With inflation back above the Reserve Bank of Australia’s target band, the prospect of a cut in official interest rates in ...

Western Australia again secures the top gong as Australia's best performing economy according to a new report by the ...

Consumers seemed to get their mojo back in the middle of the year. But there are warnings they are about to go on a diet that will stretch into next year.

Australia’s economy is in a “pretty good spot” with inflation inside the central bank’s 2-3% target band and the labor market still tight, Governor Michele Bullock said Friday.

Having won re-election in a landslide in May, Australia’s Labor government has a big mandate to do something about this. Jim Chalmers, the treasurer, says driving up productivity is his priority. The ...

Tasmania has dropped to sixth place in CommSec’s latest economic performance report due to “anaemic” private sector demand ...

Exclusive: A nationwide shift in consumer spending habits could supercharge the Australian economy and generate tens of thousands of new jobs in just one year, according to new research.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) last week released the annual national accounts for the 2024-25 financial year, ...

Profligate industrial subsidies could fuel a culture of rent-seeking by businesses, diverting companies away from innovating ...

Despite rare earths deals, Albanese’s Labor government has made it difficult to mine or process our critical minerals.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he discussed Australia’s critical-minerals deal with the United States and the hostile maneuvers of a Chinese warplane during a “positive” meeting on ...

The New Zealand economy is shrinking. Their economic growth has gone backwards sharply, tempting the Reserve Bank of New Zealand into an emergency-style megacut. And unemployment is still soaring.