Business

Australia’s biggest undeveloped gas project has been given a small boost with Woodside launching early engineering work on the $30 billion Browse proposal.

Melbourne have turned to Stan executive Dan Taylor to lead the club, just a day after Paul Guerra was sacked only seven months into his tenure.

An embattled childcare group rocked by abuse allegations against one of its workers is closing down dozens of centres.

Inflation soared to a near three-year high of 4.6 per cent during the first full month of the Iran war that drove fuel prices to all-time highs. Fuel prices rose by a record one third in March alone.

Fresh data is expected to show fuel prices rose 35 per cent in March, as the oil shock pushes up measured inflation and increases the chances of a rate rise.

Struggling department store giant David Jones slumped to a $95 million loss in 2025 as persistent cost-of-living pressures dampen consumer demand for luxury clothing and accessories.

Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next US ambassador to Australia — David Brat — is an economics professor opposed to free trade.

Australia’s banking sector has paid an eye-watering amount of tax over the last financial year, and is now calling out big foreign technology companies to do the same.

Cash is king, at least for today as a mass demonstration of support for physical currency plays out at ATMs and bank branches across Australia. 

THE ECONOMIST: ‘Tokenmaxxing’ techies may need to take a hiatus as the demand for artificial intelligence increases.

One of Australia’s top competition law experts and former ACCC chairman Allan Fels said he struggles to see how Woolworths didn’t mislead shoppers.

Australia’s banks have pointed the finger at some of the world’s biggest tech companies while demanding ‘a level playing field’ to fix what they have branded a tax regulation ‘imbalance’.

DAVID KOCH: While we can’t control global oil markets or volatile price cycles, we can take some practical steps to ease the financial squeeze.

We all tackle money matters differently — avid savers, big spenders, or something in the middle. But most of us can be placed in one of three categories. So, which type are you?

ANDREW BRAGG: Knowing their Budget is in trouble and they can’t fix spending, Labor are reverting to type. To piecemeal tax hikes.