Finance stories from across Australia and the world (including cryptocurrency)
Two Pacific rugby sides may join Australian teams in their pre-season tournament leading up to the Super Rugby Pacific competition. Rugby Australia CEO Phil Waugh made the announcement after the federal government said it will give $90 million to boost […]
Pre-filled returns are now extending to contractors for the new reporting season, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) says. And it says taxpayers should not listen to advice from AI, ‘finfluencers’ or others without verifying its accuracy. The office says it
Melbourne fintech firm Airwallex says it is helping Aussie SMEs recover their US tariff refunds faster by streamlining administrative compliance. A US Supreme Court ruling in February ruled that tariffs imposed by the Trump Administrations using an emergency powers Act
Queensland is to get 11 new fire stations starting this year with the 2026-27 state budget to spend $1.17 billion on firefighting. Under the newly-released 2026-27 Budget, $15 million will fund new stations at Hervey Bay, Kingaroy, Ayr, Abbot Point,
Lower transport costs to provide cost-of-living relief is coming to NSW households after the 2026-27 Budget’s release yesterday (Tuesday, June 23). NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says the budget’s $2.3 billion deficit has been sparked in part by surging fuel prices
A $50 cap on Sydney’s toll roads and the abolition of $10 notice fees will kick in from the first week of July. Under the 2026-27 NSW Budget released today (June 23), the cap will be reduced by $10 for
The tax office is again cautioning the public not to rush into lodging their returns at the start of the new financial year. The Australian Tax Office (ATO) says lodgements filed as soon as the financial year ticks over are
Digital cryptocurrency exchange Bitget is turning to pizza to poke fun at, and reject, constant predictions of death for bitcoin. The universal exchange (UEX) platform launched its global Bitcoin Pizza Day 2026 brand campaign, Flip the Slice, centered around a music
Mortgages and war have combined to slash NSW Treasury’s economic growth prospects by 1.5% for 2026-27. State Treasurer Daniel Mookhey delivered the news in an address to the McKell Institute in Sydney on Wednesday. “The NSW Budget is 33 days
Keeping a full tax exemption for electric vehicles until next year will help more households adopt the vehicles. And the Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) believes the 2026-27 Federal Budget’s decision to retain the Electric Car Discount (or Fringe Benefits Tax
