Finances

Australian money. | Newsreel

Aussie wage growth stable at 3.4 percent

Australia’s annualised wage growth remains at 3.4 percent. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed Wage Price Index (WPI) rose 0.8 percent in the
Read more 14 August 2025
Interest rate cut. | Newsreel

RBA cuts cash rate to 3.6 percent

The RBA has cut the cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.6 percent at its Board meeting today. Here is it’s statement in full: Inflation has continued to
Read more 12 August 2025
Units under construction | Newsreel

Build-to-Rent market jumps 40 percent in 12 months

The lines between traditional commercial and residential investment are blurring, with Build-to-Rent (BtR) projects gaining in popularity. A new report from audit, tax
Read more 12 August 2025
Couple eating takeaways watching TV. | Newsreel

Netflix and chow eating into households budgets

Almost a third of Aussies admit to spending hundreds of dollars a year on duplicated or unused subscriptions, while clocking up thousands on takeaway bills. New research
Read more 11 August 2025
Cranes above Brisbane. | Newsreel

Growing capital interest in Queensland economy

A new report has underlined Queensland’s potential as an economic powerhouse in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Commercial real estate
Read more 8 August 2025
Toy houses and auction hammer. | Newsreel

ACTU negative gearing plan would impact 300,000 Aussies

By Martin Duck The Australian Council of Trade Unions is pushing to limit negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts to just one investment property. So who stands
Read more 7 August 2025
Couple looking at bills with baby. | Newsreel

Rate cuts reflected in latest cost of living numbers

Cuts to the official interest rate have helped slow cost-of-living increases for some Australian households. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows
Read more 6 August 2025
Clothing and accessory retail sales lifted in May - Newsreel

Queensland spenders come back to the pack

Household spending in Queensland has slowed from the nation-leading highs of earlier this year. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows a lift of 0.5
Read more 5 August 2025
Australians the biggest buyers of clothes - Newsreel

Retail turnover surges in dataset swansong

Australian retail trade surged in June, as the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its final set of data in this form after more than seven decades. ABS Head
Read more 31 July 2025
Shopper waving goodbye.

Retail Trade: A journey through 75 years of retail statistics

By the Australian Bureau of Statistics Today marks the end of the Retail Trade publication with the ABS publishing its 771st and final monthly retail trade
Read more 31 July 2025