Michelle Rex signed up to a plan in 2007 and made fortnightly payments totalling $8,000, thinking it was a savings plan. By the time she spoke to a financial counsellor, she was already $2,000 over her maximum payout amount.

Australian shares have ended the week on a downer, after a mixed bag of a week marked by vaccine rollout news and US pandemic relief.

Former engineering high flyer Ausenco has become the latest mining services company to be swallowed by private equity.

Shareholders have approved a $16 billion merger between the co-owners of Kalgoorlie-Boulder's Super Pit gold mine, consolidating it under one owner for the first time since mining began there 128 years ago.

360 Capital Group has taken another step towards launching a takeover play for Allan Fife’s Australian Industrial REIT.

A COMPANY spruiking luxury Redfern apartments claimed Aboriginal people have “moved out” of the Sydney suburb.

BROADCASTER Ten Network has told shareholders it is still considering takeover proposals, and cautioned the offers may not result in a transaction.

WOODSIDE has plugged the gaping hole in its growth pipeline, paying $4.6bn for interests in two liquefied natural gas developments.

The Reserve Bank is holding the line on low interest rates for years to come, but some economists warn the risks of an inflation "rebirth" are rising, an issue the US central bank will be discussing this week.

Falling oil prices drag down energy stocks on the ASX, while ABS figures show snap lockdowns hurt retailers in February.

AUSTRALIA’S coal exporters are facing a new challenge in the form of stiffer competition from Russian exporters in Asian markets.

ENERGY giant Santos has secured $1 billion in new debt ahead of a potential balance sheet shake up in the new year.

New Zealand’s competition watchdog has cited areas of overlap from a Fairfax-APN merger.

It could be a matter of time before a Chinese airline tries to buy a strategic stake in Qantas.

Fast-growing Melbourne payments company PromisePay is ramping its growth plans in the global platform economy.

GLOBAL miner Anglo American has flagged further job cuts and asset sales in a bid to restructure the company as prices fall.

The loss of forest, especially pine plantations, means a cloud of economic uncertainty hangs over Tumbarumba in southern NSW.

Josh Frydenberg is being warned that massive federal government debt from emergency pandemic spending could double in coming decades as borrowing costs rise and spending costs blow out.

THE proportion of women in leadership roles at in-house legal departments has grown strongly.

TPG Telecom has delivered a strong lift in profit in its final full-year results before it integrates its iiNet purchase.

Australians are the biggest consumers of meat in the world, yet an inevitable part of our meat-eating society — the killing of animals — is largely unseen. But community expectations about meat processing and animal welfare are changing.

The state records no locally transmitted coronavirus cases after a man in his 50s and his wife were diagnosed with the virus earlier in the week.

GLOBAL markets remained stuck in a volatility trap yesterday after a wild 48 hours marked by heavy losses from China to Europe.

TREASURY Wine Estates chief Michael Clarke is pledging to jettison his cheap commercial brands in the US.

While most coal-fired generators are demolished after their use-by date, the defunct Wallerawang power station in central-western NSW is being repurposed to help with Australia's renewable energy future.