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Austal is happy to recognise more than $100m on cost overruns on two US Navy projects at its US shipyard but Deloitte is awaiting confirmation from the US Navy.

A Labor senator has been forced to defend the existing capital gains tax discount on investment properties in a sign Treasurer Jim Chalmers faces a caucus revolt ahead of the May Budget.

Kogan.com founder and chief executive Ruslan Kogan has once again enlisted the help of artificial intelligence to deliver his half-year results presentation to analysts.

Share market investors are buying miners to profit from rising commodity prices and escape selling in technology stocks linked to AI disruption.

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.