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Retailers on the ropes as consumers all but close their wallets
20+ min ago (624+ words) August 19, 2026 — 3:50pm Punch-drunk retailers are attempting to lift themselves off the mat as consumers give them a dose of their own financial reality, keeping cash in their pockets. At the halfway mark of this year’s earnings season, the shareholder jury has…...
Insurers are using your race and religion to set prices. Is it discriminatory?
11+ hour, 10+ min ago (708+ words) August 19, 2026 — 5:00am Legal experts have warned insurers risk breaching Australia’s discrimination laws after it emerged at least one major firm is using data on race and religion – including a suburb’s Muslim population – to determine motor and home insurance premiums. That insurer,…...
Watch: Chinese company unveils ‘Superman’ robot that it says is faster than Usain Bolt
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (359+ words) August 18, 2026 — 10:28am China’s Unitree unveiled a new high-speed robot it dubbed “Superman”, days before becoming the first general-purpose robotics company to list on mainland China’s stock market. Unitree, the world’s biggest humanoid-robot maker by sales, will start trading in Shanghai on…...
Investor home loans nose dive as they retreat from market
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (470+ words) August 14, 2026 — 12:12pm The number of home loans taken out by investors has slumped by almost 9 per cent, new data has revealed. But the figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveal the drop is concentrated among investors looking to buy an…...
Major bank sounds interest rate warning
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (27+ words) The Age The Westpac chief executive is warning interest rates may not start falling before 2028. August 13, 2026 — 6:54am...
‘Defining moment’: Food delivery drivers secure minimum hourly wage
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (461+ words) August 12, 2026 — 6:00pm Food and on-demand delivery drivers in the gig economy will now have a legally enforced minimum wage of $31.30 per hour, after the Fair Work Commission approved a landmark safety net for hundreds of thousands of workers. After more than…...
Gold is glittering again - but that’s not necessarily good news
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (1196+ words) August 12, 2026 — 11:58am After a near-six month hiatus, the gold price has suddenly surged again. That’s probably not an encouraging sign of things to come. The price peaked, at record levels, above $US5300 ($7500) an ounce just ahead of the start of the war…...
Australia news LIVE: RBA keeps interest rates on hold; Colombia quake death toll tops 250 as thousands remain missing
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (1256+ words) Chalmers was also pressed on whether Prime Minister Anthony Albanese owed the public an explanation for his widely scrutinised remarks made on comedian Nikki Osborne’s Bush Deep podcast last month. “I think he has explained, and he’s answered a number…...
RBA keeps rates on hold
1+ week, 1+ day ago (34+ words) The RBA has kept interest rates on hold at 4.35 per cent. Updated August 11, 2026 — 3:18pm,first published 3:14pm...
I’m making good money. So why does it feel like a slog?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (839+ words) August 11, 2026 — 2:11pm I had a business which I successfully sold. I was pretty burnt out by the end of it. Now, I’m self-employed, I’ve kept my team small, I make good money. I could be making more, but also I’m doing…...