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FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... lives much off unrefined exports as its manufacturing sector languishes amid structural challenges in the form of high labour and input costs, workforce shortages and stiff global competition. Ai Group found that after two years of healthy growth following ...

APRA's fresh guardrails to impact property investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... key vulnerability for the Australian financial system," Lonsdale said. "A decline in interest rates coupled with a robust labour market suggests a shift in the financial risk cycle. These periods often coincide with higher credit growth, rising indebtedness ...

RBA says it can 'afford to be patient' on rate decisions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... while assessing what the incoming data reveal about their judgements on the extent of spare capacity, the outlook for the labour market and the degree of restrictiveness of monetary policy," the minutes said. The RBA said members discussed developments ...

Zombie companies on the ASX are dying out

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... infestation, with zombies rising from two to seven in the last five years. "Healthcare sector is facing soaring costs and labour shortages along with an increased prevalence of short stay and same-day admissions," Dickerson said. The rise of private ...

November rate cut likely off the table as inflation lifts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... relief," Rynne said. "However, from KPMG's perspective, the current cash rate remains too restrictive and when looking at the labour market it is clear that the momentum for employment growth is waning. "A closer look at the labour market data also shows ...

Inflation rises 3% in August

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... still a live option," Rynne said. "Given core inflation is heading towards the middle of the target band, and seemingly the labour market is showing some weakening, we expect the RBA to drop the cash rate by 25bp at the board meeting in early November." ...

Age Pension to increase on September 20

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... to about 64% of Australians aged over 64. Of these, 25% will see their payments change due to deeming. Analysis of ABS Labour Force Survey data by KPMG Australia suggests increases to the Age Pension over the past decade have contributed to the increase ...

Allow couples tax-free super splitting: Hume

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... to do anything. It simply gives families the option to share what they've built together, in recognition of unpaid labour, broken work patterns and professional sacrifices that so often falls to women. "This bill explicitly recognises the economic ...

RBA 'alert' to impact of tech on the economy: Bullock

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... Bullock said. "What might these shifts mean for productivity, potential growth and inflation dynamics? Could they alter the labour market or expand the economy's supply capacity without generating inflationary pressure? How will investment in their enabling ...

Australian economy 'stronger than expected'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... cut the cash rate once more in November. Further easing in 2026 remains possible but would take a deterioration in the labour market and an unsteady transition from public sector led growth to the private sector." VanEck senior portfolio manager Cameron ...