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Victoria Devine at the 2026 Federal Budget lockup.

My question to Jim Chalmers wasn’t ‘hard hitting’. Here’s why I asked it

When an invitation to return to the budget for a second year came up, I didn’t hesitate. Here’s what it was really like.

  • Victoria Devine

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A surge in mental health conditions has driven Australia’s chronic ill health to a record high.

Mental health becomes a financial battleground as insurance premiums soar

Various conditions including total and permanent disability are rising in number and intensity, imposing upwards pressure on pricing.

  • Colin Kruger
The Bibby Stockholm, a barge that was used to house asylum seekers under Corporate Travel’s UK contract.

Fabricated letters and the ‘lone wolf’ who CTM says overcharged UK government $240m

ASX-listed Corporate Travel Management could face significant penalties after its shocking overcharging of the British government.

  • Colin Kruger
Raptis & Sons traces its history to the 1950s.

One of Australia’s largest seafood companies goes into administration

Australia’s largest wild-caught prawn operation has gone into voluntary administration, citing a difficult season last year.

  • Dominique Tassell
Will setting up a donation to a rival footy team, political party you hate, or cause you passionately disagree with, boost your chances of hitting your New Year’s goals?

Want to stick to your New Year’s resolutions? Here’s how economics can help

If by the second Friday of January — known as “Quitter’s Day” — you’ve dropped those ambitions, you’ll also be in good company.

  • Millie Muroi
Chris Marco outside the WA Supreme Court.

Investment guru guilty of fleecing investors of $30 million, assistant acquitted

The verdict comes after a marathon trial and almost a week’s deliberation by the jury.

  • Hannah Murphy
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Left: Sushi Sushi co-founder Susie Wong thought the company’s 2019 sale would allow her to retire at 50; instead there was a “train wreck”. Right:: Anna Kasman contends she helped turn the business into a fast food giant.

One man, two ex-wives and the $50m sushi sale that changed everything

The trio helped make sushi an Aussie lunchtime staple – so how did their intertwined personal and business relations end up frayed – and in court?

  • Tom Cowie and Stephen Brook
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Small business smarter: how to launch your big idea

Expert advice on turning your dream into a reality, from growth sectors to how much funding you need.

Sixty per cent of businesses surveyed by NAB say they plan to grow their business in the next year.

Businesses show surprising confidence despite inflation woes

While a significant number of businesses are struggling, 60 per cent of companies say they are planning to expand in the next year, a survey shows.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Administrator appointments have soared over the past 12 months as businesses struggle due to the soft economy.

‘We’ve lost a cylinder in a four-cylinder engine’: Insolvency help soars as economy struggles

There’s been an “astonishing” increase in the number of administrators appointed to struggling firms, in a further sign the overall economy is struggling.

  • Shane Wright