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Wage and energy bills prompt 'cost-of-trading crisis'

Wage and energy bills prompt 'cost-of-trading crisis'

Soaring wages, energy and insurance bills are hurting Australia's retailers, as the sector's peak body calls for relief to help businesses stay afloat.

Reserve Bank's shift to neutral likely to be reinforced

Reserve Bank's shift to neutral likely to be reinforced

Reserve Bank's shift to neutral likely to be reinforced

Reserve Bank's shift to neutral likely to be reinforced

The central bank will be in the spotlight this week, when high ranking officials give policy speeches and the minutes of the last rates meeting are released.

SA uncorks support to bolster wine exports to China

SA uncorks support to bolster wine exports to China

SA uncorks support to bolster wine exports to China

SA uncorks support to bolster wine exports to China

The SA government has unveiled a package to help winemakers return to China's huge market with the lifting of punitive tariffs.

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Ley wants more women pilots to take to the Aussie skies

Ley wants more women pilots to take to the Aussie skies

Sussan Ley has pledged to audit Australia's aviation sector and publish her findings in a bid to move further towards "pilot parity".

Manufacturers' time to shine as nation reindustrialises

Manufacturers' time to shine as nation reindustrialises

It's hoped a billion-dollar investment in solar panel manufacturing will usher in a new age of industrialisation for the Australian economy.

Festivals probe tackles not so splendour music scene

Festivals probe tackles not so splendour music scene

A federal bid to help salvage Australia's live music scene has been launched after Splendour in the Grass cancelled its July event.

Kathmandu founder disqualified after guilty ruling

Kathmandu founder disqualified after guilty ruling

Jan Cameron, founder of adventure wear brand Kathmandu, has been disqualified from heading companies for five years after being found guilty of hiding shares.

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A-Leagues avoid TV fiasco but financial worries remain

A-Leagues avoid TV fiasco but financial worries remain

A-Leagues avoid TV fiasco but financial worries remain

A-Leagues avoid TV fiasco but financial worries remain

The A-Leagues have avoided the embarrassment of being booted off TV after an 11th-hour deal following the collapse of the APL's television production partner.

Home builders want training costs reflected in pay call

Home builders want training costs reflected in pay call

Home builders want training costs reflected in pay call

Home builders want training costs reflected in pay call

The minimum wage decision should take into account the cost of training workers to plug skills gaps, a key home building lobby group says.

Swift blip hides weak consumer that bodes well for RBA

Swift blip hides weak consumer that bodes well for RBA

Swift blip hides weak consumer that bodes well for RBA

Swift blip hides weak consumer that bodes well for RBA

Cost-of-living pressures are forcing consumers to rein in their spending across most goods and services to afford one-off cash splashes.

Cost of living, natural disasters impact tourism

Cost of living, natural disasters impact tourism

Cost of living, natural disasters impact tourism

Cost of living, natural disasters impact tourism

Domestic travellers are opting to have shorter, cheaper holidays closer to home as international tourism continues to recover from the pandemic, new data shows.

Inflation holds steady but services prove stubborn

Inflation holds steady but services prove stubborn

Inflation holds steady but services prove stubborn

Inflation holds steady but services prove stubborn

Consumer prices are growing at the same annual pace as last month, with Taylor Swift concerts fuelling a minor uptick in hotel prices in the big cities.

Consumers hit in decade-long 'jihad on gas', users say

Consumers hit in decade-long 'jihad on gas', users say

Consumers hit in decade-long 'jihad on gas', users say

Consumers hit in decade-long 'jihad on gas', users say

Investment delays or ending projects to develop gas reserves could result in a worse supply outlook, a regulator warns, as pressure on the industry intensifies.

'Unacceptable' errors led to Telstra triple zero bungle

'Unacceptable' errors led to Telstra triple zero bungle

'Unacceptable' errors led to Telstra triple zero bungle

'Unacceptable' errors led to Telstra triple zero bungle

A series of embarrassing failures, including incorrect phone numbers and an incorrectly entered email address, contributed to triple zero delays on March 1.

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Mandatory climate reporting regime pushed out to 2025

Corporations will be covered by a climate reporting regime under new laws but not yet, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers bends to pressure from the big end of town.

Call to block Woodside's $50b gas peninsula expansion

Prominent Australians have urged Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to save sacred sites they say are at risk from a new gas export hub in Western Australia.

Property profits up as prices keep ticking higher

Australia's real estate resilience has kept on keeping on despite higher interest rates and gloomy consumer sentiment.

'Protect our children's future' with coal exit by 2030

Australia can slash climate pollution by three quarters this decade and enjoy prosperity, according to a plan that covers every sector of the economy.

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'Deliberate demand destruction' stinging gas consumers

Western Australia faces an immediate gas supply risk triggered by the rush to run the nation on renewable energy, an audience of business leaders has heard.

Contractors in line for rewards over gender pay wins

Gender equality targets for big businesses will help drive change, Workplace Gender Equality Agency chief executive Mary Wooldridge says.

Employers, unions at odds on wage call and inflation

Unions and employer groups have clashed on the annual review of minimum and award wages and its likely influence on still-above target inflation.

Plans to break up supermarkets 'deficient': Nationals

The Nationals say breaking up supermarkets to stop price gouging is important but they have preferenced a divestiture deal with the Liberals over the Greens.

False start to rebound in consumer sentiment

Surveying of consumers has captured nervousness about the state of the economy in the next 12 months, reflecting news coverage of sluggish growth.

Woodside Energy deal to secure domestic WA gas supply

Woodside Energy says it is in the final stages of striking a deal with the West Australian government to make more gas available for the local market.

Local champions no small potato in net zero transition

Local green energy projects will forge a path towards net zero in regional Australia, but moving away from diesel fuel remains the greatest challenge.

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