New report reveals through boom and bust Australia’s home construction rate has remained unchanged since 1980s
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Australia business confidence improves in May but stays deeply negative
The modest confidence improvement offers slim comfort for RBA watchers given the index remains firmly negative across all…
China’s May trade balance, exports and imports all higher than expected
Exports +19.4% y/y exp. +15.0%, prior +14.1% Imports +27.4% y/y, a solid result pointing to a pickup in…
Botswana diamond slump hits miners living on the edge of survival | News
Orapa, Botswana – It is a year since Motshwegwa Rakhudu lost his job after 14 years working as…
Australia rolls out the red carpet to over-hyped SpaceX IPO
Elon Musk has stated that he wants to be the world’s first trillionaire. So it shouldn’t come as…
Australia news live: NSW Labor officials investigated over allegedly disguising donations to Minns; Melbourne students caught using AI in year 12 exam | Australia news
NSW electoral commission alleges two Labor officials tried to disguise donations to Chris Minns in 2015 election campaignJordyn…
Australians’ life satisfaction worse than during Covid with young adults and families under financial pressure
Australians are reporting lower levels of life satisfaction than they did during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic,…
US lists China’s BYD, Alibaba, Baidu as ‘Chinese military companies’ | Military News
The United States has designated Chinese corporate giants Alibaba, BYD and Baidu as companies that support China’s military,…
China’s May exports, imports top forecast as AI boom offset Iran war drag
SHENZHEN, CHINA – MAY 1: The Chinese national flag is seen in front of stacked shipping containers bearing…
Australian dollar losses: Aussie dollar plunges to two-month low on US jobs data, Middle East conflict concerns
The Australian dollar has fallen to a two-month low after the Middle East conflict flared up over the…
Japan economy minister flags rate rise risks as BOJ decision nears (
The remarks are carefully calibrated but carry a mild cautionary undertone toward further BOJ tightening. Kiuchi’s explicit acknowledgment…
RBA defends rate hikes: ‘Other countries would kill for our problems’
The Reserve Bank is doubling down on defending its interest rate U-turns, with deputy governor Andrew Hauser saying…