Sue Lannin
Private health cover at a ‘tipping point’, with Australians dropping it in droves
Health industry experts are warning Australia’s private health insurance industry could be in terminal decline as consumers abandon their cover in droves....
Global carbon emissions hit record high in 2018, International Energy Agency says
Greater demand for energy and more extreme temperatures saw global carbon emissions reach a record high in 2018 partly because of higher...
NAB to refund hundreds of mortgage customers for overpayments
National Australia Bank will refund nearly $2 million to customers who were overcharged interest on their home loans over seven years. The...
‘Amateur investors’ are raising the risk of housing market collapse: report
Australia is at growing risk of a home price crash because of the high number of mum and dad property investors, inflated...
No joy for workers as wages stuck at record lows
Australian workers continue to face record low wage rises, with the downturn in the mining sector driving the weak outcomes. The Bureau...
Pro-business Trump pushes Wall St to record high
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has climbed above 19,000 points for the first time. The S&P 500 finished above 2200 and the...
Clinton market boost spreads to US overnight
The stock market rally that followed news of the FBI’s all-clear to the latest bunch of contentious Hillary Clinton emails continued in...
Australia paying $7bn in fossil fuel ‘subsidies’
A new report has found that G20 governments are paying $633 billion in production subsidies every year to oil, gas and coal...
ANZ records $7.2 billion profit
Share earnings remain flat, but growth after tax is up 3 per cent.
NAB profit jumps to $6.3bn
Bank records a huge 20 per cent rise on last year's earnings.