The Australian dollar touched a new nine-month high overnight, making another bid above US77¢ in an otherwise quiet trading night ahead of key Chinese economic data.

New targeted restrictions on lending and a depreciating renminbi have sparked the biggest sell-off in Chinese equities in more than five years.

Australians pay far less tax than they believe a new report finds, and certainly far less tax than the Treasurer thinks they do.

RBA governor admits deflationary forces are facing Australia but says they won't be serious. Is there reason for concern?

After 2½ years of steadily rising prices, the housing market appears to be running out of puff.

Australia has kicked off 2015 with a soft economy, a weakened dollar and a host of challenges facing its big corporate sectors. BusinessDay looks at the year to come.

The Telstra outage that left tens of thousands of customers' without NBN and ADSL services last week was caused by a faulty software update, the telecommunications giant has revealed.

Sliding prices for BHP's prime commodities are challenging the case for the "South32" demerger.

Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Russia will invoice gas buyers in “unfriendly countries” in roubles is either tactical genius or just a stunt that might backfire. It’s most likely the latter.

It is rare for one man to triumph against the establishment, especially when he has taken on a major insolvency firm and one of the country’s blue chip law firms.