Business

NICK BRUINING: While there’s a thriving business in building self-contained homes in the backyard, many aren’t aware a granny flat arrangement can be set up in an existing home, with little or no modification.

Optus’ CEO has again said management’s failure to implement overhauls to triple-0 call connections since 2023 was not responsible for deadly call outages in September.

ANZ’s sacked trader has exposed allegations of drug taking and visits to strip clubs at the bank and is now seeking a huge payout from it for wrongful dismissal.

DANIEL NEWELL: Gen Zers are cementing their position as the powerhouse generation when it comes to spending, outpacing their older rivals who are further tightening their belts.

NICK BRUINING: While constant change provides fertile ground for financial advisers, accountants and many others that earn a living off change, it surely highlights this much, much broader problem.

THE ECONOMIST: Even the best traders struggle to predict sudden jumps in volatility.

Westpac has confirmed the sale of RAMS, which has loans worth $21.4 billion, a little more than a week after it was fined $20 million.

A Senate probe investigating a deadly triple-zero outage will haul in Optus’ senior leaders and top communications officials for questioning.

More Aussies are delaying their retirement plans due to cost of living pressures, but a finance expert says there are seven simple things everyone can do to help them retire early.

An evangelical Andrew Forrest implored Fortescue shareholders to stay on board with green energy trials that ‘probably will fail’, following a litany of costly setbacks in recent months.

BEN HARVEY: WiseTech shareholders thought the worst was over, then the police came knocking.

Investors have dumped Atlassian stock in 2025, but its founder says it’s a big AI winner with potential to grow strongly into the future.

ANZ has revealed a $1.1 billion profit downgrade, with redundancies making up more than a third of the bad news.

Neither country wants decoupling or confrontation — at least, not yet.

THE ECONOMIST: Google was written off as an AI laggard — now its all-in-one model and custom chips are powering a trillion-dollar comeback.