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Most Australians still outliving their super

The research, released during ASFA’s annual conference in Adelaide, has found that while the proportion of people aged over 65 with superannuation has increased in recent...

Read more 06-Dec-2023

$130 billion of CommBank home loans still facing mortgage cliff

CommBank says 28% of mortgages financed by the institution – which commands a quarter of the nation’s home loan market – are yet to tip over the fixed rate cliff.An uptic...

Read more 18-Aug-2023

Food prices have risen 7.5 per cent in the last year. Here's what that looks like at the check-out

If you wince at the thought of going to the supermarket these days, you're not the only one.The price of food has been steadily climbing in the last 12 months, with infla...

Read more 18-Aug-2023

Crucial reason home prices won’t crash

Cities across Australia have recorded falls in the number of residential property listings as vendors brace for impact from the latest rate rise.  Data collected ...

Read more 04-May-2023

‘We will do what’s necessary’: RBA’s ‘difficult’ message for struggling households

RBA Governor Phillip Lowe says the Reserve “will do what’s necessary” to control inflation as “difficult as it may be” for households in the short term. “Persistently hig...

Read more 06-Apr-2023

Millennials are desperate to buy a home — But cash-flush Boomers are standing in their way

Sorry, millennials: For the first time in a decade, baby boomers represent the largest share of homebuyers as they search for their retirement pad.

Read more 06-Apr-2023

More than 400,000 job vacancies put workers in box seat

This could be as good as it gets to negotiate a pay rise, with job vacancies 10 per cent higher than last year.

Read more 06-Apr-2023

Refinancing hits a record high as borrowers switch to combat rising rates

Rising interest rates are pushing increasing numbers of borrowers to refinance in search of lower interest rates, while new loans have continued to decline according to n...

Read more 06-Apr-2023

Lab-grown meat could hit store shelves in Australia as early as next year. Is it safe to eat?

Australia's food regulator is deciding whether laboratory-grown meat can be sold to consumers, after a Sydney company's application to produce quail.

Read more 06-Apr-2023

Is Australia the Lucky Country on interest rates?

Philip Lowe is betting that Australia is more resilient to global inflation pressures than other countries. We’re about to find out if that’s true.

Read more 06-Apr-2023