Tax attack could be next challenge for cash-strapped shoppers

Tax attack could be next challenge for cash-strapped shoppers

Shoppers have yet to dip into their stage 3 tax cuts to boost spending. And they may face a new problem – the tax man.

  • byShane Wright

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‘We’re not a baby retailer’:How The Memo is appealing to Millennial mums
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‘We’re not a baby retailer’:How The Memo is appealing to Millennial mums

After taking Melbourne’s baby industry by storm,the Millennial favourite is set to open its first Sydney store next month.

  • byLauren Ironmonger
‘Smashed’ economy slows like it’s 1991

‘Smashed’ economy slows like it’s 1991

The economy grew just 0.2 in the three months to June,propped up by government spending,and is in the worst run of per person GDP drops since the early 1980s.

  • byShane Wright andMillie Muroi
The crucial measure dragging down the NSW economy

The crucial measure dragging down the NSW economy

The cost-of-living crunch now appears to be hitting NSW harder than other states. Here’s why.

  • byMatt Wade
Five things the national accounts tell us about the economy

Five things the national accounts tell us about the economy

Here’s what you need to know from the latest gauge of the economy – in five charts.

  • byMillie Muroi
Cookies crumble as interest rates bite into household budgets

Cookies crumble as interest rates bite into household budgets

Australians are responding to high inflation and interest rates by downgrading their biscuits,beer and footwear.

  • byShane Wright
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‘It doesn’t run out of battery’:How close are we to a cashless economy?

‘It doesn’t run out of battery’:How close are we to a cashless economy?

Most members of Gen Z say they won’t be using cash within a decade. But is Australia ready to ditch notes and coins?

  • byDavid Swan
Yo-Chi is ‘not a fad’:Meet the man making frozen yoghurt cool again

Yo-Chi is ‘not a fad’:Meet the man making frozen yoghurt cool again

The family behind Boost Juice has engineered a frozen yoghurt revival and turned Yo-Chi into Australia’s fastest-growing dessert chain.

  • byJessica Yun
Boomers spend,Zoomers struggle as economic divide widens

Boomers spend,Zoomers struggle as economic divide widens

Prabhat and Neena Sinha love to travel and have plenty of hobbies in their retirement,but they see the effect the cost of living is having on their children.

  • byShane Wright andMillie Muroi
When it comes to cost-of-living pressures,there is one group being hit hardest

When it comes to cost-of-living pressures,there is one group being hit hardest

Working families are bearing the brunt of inflation pressures,with insurance and housing costs pushing their cost-of-living measure far higher than inflation.

  • byMillie Muroi andShane Wright
Menu prices tough to swallow,but how much are customers willing to cough up?
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Menu prices tough to swallow,but how much are customers willing to cough up?

Inflation has been falling,but that doesn’t mean prices are coming down – and Brisbane venue owners say they’re working harder than ever.

  • byCourtney Kruk