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Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe will have another opportunity to explain the central bank’s policy intentions during a speech on the labour market.
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Essential workers are being pushed to the edge of the city fringes due to a lack of affordable housing, a new report has found.
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Construction company Pindan group has gone into external administration, potentially leaving hundreds of subcontractors thousands of dollars out of pocket.
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With the economic recovery continuing to unfold, firms are looking to ramp up their investment, and with it, they are looking for more staff.
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A leading economic think tank says Australia’s migration program needs imminent overhaul to better attract skilled migrants
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The Reserve Bank is sticking to the script of maintaining low interest rates for a number of years in its quest to drive unemployment down.
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The CEOs of Australia’s two biggest banks have forecast house price growth of at least 10 per cent this year.
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The Australian central bank’s policy resolve has won it a reprieve from bond traders, and seen it rewarded with both lower yields and a weaker currency.
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Booming property prices have pushed Australia's household wealth to record levels, despite hundreds of thousands of people remaining unemployed.
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The success of the COVID-19 vaccine worldwide gives us cause for optimism, and it also means a new threat: inflation.
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The uptake of CBD office space could fall by 15 per cent in 2021 as more city workers include remote working in their routines.
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Australia's gender pay gap translates to bricks and mortar, with women trailing men in property ownership, new research shows.
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