Banking like it’s 1892:Our recession habits had a familiar pattern

Banking like it’s 1892:Our recession habits had a familiar pattern

RBA analysis of bank ledgers from the 1890s and 1930s has shed light on banking traditions - and how they are not that different from today.

  • byShane Wright

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Job vacancies hit record levels before end of JobKeeper

Job vacancies hit record levels before end of JobKeeper

A month before the end of the wage subsidy scheme,job vacancies reached a record level in a positive sign for the national employment market.

  • byShane Wright
Housing unaffordable for most people even before price spike

Housing unaffordable for most people even before price spike

Housing affordability was extremely low for first-time buyers even with good incomes,research shows,and the issue faced renters too.

  • byShane Wright
Reviving original mining tax would deliver billions in extra revenue:Greens

Reviving original mining tax would deliver billions in extra revenue:Greens

Costings from the Parliamentary Budget Office,commissioned by the Greens,show the abandonment of the Resource Super Profits Tax had cost federal governments $69 billion since 2012.

  • byShane Wright
Low rates to drive house prices up 17 per cent this year

Low rates to drive house prices up 17 per cent this year

ANZ economists are tipping house prices to grow at their fastest pace since the late 1980s as buyers take advantage of record-low interest rates.

  • byShane Wright
More than 168,000 Queenslanders brace for end of JobKeeper

More than 168,000 Queenslanders brace for end of JobKeeper

The Morrison government’s $90 billion JobKeeper wage subsidy ends next week. While millions of workers have stopped using it,168,535 Queenslanders face uncertainty.

  • byShane Wright
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JobKeeper end facing 380,000 Victorians with Melbourne most at risk

JobKeeper end facing 380,000 Victorians with Melbourne most at risk

The Morrison government’s $90 billion JobKeeper wage subsidy ends next week. As millions of workers have stopped using it,380,000 Victorians face uncertainty.

  • byShane Wright
330,000 people in NSW brace for end of JobKeeper as economic signs lift

330,000 people in NSW brace for end of JobKeeper as economic signs lift

The Morrison government’s $90 billion JobKeeper wage subsidy ends next week. While millions of workers have stopped using it,330,000 people in NSW face uncertainty.

  • byShane Wright
Coalition MPs push to bump foreign workers up the queue as jobless rate falls

Coalition MPs push to bump foreign workers up the queue as jobless rate falls

The Morrison government is facing internal demands to let skilled migrants into the country ahead of Australians stranded overseas to deal with workplace shortages.

  • byShane Wright andNick Bonyhady
‘Fiscal discipline’:Light at the end of the tunnel as Treasurer mulls budget repair

‘Fiscal discipline’:Light at the end of the tunnel as Treasurer mulls budget repair

There’s light at the end of the economic tunnel,according to the Treasurer who is also trying to keep a lid on the damage to the budget caused by COVID-19.

  • byShane Wright
‘A lot of men are hurting’:The ignored group hit by the coronavirus crisis

‘A lot of men are hurting’:The ignored group hit by the coronavirus crisis

International Women’s Day has passed and think tanks,economists and industry groups have published numerous reports warning women’s jobs have been hard hit by the pandemic.

  • byJennifer Duke