Finance

Here's how the major parties plan to tackle the climate crisis and protect Australian businesses from worsening disasters.

Jobs website Seek recorded its highest-ever month of job listings in March — for the third consecutive month.

After nearly a decade of wage stagnation and real wage falls during the pandemic, the government is forecasting a tight employment market that will finally drive wages growth above 3%.

Employee casualisation has become a hot-button topic in the 2022 election campaign, following claims by Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese of an increasingly casual workforce.

SmartCompany is breaking down the key election issues facing Australia’s small business community. Today we’re looking at what the Coalition and Labor have to say about jobs and skills.

The PM will spend the next few weeks promoting the government's success against COVID-19. But is he telling porkies? We fact-checked his central proposition.

Cost-of-living increases are a key election issue but the reality is many manufacturers and retailers like some inflation.

Ahead of the federal election on May 21, SmartCompany is breaking down the key issues facing Australia's small business community. Today we're looking at tax.

The Yorke Peninsula has become a real estate hotspot as country South Australia takes the mantle for the fastest growing regional house prices in the nation.

Offered a menu of issues to choose from as the most important in the May 21 election, Australia’s top economists have overwhelmingly zeroed in on climate change.

The answer to what happens when Australia opens up to the world is quite different depending on what kind of openness you mean, and for workers and business owners.

In the first month of Russia’s invasion, Airbnb bookings in Ukraine boomed, but the story illustrates both the potential and limitations of the sharing economy.