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Australian businesses reported an astonishing $23.2 million in scam losses across 2022, with new data from the ACCC showing small firms are persistently vulnerable to email compromise and false billing scams.

Dinnerly says the decision is part of its mission to help Australian families better manage their weekly food costs, tackle cost-of-living pressures and reassure consumer confidence.

Reminder: Influencers and companies need to declare luxury gifts at tax time this year as the ATO employs data technology to sweep social media.

Unemployment has barely budged even as the central bankers do all they can to cool the economy.

Based in the New England town of Tenterfield, 20km south of the Queensland border, the Tenterfield Saddler still occupies the original heritage-listed blue granite, tin-roofed building on High Street.

The best word to describe the way Australia taxes alcohol and alcoholic drinks is “incoherent”. Here's why.

Spending cuts have been the focus of budget repair efforts for most of the past decade, so a lot of the low-hanging fruit has already been picked.

The ATO is concerned people looking to comply with the law will rely on tools that produce unreliable information — especially if those AI responses use information sourced overseas.

The RBA has been relying on house prices falling to help reduce consumption and lower inflation. The bank has left itself the option to lift interest rates next time it meets, in early May.

Taking the “first step” in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s election promise “to revive our ability to make world-class products”, Australia’s federal parliament has approved a $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund.

The latest Cut Through Ventures report has some good news regarding funding for women-led businesses in Q1. But we invite you to look beyond a couple of big raises.

Challenged cosmetics group BWX has called in administrators, while Zoë Foster Blake's Go-To skincare continues its search for a new owner.