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Inflation shoots up and kills a September rate cut!
Don’t get too worked up about this latest inflation number. It’s the quarterly inflation number out late next month that’s far more important for a rate cut.
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Gold rush: can the gold price keep increasing from its record highs?
Since the start of last year gold has made a succession of record highs. But what’s driving it? Is it a forewarning of more high…
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Our next rate cut hinges on this number dropping today
If you’re hoping for a rate cut from the RBA this year, today’s inflation number could be your first glimmer of hope.
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Should the Optus chief quit? How to stop another 000 failure
Rather than focus on one person, the real question is what can be done to fix the systems beneath them – especially when it comes…
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Why the Optus 000 issue scares me
The more I read about the Optus 000 outage, the more staggered I become. The outage was bad, but Optus' behaviour (once again) seems worse.
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Australia Post resumes deliveries to US from today after tariff suspension: here’s how it works
Australia Post has restarted parcel deliveries to the United States from today, following a temporary suspension triggered by new customs and import tariff rules introduced…
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This is the one number I’m watching this week
When I look at the week ahead, there’s really only one number that matters for Australia, and we’ll get it on Wednesday.
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Big banks set to save Aussie bush banks
Aussie big banks look set to be slugged $153 million a year to keep the branches of their regional rivals open in the bush. Is…
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How an Optus 000 outage led to four deaths, and how to fix it
This isn’t the first time a blunder by Optus has meant people in crisis have been unable to call emergency services. So what exactly went…
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New Zealand is trying something to lower its power prices, but it could end up costing people more
In its quest to lower electricity prices for New Zealand households, the Electricity Authority may inadvertently make the situation worse.