Major bank predicts faster drop in interest rates
A major bank has revised its interest rate forecast, suggesting that rates could fall by more than one percent during 2025.
National Australia Bank Chief Economist Sally
Read more10 April 2025Economy
Climate change could smash global economies
A rise of four degrees in global temperatures would cut world Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 40 percent by 2100, new modelling shows.
The UNSW Institute for Climate
Read more9 April 2025
Workplace music can be a damaging mood killer
Workplace music that fails to match job rhythm is a mood killer and energy zapper that encourages poor employee behaviour, new research has found.
Lead researcher
Read more9 April 2025
Student caps a threat to retail workforce
Australian retailers are cautioning against further cutbacks to international student numbers.
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and National Retail Association
Read more8 April 2025
Super funds battling spate of cyber attacks
Australian superannuation funds that have been hit with cyber attacks are moving to assure members that their funds are safe.
AustralianSuper issued a statement on
Read more7 April 2025
Same Job Same Pay drives ‘significant’ wage impact
The Federal Government’s Same Job, Same Pay laws have driven significant wage increases, according to new research by the McKell Institute.
A new report, Closing
Read more3 April 2025
Australian beef targeted in Trump tariff ‘liberation’
By Michelle Grattan
US President Donald Trump singled out Australia’s beef trade for special mention in his announcement that the United States would impose a 10
Read more3 April 2025
One in 10 hit with card fraud as scams balloon
More than two million Australians experienced credit card fraud in 2023-24 and nearly a third of those did not fully recover lost funds.
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Read more2 April 2025
Housing supply struggling to take off
Despite significant government activity to boost housing stocks, approvals for new dwellings remain sluggish.
Trend figures released by the Australian Bureau of
Read more2 April 2025
Fatigued consumers resetting the way they spend
The cost-of-living crisis has “fundamentally reshaped” our relationship with food, social connection and small pleasures.
In an article released today, RMIT
Read more2 April 2025