Scams target children on social media amid age debate A survey of parents and their teenage children has highlighted the prevalence of scams online amid a debate over minimum age limits for social media platforms. AAP · Sep 5, 2024
Australia is about to get an economic health check. What do GDP figures mean and why are they important? The numbers could mark the nadir in gross domestic product performance, while the RBA watches closely for cues to help time an interest rate cut The Guardian - AU · Sep 3, 2024
No cost to taxpayers from bond scandal: ANZ head There will be consequences across ANZ following the misconduct of employees over bonds, the company's head says. AAP · Aug 29, 2024
Bank chiefs don't rate a quick end to costs crunch Interest rates might have reached their peak but the head of Westpac says many households are still grappling with tight budgets. AAP · Aug 28, 2024
The horror, the horror: banks are having to compete for our business by offering better rates Don’t buy the banks’ sob story. They are annoyed Australians are becoming more savvy at shopping around for better deals for their home loans The Guardian - AU · Aug 21, 2024
Labor pumps $160m into Westpac fund offering lower-interest loans for household energy upgrades But the loans are only available to those who already have or are approved for a Westpac home or investment loan of at least $150,000 The Guardian - AU · Aug 18, 2024
Meeting minutes to show RBA dancing to its own beat Markets will turn their attention to the Reserve Bank's latest board meeting minutes but they might be better off looking further afield for new insights. AAP · Aug 18, 2024
Australia’s productivity riddle – and what it might mean for interest rates Michele Bullock keeps telling us productivity is flatlining. How it changes may well determine if the Reserve Bank will tolerate wage rises beyond 3% The Guardian - AU · Aug 18, 2024
Mixed jobs data gives RBA more food for thought Record jobs participation will keep the Reserve Bank wary of cutting rates, despite unemployment rising in July to the highest level since November 2021. AAP · Aug 14, 2024
Commonwealth Bank to stop financing fossil fuel companies that don’t comply with Paris climate goals Shareholders and customers of ANZ, Westpac and NAB are bound to demand their banks do the same, expert says The Guardian - AU · Aug 14, 2024
Australian shares higher as gold hits record high The ASX200 has finished higher, with losses for CSL and Seek and gains for Temple & Webster and goldminers. AAP · Aug 13, 2024
Commonwealth Bank still predicts interest rate cut in 2024 as RBA defends keeping cash rate on hold Reserve Bank’s chief economist says it is ‘difficult’ to hear the stories of those who ‘are struggling’ The Guardian - AU · Aug 7, 2024
Tech fuels shares turnaround amid muted Biden response The ASX200 has snapped a three-day losing streak led by tech stocks, while the Australian dollar closed lower for a seventh consecutive day. AAP · Jul 23, 2024
Microsoft outage: how Australian airports, banks and supermarkets were affected by major IT meltdown Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil says outage would take ‘some time to resolve’ following problems caused by a CrowdStrike cybersecurity software update The Guardian - AU · Jul 19, 2024
AAP · Jul 15, 2024 Banks improve climate funding, but work to do: report The big four banks have made significant strides to curb lending for fossil fuel projects but a report says they still have not met their own climate targets.
The Guardian - AU · Jul 15, 2024 Australia’s big banks lent $3.6bn to fossil fuel expansion projects in 2023, report shows Lending puts banks in ‘complete violation’ of commitments to Paris agreement, climate group says, even as overall funding to sector ebbs
AAP · Jul 14, 2024 Banks lashed for ripping off poorer customers The market watchdog has slammed four major banks for causing financial distress to more than two million Australians by systematically overcharging on fees.
AAP · Jul 12, 2024 Aussie shares hit record high amid talk of US rate cuts The ASX200 rose 0.8 per cent to set its sixth all-time high of 2024 and finished the week just over 40 points away from the 8,000 mark.
AAP · Jul 10, 2024 Australian shares dip after Fed chair's speech The ASX has clawed back most of its morning losses to finish 0.2 per cent lower after the US central bank chairman's testimony failed to sway rate expectations.
AAP · Jul 9, 2024 Aussie shares rally ahead of Fed chairman's testimony The ASX200 finished up 0.86 per cent ahead of overnight congressional testimony by Fed chairman Jerome Powell.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 27, 2024 Can Australia’s borrowers dodge another interest rate hike? We’ll know more soon May’s inflation figures sent alarm bells ringing that the RBA would hike rates. But technically we are still on track for the central bank’s target
The Conversation · Jun 25, 2024 The good news is the Australian economy is about to turn up. Here’s why Right now things feel awful.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 25, 2024 Westpac customers in Tennant Creek unable to buy food after ‘disastrous’ branch closure, critics say Banking watchdog finds Westpac committed ‘serious and systematic’ breaches when closing remote NT branch in 2022
AAP · Jun 25, 2024 Westpac sanctioned over 'serious' bank closure breach Westpac breached banking protocols when it suddenly closed an outback branch, leaving the community to rely on a local charity, an investigation has found.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 11, 2024 No interest rate relief predicted this year, major bank tells mortgage holders ANZ first big bank to push prediction of Reserve Bank interest rate cut into 2025