July. Canberra knew back then. The tax office wanted to ditch credit cards. Small businesses? They found out on 30 September. Two months’ notice, give…
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Category: Economics
Home Batteries Pocketed $2 Million in Two Hours When NSW’s Grid Got Caught Out
Sixty-nine bucks. That’s what the average Amber Electric customer made in about two hours last Monday arvo. They didn’t lift a finger. Their home batteries…
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Egg ‘Cartel’ Case: ACCC Takes Australia’s Biggest Egg Supplier to Court
Australians eat more than 250 eggs each a year, on average. That’s a lot of omelettes. And according to the competition watchdog, some of the…
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AI’s Toll Road: Leigh Warns of a Wealth Gap as MPs Push for Safety
Picture a toll road. Every business in the country has to drive down it. And a handful of AI companies own the booths. Sounds far-fetched?…
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Santos-Sized Loopholes: Why Critics Say the Gas Reservation Plan Could Fall Flat
Australia digs up a mountain of gas. So why do east coast households and businesses keep paying through the nose for it? The federal government’s…
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Renters Have Hit Their Limit, and the Rent Figures Finally Show It
Seven hundred dollars a week. That’s the going rate for a house in our capital cities. And for the first time in a long while,…
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ATO Credit Card Ban Delayed: Small Business Gets Some Breathing Space
Remember the 30 November cut-off for the ATO credit card ban? Scrap that. On Friday, Treasurer Jim Chalmers pushed it back to the end of…
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Your Flat White Just Got Dearer, and the Card Surcharge Ban Is Why
Tap your card for a flat white this week and you might notice something odd. The little surcharge line on the receipt is gone. The…
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Take Control of Your Credit Card Debt Before It Takes Control of You
It is nice to have a credit card when you don’t have enough cash to cover bills, but when you still have an unpaid balance…
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A Storm for Food Security: El Niño, War and Rising Farm Costs
El Niño is poised to wreak havoc on growing seasons, Middle East tensions have made energy and fertilizer availability more difficult and Australia is experiencing…
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