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Inflation readout make or break for 2024 rate cut

Inflation readout make or break for 2024 rate cut

Important pieces of the economic puzzle will fall into place this week, starting with inflation and then spending data.

Johnny Depp honoured with lifetime achievement award

Johnny Depp honoured with lifetime achievement award

Johnny Depp honoured with lifetime achievement award

Johnny Depp honoured with lifetime achievement award

Johnny Depp has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Rome Film Festival for his 'extraordinary journey as a performer'.

From sadness to wellbeing: call to rewire the economy

From sadness to wellbeing: call to rewire the economy

From sadness to wellbeing: call to rewire the economy

From sadness to wellbeing: call to rewire the economy

With the cost of living escalating and a sense of wellbeing fading, an international trailblazer calls for a bold leap into new ways of thinking about success.

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Treasurer: Conflict casts dark shadow over the economy

Treasurer: Conflict casts dark shadow over the economy

While visiting Washington, DC, for a series of meetings with the G20, IMF and World Bank, the treasurer also sat down with Republican and Democrat advisers.

Brazil seals compensation deal with BHP over dam

Brazil seals compensation deal with BHP over dam

Brazil has reached a compensation settlement with BHP and others over a 2015 dam collapse which caused a giant mudslide killing 19 people.

Mideast war not behind Aussie inflation: opposition

Mideast war not behind Aussie inflation: opposition

Unlike Australia, inflation and interest rates are falling in the UK, the US, Canada and New Zealand despite conflict in the Middle East, the opposition says.

Qantas hands out $1000 bonuses to 27,000 workers

Qantas hands out $1000 bonuses to 27,000 workers

Qantas is hoping to win over workers as some of its engineers take industrial action over pay.

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Energy plan to protect Aussie war-fighting capabilities

Energy plan to protect Aussie war-fighting capabilities

Energy plan to protect Aussie war-fighting capabilities

Energy plan to protect Aussie war-fighting capabilities

"Practical and sensible" action on climate change is part of the military's mission under new plans for phasing in alternative energy use and sovereign sources.

'No doubt' inflation is moderating: finance minister

'No doubt' inflation is moderating: finance minister

'No doubt' inflation is moderating: finance minister

'No doubt' inflation is moderating: finance minister

Much is riding on quarterly inflation data out next week as Australia's slow progress by international standards has Labor defending its economic record.

One ASIC more than enough, says corporate cop chief

One ASIC more than enough, says corporate cop chief

One ASIC more than enough, says corporate cop chief

One ASIC more than enough, says corporate cop chief

Splitting the Australian Securities and Investments Commission doesn't have the backing of the chairman who says a funding boost is needed to catch more crooks.

UAE cash for minerals, but China dominance sparks angst

UAE cash for minerals, but China dominance sparks angst

UAE cash for minerals, but China dominance sparks angst

UAE cash for minerals, but China dominance sparks angst

A free trade deal between Australia and the United Arab Emirates provides a pathway for significant investment in critical minerals and mining.

Hey big Spender: teal MP wants consumption tax re-think

Hey big Spender: teal MP wants consumption tax re-think

Hey big Spender: teal MP wants consumption tax re-think

Hey big Spender: teal MP wants consumption tax re-think

The tax system should be made fairer for young people by lowering income tax, reducing concessions and raising consumption taxes, teal MP Allegra Spender says.

Tax incentives will provide extra meals and cut waste

Tax incentives will provide extra meals and cut waste

Tax incentives will provide extra meals and cut waste

Tax incentives will provide extra meals and cut waste

Millions of meals that are being dumped in landfill could instead end up on the plates of vulnerable Australians who need them, under proposed tax changes.

Energy market operator 'can't guarantee' lower bills

Energy market operator 'can't guarantee' lower bills

Energy market operator 'can't guarantee' lower bills

Energy market operator 'can't guarantee' lower bills

Energy officials warn of "stubbornly high" power prices as coal plants stutter towards an exit, with no guarantee bills will fall in the next five years.

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Infrastructure humps likely to curb housing targets

The water pipes and bitumen needed for new housing have emerged as a new frontier in the housing crisis debate as economist warn affordability could get worse.

Global fight against high inflation 'almost won': IMF

The IMF says the decline in inflation without a global recession is a major achievement.

Union slams 'false hope': jobs at risk in nuclear push

Nuclear energy is a dangerous distraction from the real decisions facing Australia, the Electrical Trades Union warns members ahead of the Queensland election.

Australia facing further economic troubles

Australia is facing ongoing economic challenges as Labor holds out hope interest rates will come down before the federal election.

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Circular start-up turns fish guts into flowers

A start-up that turns marine waste into a resource is a pioneer in circular business, as research urges support for regional areas on the path to net zero.

Ex Abercrombie & Fitch CEO facing sex charges

A year after a BBC probe alleged Abercrombie & Fitch's former CEO was involved in sex trafficking, he, his partner and a third man are facing federal charges.

Modi tells Putin that India wants peace in Ukraine

While praising their "strong friendship" with Russia on the eve of the BRICS summit, India has made it clear it wants to see an end to the war in Ukraine.

Milestone for Australia's giant connection cord to Asia

Solar energy from a massive array on a former cattle station, sent through a subsea cable, could soon power Singapore after conditional approval was granted.

'Exhausting': Workplaces failing women of colour

Progress to prevent discrimination against women of colour in workplaces is going backwards and employers have been urged to do more to protect workers.

'Low-hanging electrons' ripe for harvesting lower bills

Most of the roughly 10 million residential customers in the national electricity market are missing out on savings because their homes are not "smart" enough.

Back on track for clean energy overhaul, investors told

A jolt of investor interest has put Australia back on track for 82 per cent renewable energy in the electricity grid by 2030, Energy Minister Chris Bowen says.

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