Wages have responded to the tight labour market, rising 3.7 per cent annually in the March quarter. On a quarterly basis, the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ wage price index lifted …

More than 5.5 million households and around one million small businesses are in line for energy bill relief in the federal budget. The Labor government committed to power bill relief …

The lines of tenants queuing outside rental properties on a weekend are only expected to get longer as pressures on Australia’s rental market intensify. Fresh data released this week pointed …

Australia’s central bank has left interest rates unchanged at 3.6 per cent in April as the economy shows signs of cooling off. The decision will offer welcome relief for mortgage …

Sydney has led a turnaround in national property prices after the market tracked down for 10 straight months. The 0.6 per cent uptick in national home values as measured by …

Rents have been surging nationwide but some regions have been hit harder than others, with average rents lifting by nearly 50 per cent annually in one Australian town. New Proptrack …

Stretched renters could soon get relief as the pace of rental growth starts to slow. Renters endured the fastest growth on Corelogic’s records last year, with rock-bottom vacancy rates driving …

China’s management of COVID-19 will be one of the main influences on Australia’s economy this year, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says. Beijing last month announced it was scrapping strict “zero-COVID” measures …

The national jobless rate has stayed at 3.4 per cent, with 64,000 jobs added to the economy. A 66.8 per cent participation rate was recorded for the month of November, …