A report has revealed whether it’s worth waiting to buy your fuel at the sweet spot in the price cycle.
Shane Wright
Treasurer Ben Wyatt has taken the unprecedented step of complaining directly to the banking regulator that its “one-size-fits-all” approach is cruelling Perth’s property market and the wider economy.
Marvel has Iron Man. DC has Wonder Woman. The real world has Donald “Tariff Man” Trump.
The Reserve Bank could be forced into an emergency interest rate cut as new figures reveal many are digging deeper into their savings to make ends meet as the economy slows.
The Australian economy expanded by a less-than-expected 0.3 per cent through the September quarter, prompting doubts over how the new year will play out.
Shane Wright, Economics Editor
The US bond market sent unsettling signs about economic growth and investors worried anew about global trade.
Shane Wright and Lewis Krauskopf
The Americanisation of the Australian parliamentary system continues.
Shane Wright, Analysis
The central bank has used its pre-Christmas board meeting to leave official interest rates on hold, with no sign it is in a hurry to change them.
Scott Morrison has sought to pacify voter anger over Australia’s revolving door of prime ministers with a change to Liberal Party’s rules that will make it harder to overthrow the leader.
Phoebe Wearne and Shane Wright
By showing voters he understands their anger about the leadership revolving door, Scott Morrison has sought to draw a line under the entire issue.
Only some people benefit from certain tax perks and it means the rest of us have to pay more
The national property market has slumped to its weakest point since the depths of the global financial crisis, with Sydney and Melbourne both falling sharply.
