Guillermo Troncoso

Consumer confidence has strengthened following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to cut the cash rate to a record low of 2.0 per cent.

The Abbott Government is to provide telecommunication companies and internet service providers with $131 million in order to help cover the cost of storing customer metadata over the next two years.

Australia’s small businesses are said to be receiving a tax cut in tonight’s budget, part of a portfolio that Small Business Minister Bruce Billson described as “delicious” and “delightful”.

The findings highlight relatively unchanged conditions of subdued confidence, which the NAB says points to a lack of movement towards “a sustained economic recovery developing”.

The second quarterly report on the Australian petroleum industry by the ACCC revealed the nation’s petrol prices hit their lowest point in real terms in over fifteen years, hitting 103 cents per litre in early February 2015.

After operating their own consulting firm and experiencing employment in journalism, graphic design, and print compositing, Martin and Melissa decided to focus on something tasteful: chai latte.

Music-streaming company Spotify is to give YouTube some competition by entering the Web-video market, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

Unions are calling for the Abbott Government to make employment the focus of next week’s Federal Budget, as new ABS figures reveal an increase in unemployment.

Staff are to be back-paid $4.8 million after their overtime rates were underpaid for at least six years.

Business confidence is at its lowest level in almost four years, according to the latest Roy Morgan Research Business Confidence results.