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The powerful people who control the purse strings of Australia’s biggest companies are worried about what lies ahead next year, coinciding with a warning the economy has “hit a wall”.Consulting firm Deloitte released its biannual CFO…

Embattled Chinese property juggernaut Evergrande has once again wriggled its way out of shutting down completely two years after becoming the most indebted company in the world. On Monday local time, many thought the property developer was…

Companies waiting for hybrid working to die off are setting themselves up for disappointment, a leading Australian expert has warned.Iva Durakovic is a researcher in workplace design at UNSW Sydney, who has penned two recent articles on…

There are warnings that the federal budget could see interest rates hiked above 4.1 per cent, plunging Australians into a world of financial pain.Betashares chief economist David Bassanese said Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ budget was…

Tuesday’s decision to hike interest rates to 3.85 per cent sent shockwaves through the country but Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) boss Philip Lowe has defended the central bank’s painful move.The 0.25 per cent increase to interest rates…

Melbourne woman Ellie Pietsch was living many people’s dream – working in a high profile job for one of Australia’s ‘Big 4’consultancies.But despite her success, she was wracked by a feeling of “personal friction” that left her “frustrated”…

One of the world’s largest accounting firms has slashed 3000 jobs abroad after a bold plan to split the company failed, leaving them at “overcapacity”. Earlier this year, big four accounting firm Ernst and Young (EY) announced it planned to…

More Australians have lost their jobs in a fresh wave of redundancies as another consulting firm delivered tough news to a handful of employees. Financial and engineering company Aurecon, which has 15 offices in Australia including in most…

Dominic Perrottet has been hit by bombshell revelations his government had investigated ways to privatise key functions of Sydney Water.The NSW Premier has repeatedly said during the campaign for the March 25 election his government has “no…

Superficially, it appears Australia’s house price correction may already have ended.PropTrack’s dwelling values index recorded a 0.2 per cent rise in February, which follows January’s 0.1 per cent increase.Capital city dwelling values rose…