This could make it harder for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA ... case for the commission to back wage increases. The latest Consumer Price Index, a measure of inflation, was 2.4 per cent ...

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference said a $41-a-week increase would not add to inflationary pressures or job losses, as Australia still had persistently low unemployment, ongoing job ...

The Coalition would increase Australia’s proportion of defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP within a decade if elected, warning that Australia "cannot take peace for granted". Opposition leader ...

Picture: Monique Harmer/NCA NewsWire ANZ’s head of Australian economics, Adam Boyton, said the CPI data were likely to support the case for a rate cut in May, and that there was “downside risk ...