02:48PM
The federal government's leading indicator of employment growth is pointing to a slower pace after falling for six consecutive months
02:22PM
Queensland, already belching out 30 per cent of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions, is set to nearly triple coal production by 2030.
05:44PM
A key measure of Australian consumer confidence fell to 16-year lows in July as record petrol prices and a sliding sharemarket hurt family finances, in just the latest sign of spreading economic weakness.
08:37AM | by Victoria Tait
An Australian soldier, Sean McCarthy, has been killed in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan.
12:16PM
The fourth consecutive fall in housing finance approvals should further erode fears of interest rate rises and foster hopes of an eventual easing in monetary policy
06:46AM | by Patrick Durkin
The number of bankruptcies has hit its highest level in 10 years and experts predict worse to come as increasing food and petrol prices, the sharemarket downturn and mortgage stress bite harder.
06:53AM | by Steven Scott
The Rudd government has found itself in a difficult position in overseeing what is the first pay rise for the poorest workers after it came to power on the promise of improving pay and conditions for working Australians.
06:53AM | by Steven Scott and Mathew Dunckley
Business has warned that a higher than expected pay rise to more than 1 million workers by the Australian Fair Pay Commission will add to soaring operating costs and stoke inflation.
06:53AM | by Alexander Symonds
Businesses may have to absorb yesterday's minimum wage rise because consumers are unlikely to accept higher prices in more difficult economic conditions.
06:53AM | by Mathew Dunckley
Hardware merchant Steven Czeiger believes lifting the minimum wage could cost jobs, and that is what he told Ian Harper when the Fair Pay Commission chairman visited his store in March.
06:54AM | by Alan Mitchell Economics editor
The minimum wage increase granted by the Fair Pay Commission is closer to the number requested by the unions than that sought by the employers.
12:00AM | by AAP
Full-time jobs down
06:51AM | by Reuters, AFP
The world's top economic group said yesterday it wanted to work with the 200 states involved in UN climate change talks to adopt a goal of at least halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
06:51AM | by John Kerin
The author of a report on the future of competing regional diplomatic groupings in Asia has backed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's plan to establish an Asia-Pacific community. Professor William Tow, the author of "Tangled Webs" which examines the overlapping security and often competing multilateral institutions in Asia, said yesterday there was support within Asian countries for the idea of an overarching regional community.
06:52AM | by John Kerin and David Crowe
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is expected to meet with Japanese, Canadian and United States leaders on the sidelines of today's meeting of G8 leaders to add impetus to Australia's campaign for tough global greenhouse emissions targets and prompt action to address global oil and food security concerns.
12:00AM | by Alexander Symonds
Business advises on 457s
06:50AM | by Paddy Manning and Madeleine Koo
The federal government will target conflicts of interest in commission-based financial advice and the distribution of investment products as part of its super system review.
06:50AM | by Paddy Manning and Madeleine Koo
The federal government's superannuation overhaul has come amid a growing debate about adviser remuneration and mis-selling after collapses from Westpoint to Centro Properties Group to the former MFS Ltd, where funds were distributed through financial planners and about 50,000 people have lost an estimated $2.7 billion.
06:50AM | by Sally Patten
A report by actuarial firm Rice Warner published last year estimates that the average fee charged by the superannuation industry in the year to June 2006 was 1.26 per cent of assets under management, providing some comfort that Treasury's estimate of 1.25 per cent is on the mark.
06:47AM | by Peter Wells
The sharemarket slumped to a new two-year low yesterday on fears that the worst of the fall-out from the US sub-prime mortgage crisis is yet to come.
12:00AM | by Marsha Jacobs with Mathew Dunckley
The $74 billion unlisted mortgage and property scheme sector will face greater scrutiny after the corporate regulator released proposals for guidelines forcing more disclosure of potential risks to investors.
12:00AM | by Tracy Ong with AAP
The Iemma government might have had some divine intervention yesterday when rail unions agreed to call off a 24-hour train strike designed to inflict maximum damage during next week's papal visit.
12:00AM | by Patrick Durkin
High-profile lawyer Michael Brereton yesterday faced allegations of breaching trust account rules in relation to $6 million raised from investors for a retirement village development in coastal Victoria that ultimately failed.
12:00AM | by Paul Garvey
The Northern Territory's flourishing betting industry has been targeted by legislative changes proposed by the Victorian government.
06:47AM | by Alexander Symonds
Business confidence has plunged to its lowest levels since September 2001 with companies holding off on employing extra workers as they wrestle with soaring fuel prices and higher interest rates.
12:00AM | by Cathy Bolt
West Australian Premier Alan Carpenter said yesterday he was confident the state was through the worst of its five-week-old gas crisis.
06:12AM | by John Kehoe
The Productivity Commission has warned that abandoning the scheduled reduction in tariffs would cost the economy, amid indications the federal government is considering a more protectionist industry policy.
12:00AM | by Lisa Allen
Queensland Tourism Minister Desley Boyle says a new international marketing campaign cannot fix the ailing $83 billion tourism sector, but increased airline access as well as lifting age restrictions on working visas might help.
12:00AM | by Tracy Sutherland
The food industry has split over the state of Australia's quarantine regime
12:00AM | by Ashley Midalia
A lobby group representing property developers has released formal legal advice to support its call for the federal government to override state planning laws that restrict where supermarkets can be built.
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