If a range of sugar-hit policies spur fresh demand leading to higher property prices,ownership could remain beyond the reach of many Australians.
Some would call it a margin-plumping exercise – the banks prefer to think of it as margin protection. Either way,it’s good for bank profitability.
Six years after the royal commission,there are signs of a re-emergence of poor behaviour. At the very least this looks like conduct slippage.
Cost of living pressures continue to impact households. The knock-on effect is that community organisations are also feeling the squeeze as donation pools dry up as charitable giving slows down across Australia.
The Reserve Bank could begin lowering interest rates as early as March,with chief economists from CBA,Westpac’s Business Bank and EY saying interest rates have peaked.
Record numbers of Australian borrowers are refinancing their home amid rising cost of living pressures and consecutive interest rate hikes.
One of NSW’s most tranquil locales – Darlington Point in the Riverina region – is swiftly becoming an energy powerhouse as it prepares to host the nation’s largest grid-forming battery.
Australians have rediscovered their wanderlust this year.
A $1.8 billion green and sustainability-linked loan to fund Sydney’s largest electric passenger train fleet represents a significant advancement in the financing of operating public private partnerships.
Coalition MP George Christensen asked if banks would benefit from legislation that would force them to finance thermal coal producers. Their resounding response was no.
The big four banks have given the thumbs up to the government’s scheme offering cheap loans to small and medium-sized businesses.