Australia’s M&A landscape is expected to weaken in the near term due to global volatility and uncertainty sparked by erratic US trade policy, Grant Thornton has found.
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Small business conditions and confidence notably improved throughout Q1 of this year, but remain in negative territory
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Keeli Cambourne | 29 April 2025
A push by the Greens to lower the threshold for Division 296 tax from $3 million to $2 million would affect more than ...
Industry groups urge major parties to rule out taxing unrealised gains
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Economy
Cutting down public spending on consultants, contractors and labour hire will save the budget $6.4 billion over the next four years, Labor has said.
US President Donald Trump has signalled that the US would scale back its prohibitively high tariffs on China in hopes of securing a deal.
The federal budget fails to account for the real cost of natural disasters, leading to funding gaps, a new research paper has found.
Labour market stability and slow wage growth mean that current job market conditions are unlikely to influence the RBA’s May interest rate decision strongly.
Reserve Bank board members expect inflation to reach its target in the March quarterly CPI reading, but US tariff developments are complicating the inflation outlook.
Hospitality and construction firms continue to lead insolvency statistics, but more are keeping their doors open through restructuring schemes.
The Commonwealth Bank Household Spending Insights (HSI) index rose by 0.9 per cent in March, following two months of subdued spending.
Over the past 40 years, women have made significant gains in terms of financial independence and social equity, Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has said.
Reserve Bank (RBA) governor Michele Bullock signalled on Thursday that there would be no rate cuts before the RBA’s May monetary policy meeting.
The US has slapped a whopping 104 per cent tariff on China in an escalating trade war, and has foreshadowed tariffs on pharmaceuticals, which could harm Australian suppliers.