SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian household spending edged higher in September as gains in food, health, and petrol were offset by ...

Having won re-election in a landslide in May, Australia’s Labor government has a big mandate to do something about this. Jim Chalmers, the treasurer, says driving up productivity is his priority. The ...

OpenAI, the Business Council of Australia, and the peak Australian body for small businesses say AI can boost Australia’s economy by $142bn annually by 2030, as Labor mulls regulation on the ...

Australian interest rates continue to be in “tricky territory”, a leading economist has said, as mortgage holders hold out ...

Consumers seemed to get their mojo back in the middle of the year. But there are warnings they are about to go on a diet that will stretch into next year.

Tasmania has dropped to sixth place in CommSec’s latest economic performance report due to “anaemic” private sector demand ...

Australian consumer prices jumped by the most in 2-1/2 years in the September quarter as electricity and travel costs climbed, while a shockingly large increase in the core inflation reading seemed to ...

Exclusive: A nationwide shift in consumer spending habits could supercharge the Australian economy and generate tens of thousands of new jobs in just one year, according to new research.

The foreign ministers of Japan and Australia agreed Thursday to bolster cooperation on economic security as next year marks ...

Aussie investors have been told to 'tighten their seatbelts' as the global economy crashes into a 'new economic era'.

Many Australian businesses still view Indonesia as "too hard", despite recent reforms offering competitive incentives such as ...