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Wear and tear keeps rents lower over time: report

Wear and tear keeps rents lower over time: report

Properties tend to command a lower rent as they age and new homes with modern features come online, a leading economic think tank says.

Profits plummet at Kerry Stokes' Seven West Media

Profits plummet at Kerry Stokes' Seven West Media

Profits plummet at Kerry Stokes' Seven West Media

Profits plummet at Kerry Stokes' Seven West Media

As Seven West Media contends with allegations of a toxic workplace culture at its television network, profits plunge 69 per cent to $45 million.

Shareholders still cash in as CBA profit slips to $9.5b

Shareholders still cash in as CBA profit slips to $9.5b

Shareholders still cash in as CBA profit slips to $9.5b

Shareholders still cash in as CBA profit slips to $9.5b

Commonwealth Bank's net profit after tax was down six per cent to $9.5 billion in 2023/24 but Australia's biggest bank is increasing its dividend.

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Transition 'well under way' as AGL rejects nuclear push

Transition 'well under way' as AGL rejects nuclear push

Energy giant AGL has posted a stellar profit on higher power prices, taking the lead in the transition and dismissing nuclear as too costly and too late.

'Four for four': Chalmers celebrates wages growth

'Four for four': Chalmers celebrates wages growth

Workers are still experiencing stronger wage growth than pre-pandemic but average pay rises have peaked and are expected to keep moderating.

Skip shops, slap: pokies to escape Anzac Day trade ban

Skip shops, slap: pokies to escape Anzac Day trade ban

Australia's pokies capital is unlikely to ban people playing on Anzac Day despite a wagon being hitched to a plan to limit retail trade on April 25.

Broadband speed boosts slow NBN Co's path to profit

Broadband speed boosts slow NBN Co's path to profit

More copper connections have been replaced with faster fibre over the past year, NBN Co has revealed, but the broadband boost proved expensive.

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'Clock is ticking': regions need a say in clean energy

'Clock is ticking': regions need a say in clean energy

'Clock is ticking': regions need a say in clean energy

'Clock is ticking': regions need a say in clean energy

Regional communities need better engagement on the clean energy transition to drive change, as fear and misinformation 'run riot', a new report shows.

'Too many cooks': NSW avoids Rex bailout discussions

'Too many cooks': NSW avoids Rex bailout discussions

'Too many cooks': NSW avoids Rex bailout discussions

'Too many cooks': NSW avoids Rex bailout discussions

As embattled regional airline Rex works on a bailout package with the federal government, its home state is not getting involved in the financial talks.

CFMEU crackdown laws lodged as calls mount to go harder

CFMEU crackdown laws lodged as calls mount to go harder

CFMEU crackdown laws lodged as calls mount to go harder

CFMEU crackdown laws lodged as calls mount to go harder

CFMEU officials who attempt to disrupt the work of external administrators have been threatened with heavy penalties, but not everybody is happy with the laws.

No reset for Greens, Labor deadlock over housing crisis

No reset for Greens, Labor deadlock over housing crisis

No reset for Greens, Labor deadlock over housing crisis

No reset for Greens, Labor deadlock over housing crisis

Greens housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather has urged the new housing minister Clare O’Neil to do more to fix the housing crisis.

Wages, job data in focus for clues on economy, rates

Wages, job data in focus for clues on economy, rates

Wages, job data in focus for clues on economy, rates

Wages, job data in focus for clues on economy, rates

New data on wage growth and demand for workers will be in focus this week, as borrowers await clues on when the central bank might cut interest rates.

Aussies join fight to clean up world's 'dirty' ships

Aussies join fight to clean up world's 'dirty' ships

Aussies join fight to clean up world's 'dirty' ships

Aussies join fight to clean up world's 'dirty' ships

The outlook for green methanol to replace emissions-dirty shipping fuel is bright, as the inking of a new multi-billion dollar deal in Australia shows.

Asset sale launched as administrators try to save Rex

Asset sale launched as administrators try to save Rex

Asset sale launched as administrators try to save Rex

Asset sale launched as administrators try to save Rex

An asset sale program has been launched at troubled regional airline Rex in a desperate bid to keen the heavily indebted carrier flying .

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Buyers hover as administrators plot course to save Rex

Embattled Rex has received significant interest from potential buyers, administrators say, as the regional carrier battles to stay in the air.

News Corp flags potential Foxtel buyer, rise in revenue

Foxtel could change hands with owner News Corp revealing a potential suitor for the pay-TV operator along with a rise in revenue for the American conglomerate.

Senator, insurer clash over cyclone 'price-gouging'

A major insurer has been accused of making big profits during natural diasters at an inquiry into the impacts of climate change on the insurance sector.

Property market picking up in smaller capital cities

REA Group's CEO says property listings in Melbourne and Sydney might marginally decline in 2024/25, but Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth are showing growth.

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QBE doubles half-year net profit to $US802 million

Insurance group QBE has announced an almost two-fold improvement in its first-half profit on higher premiums and favourable investment returns.

RBA governor pours cold water on talk of early rate cut

The central bank says inflation remains too high and warned it could hike again, keeping the spotlight on government efforts to fight inflation.

Transmission approval 'huge step' for region, farmers

A transmission project with farmers involved will connect a swathe of regional Australia to the electricity network after securing federal government approval.

AMP shares surge on 'transformational' advisor deal

The once-mighty financial services company AMP has announced a "transformational" joint venture for the loss-making advice division.

Property giant Mirvac warns of 'challenging' conditions

Mirvac is investing in build-to-rent apartments and industrial sites as it slashes the value of high-rise offices and warns of ongoing challenging conditions.

No plans to change state's public service WFH policy

Public servants in Queensland will maintain work-from-home arrangements after the premier quashed any changes to the flexible policy.

New battery crackdown after 50 blazes this year

E-bikes and e-scooters will have to meet new battery standards in coming months in one state, after a spate of difficult-to-contain fires.

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