Global diesel prices are tracking at record highs in real, inflation-adjusted terms as conflicts in the Middle East and Russia continue to disrupt refinery operations and export routes. The wars have ...
Victoria has legislated a target to source 95% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2035. This is one of Australia’s and the world’s most ambitious renewable energy goals, designed to ...
The Australian Public Service has expanded by about 25% since the Albanese government took office in June 2022. The budget papers show that staffing costs are expected to be $19.6 billion higher over ...
On Tuesday (Wednesday Australian time), the American people will go to the polls for one of the most consequential midterm elections in living memory, as President Donald Trump’s Republican Party ...
Gold broke through $4000 support Friday night. This is starting to look ugly. CFTC is still long. Robots have sold more. I am still cautious, but nibbling here makes short-term sense. The major issue ...
Once again, Cotality’s official dwelling value results for November have been heavily downgraded, with values falling far ...
US midterm elections don’t usually determine the direction of markets on their own. But this time, the result could have an unusually important influence on how much room Donald Trump has to pursue ...
For months, I have been calling for the abolition of the pension income test so seniors can take on additional work without losing access to the Aged Pension. A broad coalition of groups ...
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for September 2026. The key movements are illustrated below: Headline CPI rose by 4.3% in the 12 months to ...
The bottom has well and truly fallen out of Australia’s auction market, with Cotality’s final clearance rate for last weekend collapsing to only 43.6% nationally, the worst result since late June: ...
Six months ago, Perth’s housing market looked impervious to a house price correction, with values continuing to grow at a ...
War headlines today. Iran bombs 4 tankers. Houthis bomb Riyadh again. Russian diesel exports resume as Ukraine stops refinery attacks. Israel in political deadlock, Brent was up and diesel was down as ...