Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's center-left Labor Party is seeking a second term. His opponent, conservative opposition ...

Australians began voting Saturday in a bitterly contested general election, deciding a contest shaped by living costs, climate anxiety and US President Donald Trump's tariffs.

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Voters will decide who can turn Australia around from the throes of inflation and a housing crisis, and navigate relations ...

Australia's producer prices, as measured by the final demand PPI, grew by 0.9% in the first quarter of 2025. This was a ...

Australia's property prices hit a record in April although U.S. tariff risks and election uncertainty led to a slump in the ...

With the key measures of inflation back within the Reserve Bank’s target band, expectations are growing for a second rate cut ...

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) -Core inflation in Australia slowed to a three-year low in the first quarter as costs in the ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the market was justified to expect more interest rate cuts after ...

Australias CPI during the March quarter 2025 is a mixed bag. The CPI rose 0.9% quarter-on-quarter, sharply higher than the 0.2% rise in the preceding quarter. However, year-over-year CPI remained flat ...

The increase, the largest since comparable records began in 1971, underlines the challenges facing the government as it tries to check inflation by releasing stockpiled rice.