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The 2026 global economy: nervously muddling through
The world economy enters 2026 in a nervous state. Volatility and cautious consumers are the norm, even though growth has proven surprisingly resilient.
Bigger pay slips for Australian workers
Workers in hospitality, tourism and aviation will benefit from the minimum wage rise, with full‑time workers seeing a minimum of $40 extra per...
The average Australian receives over 250 scam attempts a year
The research also found that men are more likely to have experienced a scam and suffered a loss compared to women (41 per cent to 30 per cent)....
Australia’s economic outlook to be downgraded in budget amid global ‘deterioration’
The budget will forecast the UK economy to contract by 0.25% in 2023 and the US to grow by an anaemic 1%, with the government warning Australia...
Top taxpayers paid more than $20bn in tax: Report
This is the fourth year the ATO has published its report for the Top 1,000 assurance program for income tax and the second year it has included...
Spending boom predicted for Christmas with sales to reach $63.9bn
The Australian Retailers Association in collaboration with Roy Morgan and Salesforce conducted a comprehensive Christmas insights report that has...
Slow growth in payroll jobs
In the month until 17 September, payroll jobs rose 0.3 per cent according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Bjorn...
Australian banks hit with payment transfer outage as RBA blames technical error
The RBA confirmed the issue affected its fast settlement service which provides for the settlement of New Payments Platform (NPP) transactions...
SMEs generating a profit but trimming expenses to do so
The data comes from the latest ACA Research SME Sentiment Tracker that found many SMEs are still operating with lower revenues (33 per cent) than...
Fewer Australians working 40 hours or more per week
In 2011, 45 per cent of Australian workers put in a 40-hour week, but the 2021 data showed that now only 38 per cent of workers are clocking up...
New laws to confiscate proceeds of crime and unexplained wealth
The legislation will give police and the NSW Crime Commission new powers to confiscate unexplained wealth and the proceeds of crime. The...
