Consumers leave the car at home as they flex budget muscle

Consumers leave the car at home as they flex budget muscle

Quarterly consumer insights from NAB show that Australians are now well-versed in how to face rising living costs.

  • byEmma Koehn

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Banks cash in on buoyant property and jobs market
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Banks cash in on buoyant property and jobs market

NAB,Westpac and ANZ Bank have ruled off a financial year that was better than feared,helped by resilience in the property market and the unemployment rate.

  • byClancy Yeates
Bank bosses defend branch closures as customers go digital

Bank bosses defend branch closures as customers go digital

Commonwealth Bank chief Matt Comyn says about 40 per cent of the bank’s 728 bank branches are in regional areas – but that CBA has to maintain profitability.

  • byMillie Muroi
Activist Drew Pavlou vows to fight Amnesty International expulsion

Activist Drew Pavlou vows to fight Amnesty International expulsion

The human rights organisation’s board secretly expelled Pavlou last month following complaints over his behaviour at a recent annual general meeting.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Human fights watch:Activist vows to fight Amnesty expulsion

Human fights watch:Activist vows to fight Amnesty expulsion

Amnesty International’s Australian operation looks to be spending more time on internal fights than human rights.

  • byNoel Towell andKishor Napier-Raman
NAB boss says rates to drop next year with migration to boost growth

NAB boss says rates to drop next year with migration to boost growth

NAB chief executive Ross McEwan says interest rates have probably peaked and that Australia is set to avoid a recession even as the economy slows.

  • byMillie Muroi
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Size matters,even if Australian banks are no longer at peak profitability
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Size matters,even if Australian banks are no longer at peak profitability

They say that “bigger is better”,but the aphorism may not hold when it comes to the multibillion-dollar banking sector.

  • byMillie Muroi
‘Two-speed economy’:Bank bosses flag consumer weakness

‘Two-speed economy’:Bank bosses flag consumer weakness

Bank bosses,including the CEO of Australia’s biggest business lender,are seeing cracks which could widen in consumer-facing businesses.

  • byMillie Muroi andSarah Danckert
NAB chair backs green energy target,warns of fossil fuel export hit

NAB chair backs green energy target,warns of fossil fuel export hit

Philip Chronican said the government should stick to its renewable electricity target,warning the nation’s standard of living could drop without a proactive approach to net-zero.

  • byMillie Muroi
NAB signals confidence with $1.5b buyback as profits rise

NAB signals confidence with $1.5b buyback as profits rise

The country’s second-largest bank reported a 5.8 per cent increase in profit and announced a $1.5 billion share buyback but saw the quality of its loans fall.

  • byMillie Muroi
Inside the raid on NAB fraudster’s palatial Sydney home
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Inside the raid on NAB fraudster’s palatial Sydney home

Over 90 minutes,police scoured the Sydney businesswoman’s home,including her walk-in wardrobe featuring dozens of shoes and handbags,and seized a million-dollar cheque.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn