Quarterly consumer insights from NAB show that Australians are now well-versed in how to face rising living costs.
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.
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.
The human rights organisation’s board secretly expelled Pavlou last month following complaints over his behaviour at a recent annual general meeting.
Amnesty International’s Australian operation looks to be spending more time on internal fights than human rights.
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.
They say that “bigger is better”,but the aphorism may not hold when it comes to the multibillion-dollar banking sector.
Bank bosses,including the CEO of Australia’s biggest business lender,are seeing cracks which could widen in consumer-facing businesses.
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.
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.
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.