An unexpected decline in government spending means Labor started the financial year in a better budget position than expected just months ago, giving it flexibility for more cost-of-living support in ...

Newspoll suggests Labor is finished as a standalone political entity: TPP is a dead heat. Poll Bludger is even more clear: The trend suggests Labor will lose the May election. Still, if we get a Labor ...

Struggling Australians on income support are now either completely priced out of, or navigating severe rental stress across all capital cities and major regional centres across Australia due to rising ...

Analysis of data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that the number of employees in the construction ...

Taiwan has urged Penny Wong to throw Australia’s support behind the self-governed territory’s bid for UN membership after the Albanese government backed Palestine’s admission to the global body.

Scott Rubner is worth listening to. The Market Ear. Medium term bearish When Scott Rubner speaks, you listen: “There are 32 trading days until the US election on November 5th (and 35 trading days ...

But Mad Dalian broke down completely Friday and Friday night and is at new closing lows: Coking coal also rolled: It’s not ...

The post FOMC breakouts ceased on Friday night as other Fed officials muddied the waters with talk about the decline in inflation not as severe as once thought. Wall Street failed to hit another new ...

In September 2022, the newly elected Albanese government convened the Jobs & Skills Summit with the express purpose of turbo-charging net overseas migration into Australia. Then Home Affairs Minister ...

Victoria already has the lowest credit rating and the worst debt profile in the nation. Over the past several weeks, the world’s two largest credit rating agencies have warned the state government ...

This week we get the monthly inflation print for August. Westpac sees 2.7% and Antipodean Macro 2.6%. Well within the RBA’s target band and a trigger for rate cuts: However, the result will be driven ...

AUD is knocking on the breakout door: North Asia is mixed: Oil is stalling, gold unstoppable: Metals are confused: Miners pumped then dumped: Is there life in EM yet? Junk sees sunny uplands of soft l ...