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Stagflation: is Australia heading back to the 1970s? Our economics and business writers go head to head

The economy has stalled and inflation remains high. Should we be worried? Guardian Australia’s experts have very different views

The Guardian - AU · Jun 7, 2024

From gen Z to boomers: what the 2024 budget means for your generation

Millennials and gen Z will take comfort from changes to student loans and healthcare while boomers will be saving on medicines, pensions and aged care

The Guardian - AU · May 14, 2024

Men risked their lives to work on the Snowy Hydro scheme. Now, 75 years on, the 2.0 project represents a different world

Rugged adventurers who toiled in dangerous conditions to create the hydroelectricity scheme would scarcely recognise today’s technological advances

The Guardian - AU · Feb 26, 2024

Australia’s ambassador to be summoned after Jerusalem reversal – as it happened

Labor will reverse Coalition decision to recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU · Oct 17, 2022

Fixed or variable? A look at how home loan rate options across Australia stack up

After crunching the numbers, it’s clear that mortgage holders shouldn’t just do nothing, says RateCity’s head of research

The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2022

Solar panel inquiries ‘off the charts’ after Alinta boss predicts 35% power price rise

For the second time this year, a public prediction of increased energy costs has led to a boom in solar power inquiries

The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2022

Property prices dropped further in September and falls ‘could accelerate’ again with rate rise

Investors and banks predict RBA will raise cash rate further on Tuesday, while rent increases begin to slow around Australia

The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2022

Australia’s inflation rate eases slightly to 6.8% in August thanks to modest fuel price rises

Consumer prices rose 7% in the year to July before easing in August, with construction and fruit and vegetables the largest contributors

The Guardian - AU · Sep 29, 2022

Reserve Bank of Australia reports loss of $37bn and plans to cut dividends to Treasury

Central bank in negative equity after 2021-22 loss, a review of its pandemic bond-buying program has found

The Guardian - AU · Sep 21, 2022

Houses to be hit harder than flats by price falls, RBA says

Head of domestic markets says rate rises will depress commercial and residential property prices but wider risks appear contained

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2022