This 7.5% tax applies to short stay platforms such as Airbnb and doesn’t discriminate between rent from a full house or a converted garage or granny flat.

Has a China slowdown saved us from more excessive rate rises?

How much does someone need if they want to kick off investing in the stock market?

I’ve written before about how the machines of big political parties in Australia and New Zealand design electoral systems to make life as convenient for themselves as possible. With a big test for PM Sunak and PM Yousaf ahead, maybe there’s something to learn from down under?

The cyber-attacks of Optus and Medibank has brought out a ‘mad as hell’ ASIC, threatening to punish company boards and directors who fail to shield customers from online scam thieves.

Builder/developer Tim Gurner gave a good old Aussie spray about Aussie workers, for which he has since apologised.

Yesterday we saw how the mortgage cliff is starting to work, which should be good for inflation and no more rate rises here in Australia. But the Yanks could have a bit more pain ahead.

Treasurer Jim tweeted what seemed to be a sweet little economic lie. However, on social media platforms, even a ‘tweet’ little lie, oh no-no you can’t disguise.

Alan Joyce with his buckets of money might currently be public enemy number one but the share price of the company he led is expected to fly high.