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Wide disparity in gender pay gap across businesses

Wide disparity in gender pay gap across businesses

Australia has made steady progress on closing the gender pay gap but it has started to stall, with some businesses taking leaps and others doing the minimum.

Renters hit affordability limit as pace of growth eases

Renters hit affordability limit as pace of growth eases

Renters hit affordability limit as pace of growth eases

Renters hit affordability limit as pace of growth eases

Australian renters are getting closer to the maximum they can afford, with as many as 70,000 rentals needed to bring the market into a healthier balance.

Companies surprisingly busy despite slowing economy

Companies surprisingly busy despite slowing economy

Companies surprisingly busy despite slowing economy

Companies surprisingly busy despite slowing economy

The Australian services sector continues to bring in a lot of new business even as interest rates remain high and consumers start to pull back.

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Australia experiencing 1960s-era skills shortage

Australia experiencing 1960s-era skills shortage

Australia is experiencing skills shortages not seen since the 1960s and will need to take urgent action if it wants to meet its economic ambitions.

No vacancy tax despite 'unprecedented' NSW homes crisis

No vacancy tax despite 'unprecedented' NSW homes crisis

A federal fund is due to deliver 1500 extra social houses for NSW, but that represents a tiny fraction of the demand for affordable properties in the state.

Lending to buy homes lifts as prices continue comeback

Lending to buy homes lifts as prices continue comeback

More investors and owner-occupiers took out new housing loans while dwelling approvals also improved a little in August.

New bank chief holds rates but a rise is still in play

New bank chief holds rates but a rise is still in play

Borrowers have been spared further mortgage pain but one more interest rate hike or a longer stretch on hold may be needed to wrangle inflation under control.

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Carbon 'bottom line': Don't trade integrity for offsets

Carbon 'bottom line': Don't trade integrity for offsets

Carbon 'bottom line': Don't trade integrity for offsets

Carbon 'bottom line': Don't trade integrity for offsets

Carbon offsets should be used as a last resort and limited to Australia's heaviest polluters, conservationists warn the federal government.

Labor unveils super tax tweaks on big balances

Labor unveils super tax tweaks on big balances

Labor unveils super tax tweaks on big balances

Labor unveils super tax tweaks on big balances

Tax office data shows super balances of $100 million-plus increasing more than 50 per cent in one year as Labor prepares to crack down on tax breaks.

Critical minerals driving net zero even as prices dip

Critical minerals driving net zero even as prices dip

Critical minerals driving net zero even as prices dip

Critical minerals driving net zero even as prices dip

New data forecasts clean energy commodity prices will decelerate, while a consultation paper has been released mapping a strategy for the changing role of gas.

Pilot strike to wreak havoc on resources sector workers

Pilot strike to wreak havoc on resources sector workers

Pilot strike to wreak havoc on resources sector workers

Pilot strike to wreak havoc on resources sector workers

Thousands of FIFO workers are expected to be affected when pilots from the Qantas-owned Network Aviation work off the job as a wages dispute intensifies.

US regulator's approval a 'game-changer' for Cyclopharm

US regulator's approval a 'game-changer' for Cyclopharm

US regulator's approval a 'game-changer' for Cyclopharm

US regulator's approval a 'game-changer' for Cyclopharm

Sydney-based Cyclopharm is preparing to send hundreds of its generators to the US for use in diagnosing pulmonary embolisms after receiving regulatory approval.

Borrowers survive fixed-rate cliff but more pain looms

Borrowers survive fixed-rate cliff but more pain looms

Borrowers survive fixed-rate cliff but more pain looms

Borrowers survive fixed-rate cliff but more pain looms

The expiry of hundreds of thousands of ultra-low fixed-rate mortgages has been painful but most borrowers have taken it in their stride.

Housing recovery entrenched but pace of growth eases

Housing recovery entrenched but pace of growth eases

Housing recovery entrenched but pace of growth eases

Housing recovery entrenched but pace of growth eases

Home values continue to rise but growth has slowed amid more advertisements for stock and the toll of higher interest rates and cost of living pressures.

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US Congress passes stopgap bill to avert shutdown

The threat of a US government shutdown has been averted after Congress approved a temporary funding plan - but it came at the expense of aid for Ukraine.

Price gouging child care could be named and shamed

Childcare centres charging parents exorbitant fees could be named and shamed under reforms proposed by the consumer watchdog.

Biden blames Republicans for 'manufactured crisis'

The White House has pinned the blame for the now averted threat of a government shutdown on House Republicans who'd been unable to pass a funding package.

Engineers, scientists to squeeze more out of oil, gas

A long-time engineering and construction contractor to oil and gas giants says it has a chance to play both sides of the energy and resources transition.

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Reserve Bank likely to stay on data watch in October

The key cash interest rate is likely to remain unchanged at 4.1 per cent after the first central bank monetary policy meeting led by governor Michele Bullock.

House prices smash records, fully reversing 2022 lows

Australia's housing market has fully rebounded from recent lows as several major cities achieve new price peaks due to buyer and seller confidence.

Summit tackles 'resource anxiety' over energy materials

Governments must do more to attract capital for critical minerals, and as quickly as possible, to win in the energy transition, BHP CEO Mike Henry warns.

India's furnaces not the answer for Aussie coal exports

A report has found India will reduce its dependence on Aussie coal in steel furnaces as the price of green hydrogen comes down and carbon penalties go up.

Feeble retail sales growth reflects stretched consumers

Consumers appear to be spending more cautiously in a sign the Reserve Bank's mission to reduce inflation is working as intended.

Tech firm raises $15m to ease clean energy bottlenecks

Clean energy technology company Neara has raised $15.25 million to expand their digital platform and help integrate more renewable generation into networks.

Household wealth grows but signs of pain emerging

Australian households became wealthier last quarter as home prices continued ticking up and super balances swelled.

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