Business

YOUR MONEY: It’s long been a contentious topic between generations. Who had it worse with property? Boomers talk of 17 per cent interest rates. But here’s why Mum and Dad didn’t have it so bad after all.

THE ECONOMIST: There has been no shortage of geopolitical drama this year, but little sign of it in market trajectories.

YOUR MONEY: A lift in deposit rates coupled with the ‘normalisation’ of Centrelink deeming rates will spell bad news for thousands of income-tested part-pensioners and Seniors Health Card holders.

YOUR MONEY: West Australians have hit pause on their shopping following a bumper Christmas sales period and opted for travel during the January summer break.

Australia’s favourite hardware giant Bunnings is set to unveil a massive program that will change their customers’ shopping habits.

The US president is finding alternative paths to imposing ‘legally permissible’ tariffs after his supreme court loss.

Media mogul Kerry Stokes has paid tribute to gifted and talented colleagues and the Seven Network’s innovative content as he steps down as chair of the company’s board.

Soon KFC, Guzman y Gomez and McDonald’s could all be competing for customers in the morning economy for eating out for breakfast.

Profits at multinational insurance giant QBE have surged 23 per cent in 2025, beating market expectations and lifting the company’s share price.

GYG is doing a roaring trade in mini nachos and burritos amid the growing popularity of weight-loss drugs, says founder Steven Marks, but its ambitious foray into the US has drawn investor wrath.

Capital gains tax discounts should be diluted retrospectively without any grandfathering arrangements for existing investment property owners, a Greens-led Senate committee into the concessions has been told.

Steady iron ore prices, a lithium revival and a few favourable tax events have come in clutch for Mineral Resources as the Chris Ellison-helmed miner tries to nurse its balance sheet, and image, to full health.

Australian shipbuilder Austal has signed $5 billion worth of contracts to produce Army vessels, in a deal the Albanese Government claims will generate hundreds of local jobs.