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09/01/2025

For the past few years, we’ve been sharing our Weekly Digest on Facebook, offering insights and trends in the world of business. It’s been great engaging with you and contributing to the wider conversation.

As we head into 2025, we’ve decided to pause the Weekly Digest to focus on other areas of our work. While we won’t be posting these updates as regularly, we’re always available for direct connections and discussions.

Thank you for your support, and we look forward to staying connected in other ways!

11/12/2024

Welcome to our Weekly Digest - stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. Australia's economy growing at slowest pace in decades, propped up by government spending Household spending did not pick up in the September quarter in the way economists were hoping. Australia's economy recorded its weakest annual growth rate in decades…...

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. Australia’s economy growing at slowest pace in decades, propped up b…

03/12/2024

Here's Our Weekly Business Update – 27 November 2024

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. What the RBA is really looking at when it sets interest rates Eight times a year…

03/12/2024

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. What the RBA is really looking at when it sets interest rates Eight times a year, the Reserve Bank meets to decide whether to raise, hold or cut interest rates. The decision impacts the 3.2 million Australians who have a mortgage on their own home and has flow-on effects across the entire economy, but…...

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. What the RBA is really looking at when it sets interest rates Eight times a year…

19/11/2024

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. Is this employment data a sign we are nearing the end of the great resignation? New data on the Australian workforce could suggest the great resignation may be winding down, at least here in Australia, anyway. Findings from Mercer’s Total Remuneration Survey…...

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. Is this employment data a sign we are nearing the end of the great resignation? …

13/11/2024

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. Australia ‘not immune from trade tensions’, Chalmers says Australia’s economy will not be immune from escalating trade tensions, Jim Chalmers has warned, as the Albanese government prepares itself for an incoming Donald Trump administration. In a speech on Monday, the treasurer will outline the risks of an “uncertain world characterised by economic vulnerability and volatility” but will say the…...

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. Australia ‘not immune from trade tensions’, Chalmers says Australia’s economy wi…

06/11/2024

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. Australia inflation slows but sticky core to push RBA cut to 2025 Australian consumer price inflation slowed to a 3.5 year low in the third quarter, though the core measure was still sticky and reinforced market wagers that the central bank won’t start cutting rates until next year....

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. Australia inflation slows but sticky core to push RBA cut to 2025 Australian con…

30/10/2024

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. How Australia’s housing market compares to the rest of the world Australia lags behind much of the world when it comes to home ownership, and households are taking on far more debt to buy a house than in other similar nations....

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. How Australia’s housing market compares to the rest of the world Australia lags …

23/10/2024

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. ‘Every chance’: Massive rates prediction A number of telltale signs have emerged indicating the Reserve Bank is planning a major, surprising pivot within a few short weeks. Global payment processors issue warning to RBA over card fee restrictions Global payment processors Mastercard and Visa have threatened to stop refunds for fraud victims in a…...

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. ‘Every chance’: Massive rates prediction A number of telltale signs have emerged…

16/10/2024

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy and never ever give up Hiring new employees for the festive season? As the festive season approaches, you may be thinking of hiring new employees to help with your business. Here are some key things to remember when it comes to your tax and super obligations....

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy and never ever give up Hiring new employees for the festive season? As the festiv…

09/10/2024

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. Banks ordered to refund millions of Aussies Nearly two million Aussies could soon receive hundreds of dollars after multiple major banks were ordered to issue more than $28m in refunds. A report by ASIC reveals that some banks have kept low-income customers in high-fee accounts, leading to financial strain....

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. Banks ordered to refund millions of Aussies Nearly two million Aussies could soo…

02/10/2024

Here's Our Weekly Business Update – 02 October 2024

Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy. Survey reveals Australian CEOs confident of economic improvement KPMG CEO Andrew…