Business, Economics and Finance

The Australian share market is trading lower on Friday, while a report by the ACCC has warned that the eastern states could face a gas shortfall by 2027 — a year earlier than it had previously predicted. Follow live.

Here's finance with Alan Kohler.

Local governments and property law experts are calling on state governments to use their powers to force the owners of vacant and derelict properties to use them or lose them.

Former ACCC Chair Graham Samuel has slammed the Coalition's divestiture plan as shock populism.

Domain's June quarter update has revealed while rental prices across the country are at record highs, the pace of growth is slowing. Domain's Chief of Research and Economics Dr Nicola Powell says it's probably too soon to definitively say, but there are signs the market has peaked.

Domain's June quarter update has revealed while rental prices across the country are at record highs, the pace of growth is slowing.

This week the Coalition announced a plan to break up Australia's big supermarkets, to fight price gouging - divestiture powers. But it's been questioned not only by Labor, but by one of its supporters, former ACCC Commissioner Graham Samuel, who has slammed it as shock populism.

Professor Cathy Sherry says housing is a basic human need and the property sector needs to be regulated for the community's benefit.

Andrew Bragg says the corporate watchdog is too cumbersome to effectively perform its law enforcement functions.

Reactions to the parliament's ASIC inquiry, a look at what's brought wheat prices down and the ASX closes trading higher: as it happened with our business reporters on the ABC News markets blog. 

A steep hike in visa fees is pushing current and prospective international students to consider other universities outside of Australia.

A 20-month Senate inquiry has found Australia's corporate watchdog ASIC has a rotten culture and that's led to Australia becoming a haven for white collar crime.

Retail sales went up by 0.6%, about twice as was expected.

ABC's chief business correspondent Ian Verrender looks back at ASIC's history and discusses the likely way forward for Australia's corporate watchdog.

The Head of the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies, Warren Pearce says it's crucial The Future Made in Australia legislation is passed. The 23-billion-dollar centrepiece of the May budget has taken its first step to being enacted, being introduced into the lower house today.

When Quintin Bowen died suddenly in his early 30s without a will, it left a complicated legal mess for his grieving mother that took more than five years to sort out.

Starting this month, many Australians travelling to China will no longer need to apply for a visa, but some challenges and inconveniences remain for foreign travellers when it comes to paying in the largely cashless society.

ANZ senior economist Catherine Birch says if household spending and economic growth picks up by August, and inflation is still high, the RBA would have a reason to hike interest rates.

Australian company MCoBeauty has made a multi-million-dollar name for itself through openly 'duping' popular — and often more expensive — luxury makeup brands such as Charlotte Tilbury.

The minutes from the last Reserve Bank Board meeting have confirmed that they considered raising interest rates by decided not to.

Australia's share market lost ground, as the minutes of the recent Reserve Bank Board meeting showed officials are concerned about "upside risks" to inflation. Look back on our blog to see how today's events unfolded.

More people are retiring later in life. Here's how these Australians stay happy and engaged at work.

House prices are up for the sixteenth month in a row

It turned out to be a stronger-than-expected financial year for many people's retirement savings, with record high stock markets driving up super balances – despite cost-of-living worries and worries about higher interest rates.

Matt Mackey from building consultant, Arcadis, says the construction sector is facing a multitude of headwinds.