commuting to and from work each day, with travel times busting the 60-minute mark over the past three years. New data
Read more29 October 2025
AI worker replacing human. | Newsreel

AI replacing up to one-in-three entry-level roles

New data showing almost 20 percent of businesses have replaced entry-level accounting roles with artificial intelligence (AI), has prompted a warning from the
Read more29 October 2025