By Stephen Johnson, Economics Reporter For Daily Mail Australia 07:30 13 Jun 2023, updated 07:47 13 Jun 2023 NAB forecasting two more hikes by August This would take RBA cash rate to 4.6 per cent One of Australia’s major banks is now forecasting two more interest rate rises by August as a big minimum wage … [Read more…]
/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/PXU6RLAXJVBBHK3CJZ7VNK76WU.JPG "Whanganui District Council deliberates on annual plan; rates rise could be higher than first thought")
The final annual plan document will be presented at a council meeting on June 20 or June 27. Photo / Bevan Conley An average Whanganui rates rise of 8.3 per cent is all but locked in following deliberations on the district council’s 2023/24 annual plan. It was originally predicted to be 8.2 per cent. A … [Read more…]
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The first spring that Shirley Bellows planted the special bean this story is about, she picked it off a list in the Upper Canada Seeds company catalogue and sent $2 by cheque in the mail to Toronto based solely on its lovely, yet curious, name. Why name a bean, she wondered, after the Blue Jay? … [Read more…]
/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/YRFWY6SOQMSTULAPUNOFKQWDYU.jpg "Mainfreight boosts profit by a fifth to 6.5m")
Mainfreight Europe had its strongest trading result to date. Photo / Supplied A strong first six months was enough to steer Mainfreight to a 20 per cent improvement in net profit after tax (Npat) to $426.5m for the year to March, despite weaker trading conditions in its US and Asian markets. That was largely in … [Read more…]
Australians with a six-figure salary can consider themselves among the nation’s richest earners while most Sydney homeowners are part of the global elite, it has been revealed. The top 10 per cent of earners make $122,664 or more, tax figures show, with average coal miners ($124,550), school principals ($130,142) and dentists ($131,773) scraping into the … [Read more…]
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/LWLOMJPVOFGD5B7LL5OIQGSNYA.JPG "Politics Briefing: Ottawa supports 4-million landfill search for remains of two First Nations women")
Hello, The Prime Minister and the Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister say they are open to supporting a search for the remains of two First Nations women at a Winnipeg-area landfill that could end up costing $184-million. Justin Trudeau and Marc Miller were asked about the issue Friday, hours after the release of a study that detailed … [Read more…]