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‘Someone with access to privileged information appears to have made hundreds of millions in profit by trading on a political secret before it became public.’

A union has called for employers to let their staff work from home due to rising transport costs caused by the war in the Middle East.

Business groups are pushing back on advice that encourages employees to work from home, urging them instead to switch to public transport.

Skyrocketing fuel prices and the prospect of more interest rate rises have caused consumer confidence to plunge to a record low.

Benchmark prices fell 9 per cent to around $US97.50 after US President Donald Trump gave Iran five days to respond to peace talks.

OnlyFans owner, billionaire Leonid Radvinsky, has died aged 43, the adult platform has confirmed.

The Pilbara’s status as Australia’s economic powerhouse is under threat from rising union activity that ‘doesn’t help productivity’, the head of mining’s peak lobby group says.

Creditors have taken over the entrepreneur’s business, PAC Capital, and he has separated from his glamorous wife.

The ASX is edging closer to a market correction as tens of billions of dollars were wiped off the Australian bourse in the opening minutes of trade on Monday.

TOM RICHARDSON: Share market investors may be too complacent about a crash. Sinking bonds and other indicators point to deep economic pain ahead.

Federal Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen confirmed fuel rationing has been reviewed by his department as more than 200 service stations ran out of petrol in NSW, Queensland and Victoria.

Fund members watching the war blast a hole in their savings have been urged to look through the chaos and refrain from snap investment decisions that could rob them of the benefits of a market rebound.

Almost half of the social security debt backlog has been wiped out.

What’s been described as a ‘sneaky’ addition to new aged-care legislation could see some seniors about to move into facilities lose their age pension and cost them thousands of dollars in daily fees.

The ‘sell-up everything’ approach to shifting Mum or Dad into aged care can really stuff up the finances— not only for them but possibly for their beneficiaries when they eventually die.