Snaffle sued over inflated prices and interest charges
Online consumer goods retailer Snaffle is being sued over allegedly inflated prices and unlawful interest charges on thousands of contracts.
ASIC Deputy Chair Sarah
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Employers’ wages bill tops $104 billion in March
Total wages and salaries paid by employers increased by almost six percent in March, compared to the same time last year.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Head of
Read more21 May 2025
Aussies take flight after March weather mayhem
Easter Thursday saw Australian skies at their busiest in five years, bouncing back from dramatic falls in traveller numbers in March, due to Tropical Cyclone
Read more21 May 2025
RBA cuts interest rate by 0.25 percent
The Reserve Bank of Australia lowered the cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.85 percent at its meeting today.
It its monetary statement it said inflation had fallen
Read more20 May 2025
Responsible AI can deliver 15 percent boost to global GDP
While many Australian businesses are just coming to terms with Industry 4.0, or the Information Age, they are now being urged to embrace the next iteration of Industrial
Read more20 May 2025
More Aussies tipped to take the cash if rates fall
As the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) contemplates another interest rate cut tomorrow, new data has revealed very few Australians have used previous cuts to access
Read more19 May 2025
Australian economy adds 95,000 workers in April
Almost 100,000 more Australians found work last month, keeping the national unemployment rate at 4.1 percent.
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows
Read more16 May 2025
Home loan numbers drop by more than 3 percent
The number of new investment loans fell by 3.7 percent in the March quarter, while new home loans fell by 3.4 percent, according to the latest Australian Bureau of
Read more14 May 2025
Australian drop in household income worst in OECD
Australia recorded the largest drop in household income of any OCED country last year.
The latest figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Read more14 May 2025
Global export restrictions on critical minerals skyrocket
As global demand for critical mineral spikes, more countries are imposing export restrictions on the valued commodity.
A new OECD report showed, in 2023, over 500 new
Read more13 May 2025