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Wesfarmers boss Rob Scott says he expects the recent call by the Reserve Bank to hike interest rates and uncertainty over the prospects of higher-for-longer inflation will rattle consumer sentiment.

The Aussie jobs market has posted a solid start to 2026 with the unemployment rate steady at 4.1 per cent in January— a number that will not ease the RBA’s concerns about inflation.

The market for robot dancers, alas, is limited.

Australia's latest jobless figures are likely to follow a trend for the year's start after economists were wrong-footed by a surprise fall in unemployment.

Alcoa has agreed to pay $55 million to restore a forest habitat that's home to protected species after clearing it for bauxite mining without approvals.

Shares in Medibank and Nib have jumped after both insurers announced premium hikes of more than 5 per cent for 2026.

TOM RICHARDSON: Bank shares have surged in February as they impress investors with cost control and benefit from the flow through of three interest rate cuts in 2025.

Its ‘down down’ campaign enabled Coles to make higher profits as more product sold, depending on deals with suppliers, a senior executive says.

Kevin Gallagher’s pay packet for the 2025 year was inflated by a multimillion-dollar payment of performance rights as the oil and gas producer also announced sweeping job cuts

The Kremlin is making big promises to Donald Trump’s administration.

NAB has flagged cost out programs and more lending helped its profit jump in the December quarter.

Workers have seen their pay levels go backwards compared with inflation for the first time since late 2023, unless they’re a public servant. Labor’s election promise to get wages moving again is looking hollow.

The revised bid is a “best and final” $32.25 a share offer that values Australia’s biggest steel maker at $15 billion.