Economy

A leaked Treasury document containing recommended outcomes for next week’s economic reform roundtable has raised questions about the substance of the summit.

At next week’s economic reform roundtable, the ACTU will push for shorter working hours with no loss in pay, including a four-day work week, arguing that all Australians should benefit from higher productivity – “not just ...

CPA Australia has welcomed a Productivity Commission proposal to relax the entry requirements for financial advisers and auditors as their numbers continue to fall.

The Treasury has released its issues papers ahead of its August 19–21 economic reform roundtable in a bid to form consensus on Australia’s current economic situation.

Following last month’s shock hold, find out here if the board has decided to raise, hold, or cut interest rates at its second meeting of the new financial year.

Businesses are actively looking to hire employees skilled in AI implementation, ESG practices and financial compliance and reporting in their finance and accounting departments.

The Productivity Commission’s recent AI report has stirred the industrial relations pot ahead of the Economic Reform Roundtable just weeks away, with one expert warning that the PC risks taking too “myopic” a view to ...

Mandating digital corporate reporting for large businesses could provide Australia with a $7.7 billion economic boost, analysis from Deloitte has revealed.

The US global effective tariff rate has risen to levels last seen in the 1930s, with stark impacts for its closest trading partners, Commonwealth Bank analysis has found.

Australia’s US tariff rate has remained steady at 10 per cent, leaving it in a position of relative advantage compared to other exporters, Trade Minister Don Farrell has said.