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Australian consumers will no longer have to pay surcharge fees and debit and credit card payments from October 1, following a Reserve Bank ruling. But the RBA admitted businesses could raise consumer prices.

The RBA has scrapped a hidden fee that was costing Australians $1.6bn a year in a major change for shoppers – but there’s a catch.

Westpac is now forecasting three rate hikes that would take the Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate to 2008 levels.

The founders of Pro Medicus and WiseTech Global have lost more than $15 billion between them in just over six months.

A top analyst warns Australia’s economy could go backwards in the next three months as families feel the pinch from Donald Trump’s Middle East war and rising interest rates.

Australian households are increasingly switching providers, trading down to cheaper products and tapping into loyalty programs to cope with cost-of-living stress, which has hit a decade high.

Counter-drone company says Australia remains drastically unprepared for next type of global warfare.

Rising oil prices rattle markets as Middle East conflict fears intensify, sending the ASX 200 down in early trade.

Buyer confidence disappeared on the weekend as slow bidding at auctions suggests house prices are on the nose.

Australia’s resources giants are making moves to shore up the nation’s economic engine by calling for the reintroduction of COVID-era waivers to share information as the war in the Gulf rages.

A senior Trump administration official has told Australia’s mining sector that critical minerals will become one of the pillars of the US alliance as both nations work together to end their reliance on China.

There has been a significant development in the EV trucking world as concerns grow around Australian fuel security and the effect ongoing shortages will have on supply chains.

Central bank watchers will get to peak into the Reserve Bank board room as minutes of a meeting that split 5-4 in favour of an interest rate hike are released.

For many couples, money is a source of stress and if you’re expecting to fight about it with your partner you might be wrong.

Anthony Albanese says he is doing his best to help soothe community anxiety about fuel shortages. Here’s why the PM’s approach is looking panicked.