Korea faces big challenges from low birth rates
Korea is facing major economic and social challenges as its birth rate plummets to the lowest in the world and pet strollers outsell baby prams.
A report from the OECD,
Read more29 July 2024Economy
Cattle drives Queensland’s agriculture sector
Queensland’s beef and meat processing industries contributed more than a third of the $22 billion the agriculture sector delivered to the state’s economy last
Read more25 July 2024
World eyes bulging billionaire balance sheets
Australian billionaires have increased their wealth by more than 70 percent in less than five years.
New analysis from Oxfam, released today ahead of a meeting of G20
Read more25 July 2024
Call to invest in onshore processing ability
Australia needs increased investment in its mineral processing industry to take full advantage of the global energy transition.
A new report from the CSIRO said
Read more24 July 2024
State targets investors with critical information
Investors can now more easily identify opportunities in Queensland’s critical minerals industry through two new products.
The Queensland Critical Minerals Prospectus,
Read more24 July 2024
Green shoots in consumer confidence
Australian consumer confidence has hit a six-month high, with the largest weekly jump in more than three years.
ANZ Economist Madeline Dunk said consumer confidence rose
Read more23 July 2024
Beef industry benefits from US destocking
Destocking in the United States, drought in South America and a declining Chinese economy are impacting Australia’s beef industry.
The latest Global Beef Market update
Read more23 July 2024
Food waste takes billions off the table
Australians throw away more than $36 billion worth of food each year, with 70 percent of it still edible.
The issue of food wastage is being highlighted as a two-day
Read more23 July 2024
Racing returns $2.4 billion to state economy
The racing industry has doubled its contribution to the Queensland economy in the past eight years, tipping in $2.4 billion last year.
Racing Queensland released its
Read more23 July 2024
Net zero to drive some positive job trends
The global movement towards net zero greenhouse emissions by 2050 is likely to have a relatively positive impact on employment, a new OECD assessment concludes.
The 2024
Read more23 July 2024