Today's Lead Article
The Age
| 19 Jun 2019
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News
University-educated preschool teachers who missed out on Labor's promised taxpayer-funded pay rises are pushing ahead with a demand for large pay increases in the Fair Work Commission, with the Independent Education Union seeking salaries of up to $101,767.
Leading Stories
Phil Ruthven |
30 Jun 2019
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News
It's time to get your tax return sorted and crucially to ensure you pay the right amount of tax.
Ross Gittins |
26 May 2019
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Economics
It's always nice for the country to be led by someone who's obviously got God on his side. When he prays for a miracle, he gets it. And the challenges facing the economy are such that Scott Morrison may need all the divine assistance he can summon.
Mohamed A. El-Erian |
26 May 2019
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Economics
The impact of the US-China trade spat is no longer limited to just the two countries.
Phil Ruthven |
26 May 2019
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News
For a growing number of millionaires across the globe, it's a case of take their money and run - to Australia. One in four millionaires in the world plans to emigrate this year and their top destination is Down Under, according to the latest wealth report by international property consultancy Knight Frank.
News
Stephen Letts |
30 Jun 2019
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Investing
Having sat on the sidelines for almost three years, is the Reserve Bank about to get into a cutting binge that would leave Royal Show axemen breathless?
The June meeting saw a 25 basis point chip flying off the cash rate, cleaving it down to a new low of 1.25 per cent.
There is little doubt there is more to come.
RBA governor Philip Lowe was about as explicit as a central banker could be when he said it would be "unrealistic to expect that lowering interest rates by quarter of a percentage point will materially shift the path we look to be on".
Phil Ruthven |
30 Jun 2019
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News
Overall, Australia's businesses are way below world best practice (WBP) when it comes to profitability and have been for decades.
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26 May 2019
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Economics
The Reserve Bank will go further than previously thought by cutting the cash rate not two, but three times before 2019 is over, according to a leading economist.
Adele Ferguson |
26 May 2019
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Economics
The Australian Taxation Office believes the Morrison government should consider imposing the GST on a broader range of food such as pre-prepared salads and brioche hamburger buns to take into account new eating and packaging trends.
The Economist |
23 May 2019
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News
ARE millennials really different from preceding generations? Bartleby tends to be cynical about such claims, recalling how the youthful idealism of his own peers was tamed by parenthood and the need to pay the mortgage.