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Retail turnover falls 0.1% in December 2011
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The latest ABS Retail Trade figures show that Australian retail turnover fell 0.1% in December 2011, seasonally adjusted, following a rise of 0.1% in November 2011.
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Busy mums want more paid work
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Men and women spend similar time undertaking all forms of work (both paid and unpaid) but some mums want more paid work hours according to the Gender Indicators, Australia publication released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today.
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Rates on hold could rattle confidence, says HIA
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The Reserve Bank Board decided to keep interest rates on hold at 4.25 per cent in February, missing an opportunity to bolster business and household confidence, said the Housing Industry Association (HIA), the voice of Australia's residential building industry.
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RBA leaves rate unchanged
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Statement by Glenn Stevens, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision - Reserve Bank of Australia.
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2,000 more international visitors a week scoot to the Gold Coast
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The Queensland Premier, Anna Bligh, has announced a major aviation deal with a new airline - worth an estimated $65 million a year - which will bring thousands of international travellers to the Gold Coast each week.
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Students to help guide future of shopping in Chapel Street
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Consumer behaviour in the City of Stonnington is under the microscope, as three groups of University of Melbourne students look at how shoppers use the council's well-known precincts.
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Discrimination law consolidation must not overreach
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The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is urging the Australian Government to ensure that the proposed consolidation of Australia's existing discrimination laws leads to legislation that is fair, reasonable and balanced for employers, and which does not overreach by lifting regulatory burdens or litigation potential.
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Business conditions and outlook decline across the board
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The latest edition of the ACCI Business Expectations Survey records virtually all actual and expectation indictors worsening in the December quarter. The movement in the three indicators across the entire survey that did improve were immaterial.
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Australian PSI®: Services sector lifts in January
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 The services sector recorded a lift in activity in January, following three consecutive months of decline, according to the latest Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (Australian PSI®).
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Ai Group Comment on release of Seamless National Economy Report
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"The Seamless National Economy Report released today (Friday 3 February 2012) outlines some important areas of progress in this critical national project but at the same time it highlights key areas in which we are falling behind," Ai Group Chief Executive Heather Ridout said today.
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Helping hand for volunteers
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Safe Work Australia Chair, Mr Tom Phillips AM, has launched a new volunteer assistance package developed by Safe Work Australia in partnership with Volunteering Australia.
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Airlines just the first off the carbon tax rank
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QANTAS may be the first of the airlines to foreshadow dramatic price hikes under the looming carbon tax but it won't be the last, Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Warren Truss warned today.
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Fair work decision - One small step closing gender pay gap
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Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) Director, Helen Conway, today applauded Fair Work Australia's decision to boost the remuneration of community and social services sector workers, but said there is still a long way to go to eliminate the gender pay gap.
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Bank funding - An explanation
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The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) has today released the following explanation for how bank funding works and why banks are under funding cost pressures.
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Total credit provided to the private sector by financial intermediaries rose by 0.3 per cent over December 2011, after rising by 0.3 per cent over November. Over the year to December, total credit rose by 3.5 per cent.
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