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Households in no hurry to give up their extra space

Households in no hurry to give up their extra space

Sky-high rents are expected to nudge people to share living quarters and in turn take pressure off prices, but it's a complicated dynamic in reality.

Businesses still planning to spend in coming months

Businesses still planning to spend in coming months

Businesses still planning to spend in coming months

Businesses still planning to spend in coming months

Fresh data from the national statistics bureau shows businesses are still spending and plan to keep investment levels up in 2023/24.

Renewable energy pipeline puts targets in jeopardy

Renewable energy pipeline puts targets in jeopardy

Renewable energy pipeline puts targets in jeopardy

Renewable energy pipeline puts targets in jeopardy

A fall in financial commitments for large-scale renewable generation projects could pull the plug on 2030 targets, but state governments aim to fill the gap.

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Radars scan crowded skies, yet no rule on space junk

Radars scan crowded skies, yet no rule on space junk

Despite thousands of items of space junk circling earth, there are no national regulations on minimising future space waste or tracking the human-made debris.

'Crappy' rate of return for taxpayers on $5b fund

'Crappy' rate of return for taxpayers on $5b fund

The rate of return on a nation-building fund has been slammed by the coalition, but federal Labor says it will rebuild manufacturing and keep jobs onshore.

BHP finds $430m public holiday backpay error

BHP finds $430m public holiday backpay error

BHP employees' leave was wrongly used for public holiday pay about 170,000 times over the past 13 years, the mining giant concedes.

Climate changing for financing fossil fuel expansion

Climate changing for financing fossil fuel expansion

Santos and Woodside Energy are on a shortlist of firms that may find finance for expansion more elusive as the investor climate strike extends beyond coal.

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Adaptability, liquidity key to Qantas resilience: Joyce

Adaptability, liquidity key to Qantas resilience: Joyce

Adaptability, liquidity key to Qantas resilience: Joyce

Adaptability, liquidity key to Qantas resilience: Joyce

Outgoing Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has revealed the greatest challenges still facing the industry as he looked back on 15 years as head of the airline.

RBA warms to another rate hike as inflation keeps heat

RBA warms to another rate hike as inflation keeps heat

RBA warms to another rate hike as inflation keeps heat

RBA warms to another rate hike as inflation keeps heat

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe has flagged several reasons to be worried about inflation as the monthly consumer price comes in higher than expected.

ACCC wary of market power in supermarket sector

ACCC wary of market power in supermarket sector

ACCC wary of market power in supermarket sector

ACCC wary of market power in supermarket sector

The consumer watchdog is keeping an eye on the concentrated supermarket sector for fear limited competition could be fuelling price hikes.

NSW to ditch 'one of most undemocratic' voting schemes

NSW to ditch 'one of most undemocratic' voting schemes

NSW to ditch 'one of most undemocratic' voting schemes

NSW to ditch 'one of most undemocratic' voting schemes

Businesses could soon go back to having the same voting power as ordinary residents of central Sydney after changes failed to unseat Lord Mayor Clover Moore.

Push for Indigenous inclusion in new energy economy

Push for Indigenous inclusion in new energy economy

Push for Indigenous inclusion in new energy economy

Push for Indigenous inclusion in new energy economy

Indigenous jobs will be part of the energy transformation in Central Queensland's industrial heartland as delegates meet in Gladstone to share ideas.

Interest rate buffer intact despite 'mortgage prison'

Interest rate buffer intact despite 'mortgage prison'

Interest rate buffer intact despite 'mortgage prison'

Interest rate buffer intact despite 'mortgage prison'

The banking regulator won't budge on the income buffer required for paying off a mortgage even as rising interest rates price many out of the housing market.

Philip Lowe urges diversity on Reserve Bank board

Philip Lowe urges diversity on Reserve Bank board

Philip Lowe urges diversity on Reserve Bank board

Philip Lowe urges diversity on Reserve Bank board

The Reserve Bank boss says the government of the day is responsible for picking the right people with the right backgrounds to sit on the central bank board.

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Growers nervous over drier conditions for winter crops

A report is predicting drier conditions will take a toll on this year's winter crop production, with grain growers nervous about the year ahead.

Treasury says corporate profits not driving inflation

Unions and others have pointed the finger at corporate profits as a major driver of inflation, but Treasury is not convinced that argument stacks up.

Mandatory gas code of conduct still being finalised

The mandatory code of conduct for the gas industry is not yet settled as the federal government weighs the risk to investment and fairer prices for consumers.

Battery industry investors wary as plug pulled on grant

A hub for Australian-made materials for the world's electric car batteries is in doubt after the federal government pulled the plug on a $120 million grant.

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Labour hire firm banned from rail projects amid probe

A company at the centre of Victoria’s Big Build scandal has been suspended from rail projects by network operator Metro Trains.

Big banks lending billions to coal, oil, gas companies

Australia’s big four banks have been accused of exploiting loopholes in their own climate lending policies to sink billions into fossil fuel expansion.

Rents to income levels shoot up to near decade highs

Rental demand is fast outrunning supply and low-income households are bearing the brunt of the rental affordability crisis, analysis shows.

Insurers nudged to reward adaption to floods and fires

The assistant treasurer says the failure to incentivise climate-resilience measures with cheaper insurance premiums is "bad economics".

Senators to grill RBA boss ahead of June cash rate call

The top line items for Australian economy observers this week include the central bank governor's appearance at a committee hearing and monthly inflation data.

AGL has 'time tunnel' to Australia's energy transition

The energy transformation is playing out on a small island in South Australia's industrial heartland, where one of the biggest emitters is shaping the future.

Australia-US compact to help keep up with the bad guys

The sharing of artificial intelligence and encryption technology will part of Australia's deeper relationship with the US under an industrial-scale pact.

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