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Get up to speed on negative gearing
Australians have been arguing about negative gearing for forty years, and with the federal budget looming, it’s back in the headlines. What’s the d...
4 May 2026
Inflation spike keeps May rate hike on the table
The surge in petrol prices has pushed inflation higher and underlying price pressures remain too strong for the Reserve Bank to relax, setting up a...
30 April 2026
Batteries undercutting gas, keeping lid on power bills
Batteries are helping keep a lid on power prices as Australia becomes less exposed to global energy shocks.
30 April 2026
Treasurer Jim Chalmers flags a ‘fourth economy’ budget shaped by global shocks
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Federal Budget to be handed down in May will reflect a world that has become more volatile, less predictable and mo...
30 April 2026
2026 federal Budget preview: go big or go home
This federal Budget is shaping as one of the most interesting in a long time, but what sort of Budget will it be?
29 April 2026
US dollar dominance faces fresh questions, but no credible challenger is in sight
Rising geopolitical tensions and questions over US interest-rate independence have revived talk of a world without the US dollar at its centre.
29 April 2026