US steel tariffs will hurt Australia more indirectly
By Scott French
Just one day after the US Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated the Trump Administration’s Liberation Day tariffs of between 10 percent and 50
Read more3 June 2025
Deficit nears $15b despite surging US demand for gold
Australia’s current account deficit is nudging $15 billion, as the nation’s current account balance rose in the March quarter.
The latest Australian Bureau of
Read more3 June 2025
Exhibition Station opens for major events at Showgrounds
The new Exhibition Station, in Brisbane’s inner north, opens temporarily this week and will be a welcome addition to public transport options for this year’s
Read more3 June 2025
Crypto ATMs a growing gateway for scammers
Cryptocurrency Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) are the latest battleground in the fight against scammers, with more than $3 million lost last year.
Australian Federal
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Billion-dollar hit to agricultural production in 2025-26
The drought in southern Australia is expected to lead to a drop in Australia’s agricultural production of more than $2 billion in the next financial year.
The latest
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Push to localise supply chains a risk to global GDP
Global moves to on-shore manufacturing and production could undermine, rather than strengthen, supply chain resilience, according to the OECD.
In its latest Supply Chain
Read more3 June 2025
Services Australia slammed as $1.9b in child support unpaid
Services Australia lacks the systems and processes to tackle financial abuse being perpetrated in a Child Support system where almost $2 billion is unpaid.
A
Read more3 June 2025
Queensland comeback not enough for retail figures
A Queensland bounce-back was not enough to stop national retail figures slipping into the red in April.
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed
Read more2 June 2025
Numbers behind interest rates cuts and house price rises
By James Graham
With the Reserve Bank of Australia easing monetary policy, interest rates are on the way down.
Already this year, mortgage pre-approvals had begun to
Read more2 June 2025
New ‘transformer’ robot able to morph in midair
Shapeshifting machines depicted in the Transformers movies are becoming reality in a California University a short drive away from Hollywood.
A team of Caltech engineers
Read more2 June 2025