Alison Branley

Katharina Mildren's clothes have attracted legions of fans online and she ships items around the world, but there is one place you will not find her garments: in a shop.

Amid fast-rising prices — from materials craned in, to rubbish trucked out — a residential builder lists the costlier surcharges, levies and products hammering the construction industry and fuelling inflation.

Helium is used in health care and to make microchips and semiconductors, but the Middle East war has affected supply. Some think it is an opportunity for Australia's gas industry.

A former Bupa executive accuses health insurers of using "almost bullying" tactics in their negotiations with private hospitals, while the Australian Private Hospitals Association says insurers have become "cowboys" in need of regulation.

Leaked contracts obtained by the ABC reveal Bupa's deals with private hospitals impose stifling conditions on operators that are too small to push back.

Clean energy groups are warning power prices could go up under proposed changes to Australian taxes on foreign investment.

The treasurer says changes to capital gains tax for foreign investors is a clarification, but experts say it could dampen investment.

The loopholes to look for if you're thinking about downgrading or changing your private health insurance.

ASX drops back following President Donald Trump's speech on Iran. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News markets blog. 

There are growing calls for more oversight of private health insurers as they move into other health care businesses. 

Major insurers like Medibank Private and Bupa are buying up GP clinics in a move that could lead to US-style managed care.

Increasing partnerships between health insurers, GP centres and telehealth services has raised concerns about a potential two-tier system in which privately insured patients have more affordable access to GP consultations.

More pain could be coming from motorists if economists' predictions about the impact of rising fuel prices on inflation prove correct.

Star casino's former top boss and its legal counsel both breached their director's duties and "failed" to heed warnings about money laundering by Chinese criminal syndicates, the Federal Court in Sydney has found.

The technology sector is leading ASX's rebound after strong gains on Wall Street, and a court finds Star's former CEO and lawyer failed to exercise their powers and duties as directors. 

Nationally, the median house price for all the capital cities is now more than $1 million.

Private health insurance premiums are set to rise. 

Australians are increasingly downgrading their health cover, with 360,000 people leaving gold policies since 2020. But some have been left out of pocket for surgeries they thought they were covered for.

You might be missing out on cheaper items at the pharmacy because of flaws in the way Australia subsidises medicines.

Painkillers, HRT therapies and incontinence medicines are among the drugs that will not benefit from the new maximum $25 script price.

Gambling giant Sportsbet pressured the Australian Communications and Media Authority into "watering down" enforcement announcement, the ABC can reveal.

The Commonwealth Bank persuaded a key regulator to delay announcing it had broken spam laws until after its AGM, new documents reveal. 

As hundreds of thousands of high school seniors consider university, they are being warned that enrolling in humanities degrees will leave them with a debt close to $55,000.

As Western Sydney University prepares to shed hundreds of staff due to its dire finances, leaked documents reveal it is paying consultants as much as $2,850 a day.

With the university sector in crisis, thousands face losing their jobs as unions blame poor management and students say they've lost hope.