Australian Economy

US President Donald Trump has slapped 25 per cent tariffs on Australian steel and aluminium exports, a step slammed as a "form of economic self-harm" by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese …

New figures released today show the gender pay gap in Australia is closing, but not by a significant amount.Data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) reveals the gender pay …

Australian shares have dropped sharply at the open of trade, closely following a dire day on Wall Street after US President Donald Trump confirmed he will implement tariffs on several …

China has warned the US it is prepared to fight "any type" of war after it retaliated against Donald Trump's escalating trade war.The trade dispute between the world's two biggest …

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is cutting 164 jobs from its technology division after a company review to "deliver the best experiences and outcomes for our customers".The big four bank …

President Donald Trump says he has postponed 25 per cent tariffs on most goods from Mexico for a month after a conversation with his Mexican counterpart.Trump's announcement on Thursday (Friday …

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has stared down the barrel of the camera to deliver a strong message directly to US President Donald Trump, calling his trade war a "very …

has crawled out of a per-capita recession after the strongest quarter of economic growth in two years.Fresh national accounts data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today showed …

The run of high interest rates should not be blamed for Australia's cost of living crisis, according to former Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe.He told The Australian newspaper that poor …

Catherine Bashiama runs her fingers along the branches of the coffee tree she's raised from a seedling, searching anxiously for its first fruit buds since she planted it three years …