Gold miners and tech stocks have dragged the ASX 200 down, but oil has soared after US President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Angie Raphael
The great Australian dream of owning a home is slipping further out of reach with house prices in major cities set to rise even more this year.
Abisha Sapkota
Anthony Albanese has indicated Labor could seek to scrap a controversial housing tax break at next month’s Budget.
Nathan Schmidt
Australia is scrambling to find new fertiliser sources amid a supply crunch sparked by the Iran war.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Farmers have warned grocery prices could jump 20 per cent within weeks - a spike Australia’s agriculture minister cannot rule out.
After a lifetime of working and saving, older Australians are making a critical mistake in their retirement, costing them in their post work life.
Cameron Micallef
A feud between Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart and miners Angela Bennett, involving billions in royalties from lucrative iron ore mines, is coming to an end.
Emma Kirk
Officials are scrambling to bolster Australia’s resilience in the wake of supply shocks from the Iran war, as industry warns contingency plans alone are “not enough”.
Inflation could soar past big banks’ forecasts amid war in the Middle East, with an expert warning more than one rates hike this year would not be surprising.
Blair Jackson
The Australian sharemarket has defied daily losses to achieve its most impressive weekly surge since 2022, as geopolitical tensions from the Middle East ceasefire continue to rattle markets.
A major bank has increased its fixed home loan rates for the second time in two weeks, losing its title as the cheapest lender.
A bank has predicted a third interest rate hike in 2026, but has gone against the major banks on when it will hit Australians.
Former Australian of the Year Grace Tame has suffered another blow after a charity she founded announced it would close its doors.
Andrew Hedgman
A union representing thousands of state council workers has launched a landmark court bid seeking four-day weeks in response to the fuel crisis.
David Hannant
The bank will slash its workforce after agreeing two technology deals saving $65 million year-on-year.
More than a dozen vineyards across some of Australia’s most renowned wine districts were visited in a major police operation
A man has revealed the “pathetic” gift one of Australia’s biggest banks gave his mother after she reached almost five decades of service.
The Australian share market has come bursting out of the blocks as a potential two-week ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran takes the sting out of oil prices.
Peak transport bodies have given a dire update as they bid to have large corporations at the top of supply chains cover truckies’ soaring fuel bills.
Australia should never again be in a position of “begging for resources”, Nationals Leader Matt Canavan has warned.
Andrew Hedgman, Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer, Nathan Schmidt
Trucking businesses have issued a dire warning they are close to shutting down, as a major industry body calls for urgent intervention from the Fair Work Commission.
The Australian Taxation Office has unleashed a new app feature to help Aussies spot and outsmart scammers targeting their money and personal information.
Panicked super fund members are making a move which potentially costs them tens of thousands in retirement savings.
The Prime Minister has confirmed he will meet with a key Indo-Pacific ally as part of efforts to shore up Australia’s fuel supply.
Blair Jackson and Ria Pandey
