Looking for longer:job ads disappear,applicants rise as interest rates bite

Looking for longer:job ads disappear,applicants rise as interest rates bite

More people are fighting to fill fewer vacant positions in a further sign the job market is slowing thanks to higher interest rates.

  • byShane Wright

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Page 97 of the budget kept me awake at night,and is a stain on Morrison’s legacy

Page 97 of the budget kept me awake at night,and is a stain on Morrison’s legacy

A $6.5 billion funding allocation is an indictment against the Coalition’s treatment of veterans,and the backstory to it enough to make your blood boil.

  • byShane Wright
Chalmers’ budget is suffering from tobacco withdrawal

Chalmers’ budget is suffering from tobacco withdrawal

Big tobacco excise increases have been used to boost the budget bottom line. But fewer smokers,more vapers and a burgeoning black market are killing the tax cash cow.

  • byShane Wright andNatassia Chrysanthos
Unemployment increase reduces chance of higher interest rates

Unemployment increase reduces chance of higher interest rates

Economists say the job market is cracking under the pressure of the Reserve Bank’s aggressive interest rate hikes.

  • byRachel Clun andShane Wright
The trend is pointing in one direction – the job market is slowing
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The trend is pointing in one direction – the job market is slowing

The evidence is smacking observers in the face. The job market is responding to the Reserve Bank’s 4.25 percentage points worth of rate rises.

  • byShane Wright
Australia’s $22.7 billion bet on the $US1.4 trillion fight with China

Australia’s $22.7 billion bet on the $US1.4 trillion fight with China

A Future Made in Australia is really about a global battle,led by the United States,against a rising China and a destabilising Russia.

  • byShane Wright
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Five things Jim Chalmers didn’t tell you in his budget speech

Five things Jim Chalmers didn’t tell you in his budget speech

We pick apart an abridged version of Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ third budget speech – and explain five key points.

  • byShane Wright andNatassia Chrysanthos
‘Struggle takes time’:NSW treasurer invokes spirit of Gandhi over GST stoush

‘Struggle takes time’:NSW treasurer invokes spirit of Gandhi over GST stoush

Daniel Mookhey blasted the “absurd” GST carve-up which will see taxpayers pay billions to prop up a 2018 deal that has allowed resource-rich Western Australia to deliver six consecutive surpluses.

  • byMichael McGowan andShane Wright
Is this the budget we needed? Our experts deliver their verdicts

Is this the budget we needed? Our experts deliver their verdicts

Jim Chalmers’ third budget sought to strike a balance between inflation and cost of living. Here’s what our experts thought.

  • byDavid Crowe,Shane Wright,Jacqueline Maley,Peter Hartcher andRoss Gittins
The budget handout that could cruel your next pay rise

The budget handout that could cruel your next pay rise

Just spending money on handouts to bring down inflation is not Jim Chalmers’ main game.

  • byShane Wright
$9.3 billion:Chalmers lands the surplus double in third budget

$9.3 billion:Chalmers lands the surplus double in third budget

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will attempt to reduce cost pressures on Australians while investing in a new manufacturing future in his third budget on Tuesday.

  • byShane Wright