Matthew Elmas
Mortgage rates to rise sooner as inflation surge derails RBA plans: Economists
Australians may face higher mortgage rates sooner than expected, as soaring prices for essentials like petrol put the Reserve Bank under renewed...
Woolworths signals recovery as retailers count Omicron costs
Major retailers appear to be getting on top of a nationwide staffing crisis, after the Omicron spike created food shortages and crashed...
‘Increases are coming’: Supermarket suppliers push for higher prices amid soaring costs
Your weekly trip to the supermarket is about to get more expensive, with big supermarkets facing renewed pressure to pass on rising...
‘Not a pretty scenario’: Wages set to rise in 2022, but inflation could steal workers’ gains
Australian workers can expect higher wages in 2022 after unemployment fell to a 13-year low, but economists fear rising prices could leave...
Bunny battle: Kmart dragged into court over allegedly bootleg plushies
Kmart is being sued in the federal court over claims it has been selling bootleg stuffed animals. UK-based toy manufacturer Jellycat has...
‘Not protecting us’: Australia urged to answer vaccine plea to stop new variants
Australians have been warned their risk of catching new COVID-19 variants will be much higher unless wealthy nations do more to help...
Committee hears Craig Kelly using loophole to spread COVID misinformation on Facebook, YouTube
Federal MP Craig Kelly is using a loophole in industry rules to spread COVID-19 misinformation on Facebook and YouTube, a parliamentary hearing...
‘Optimistic’: Food supplies recovering as government mulls shorter isolation periods
Supermarkets may have passed the worst of the Omicron supply chain crisis after close contacts were allowed to return to work if...
‘Dangerous cocktail’: Fears for casual workers as government guts isolation payments
More than 500,000 Australian workers will be $300 worse off if they are forced to self-isolate after the Morrison government slashed a...
‘Completely unacceptable’: Unions threaten strikes over Omicron safety demands
Unions have threatened to strike unless businesses create new Omicron workplace safety plans and start buying rapid antigen tests for workers. They...