The slowest wages growth on record and falling consumer confidence is prompting calls for the federal government to fast-track planned tax cuts.
Many Queensland tourism operators are struggling to stay afloat as their state's borders close again.
The government is being urged to consider extending anti-ticket-scalping laws to cover essential products.
Sydney and Melbourne house prices surged in February with double-digit annual growth putting the capital cities on track to outstrip the peak of the 2017 property boom.
Shoppers downbeat on the economy due to fires amid signs they kept their wallets shut through the key Christmas period.
Bushfires and smoke hit consumer confidence,prompting claims the Reserve Bank will have to cut official interest rates
As bleak as things may look now for proponents of democracy around the globe,the story is not yet over.
Facing record-low spending,Australian retailers are planning to use every trick in the book to get customers to open their wallets.
Governments have been too reticent to tackle genuine economic reform,says the NSW Treasurer.
Nature abhors a vacuum,and consumer confidence is plunging in the face of a lack of positive narrative by Scott Morrison.
The Morrison government is facing more pressure on its economic management after consumer sentiment dived in spite of cuts to tax and interest rates.