The cost of living crisis is extending to schools, with households making a number of sacrifices to send the kids back to school.
Cameron Micallef
Australians are saving an average of more than $330 a month by opting to dine at home or skipping a cup of coffee, with cost-of-living challenges forcing many to prioritise building up an emergency buffer.
Cheyanne Enciso
The Albanese Government will pour another $200 million into a rare earths mine developer that counts Australia’s richest person as its major shareholder.
Adrian Rauso
Rita Saffioti has claimed a crown no Treasurer wants in an inflation crisis, with government spending growing close to the fastest pace in 15 years.
Matt Mckenzie
Japan's Nikkei slumped 1.8 per cent and touched a six-week low as investors shed chip stocks and fretted about a possible Bank of Japan interest rate hike.
om Westbrook and Harry Robertson
Australia’s share market finished in the green on Tuesday, led by the major resources and property stocks, and a surprise report out of the US.
Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk buying the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app.
Bloomberg News
Iron ore surged back above the $US100-a-tonne threshold after data showed China’s annual imports of the steel-making ingredient reached a record and its trade surplus soared.
Katharine Gemmell
Auric Mining had a bountiful Christmas, with total sales from its stage two Jeffreys Find gold mine in WA so far bagging an eye-popping $58.7m, helped by an impressive $4239/ounce average gold price.
Doug Bright
Shares in City Chic have surged after the Brett Blundy-backed womenswear retailer reported positive sales at its Australia and New Zealand stores during the all-important holiday trading period.
Police in one state have pulled out all stops to crash a press conference and highlight their plight as a pay dispute intensifies.
Ryan Bourke
A petrol station on Perth’s northern fringe has taken out the prize as the city’s cheapest last year.
Dylan Caporn
The WA stockbroker says while a CFO resignation is ‘never great’ it remains comfortable that ‘all is on track operationally’.
Sean Smith
Star Entertainment regained some market momentum on Tuesday after a Macau investor seemingly made the most of the casino owner’s dire share price and topped up his substantial stake.
Simone Grogan
A mining hopeful’s stock is on the rise again after the United States started putting pen to paper for a Greenland purchase.
Mali’s military junta started executing an interim order to seize gold at a mine run by Barrick Gold, escalating a dispute over the West African government’s share of revenues from the project.
William Clowes and Katarina Höije
The country’s hotly contested burger war is set to heat up, with US fast food chain Wendy’s throwing open the doors of its first Australian store this week.
A curvy, curly wind turbine will be put to the test in Australia as researchers and a local start-up look for ways to add more to metropolitan areas.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
A crew member of a Rio Tinto ship that was en route to Australia remains missing nearly three weeks after he disappeared at sea.
Blair Jackson
The “game-changer” project will include a retail podium, a 17-storey tower with a hotel and 30 levels of student accommodation, totalling almost 70,000 square metres.
Aussie households are increasingly worried about a weakening currency and their job outlook, as the wait for an interest-rate cut becomes unbearable.
The ASX200 index finished up almost 0.5 per cent, with the heavyweight mining sector climbing the most on a jump in Chinese demand.
Derek Rose
Easing inflation is increasing the likelihood of a near-term rate cut, which would provide a welcome boost to consumer sentiment in 2025.
Jacob Shteyman
Wellard has emerged from a trading halt with news it has struck a deal to sell the MV Ocean Drover to a Turkish-controlled customer, Meteors Shipping, for $US50m ($81m).
