The Coalition has announced its long-awaited migration policy, which you can read in full via this link. The key points are that the Coalition has promised to cut net overseas migration (NOM) to ...

Last week’s 25 bp interest rate hike from the Reserve Bank has dealt a hammer blow to consumer sentiment. Westpac’s monthly consumer sentiment survey fell 4.7% to 80.4, with responses during the ...

War headlines today. Houthis close Taiz bulge, lose Mocha. Houthis bomb Yanbu pipeline again and another refinery. Houthis bomb tanker in Bab al-Mandeb. Iran/US talks continue. Brent dropped 2% anyway ...

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has dashed hopes of any new cost-of-living relief, warning that his Government is about to be hit with billions of dollars in extra costs to service its debt. “You will ...

The 2026 Intergenerational Report, released last month, forecasts that the federal budget will remain in deficit for the next 40 years, with tax receipts falling short of expenditure. A major headwind ...

When the United States and Israel kicked off the ongoing war in the Persian Gulf back in February, it set off a chain of events that will continue to echo around the world long after the conflict has ...

According to The Australian’s Mackenzie Scott, more than 102,000 Australians have used the federal government’s 5% first-home buyer (FHB) deposit scheme since it was expanded on 1 October 2025.

Auction clearance rates have historically been a strong leading indicator of dwelling value growth, especially in major capital city markets. As CBA shows below, this year’s auction clearance rates ...

DXY is refusing to push higer on the tumbling EUR. AUD has found a bottom for now. Gold is irked by yields. Given Yanbu shut today, oil is notably weak. Metals bounced. Miners too. EM stocks suddenly ...

Anthropic is concerned. Frontier AI giant Anthropic has declared that artificial intelligence poses an “industrial-scale threat’’ to Australia and could reduce “demand for human work’’. As a ...

To date, Australia’s housing correction has been driven by the two largest capital cities, Sydney and Melbourne. As ...

Like clockwork with the release of each of month’s inflation data from the ABS, there is a social media post from Treasurer Jim Chalmers talking up how either the success in fighting inflation is down ...