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Millions of workers will get a 4.75 per cent pay rise after Fair Work raised modern award wages above the rate of inflation. Catch up on the day's financial news and insights from our specialist business reporters on our blog.

Last year in the US alone, projects collectively worth $200 billion were scuppered or delayed as communities protested the construction of new data centres promised to deliver the AI of the future. 

The Australian share market traded lower while the federal government proposed tougher scam laws targeting tech giants. 

The local share market is in the red, while shares in stock exchange operator ASX Ltd have tumbled on a trading update. 

Australian markets have risen this morning, with Guzman Y Gomez surging on news it has pulled out of the US market.

Optus' owner Singtel says it is looking to sell a minority stake in it. And the jobless rate has jumped to 4.5 per cent, raising expectations the RBA may pause its interest rate hikes in June. Look back on the day's market activity in our blog.

The local share market rebounded Monday's heavy selling, as shares in Tuas made back some of their heavy losses. Look back on the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News markets blog.

Delta Goodrem’s vocals secure a fourth-place finish for Australia in the annual contest, with Bulgaria taking top spot. 

The ASX200 finished the week lower, and oil headed for a weekly gain as the reopening of the critical Strait of Hormuz waterway and end to the war in the Middle East remain in doubt.

In good news for travellers, the Australian dollar is now sitting comfortably above a four-year high as investors see the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates and the RBA hiking them.

It was the worst day on the stock market for Australia's biggest bank since March 2020, when it dropped about 10 per cent, with sentiment also weighed by a trading update and broader weakness in bank stocks.

Australian shares slid while DroneShield was being investigated by ASIC over disclosures and share trading. Look back on the day's financial news and insights from our specialist business reporters on our live blog.

Shares in CSL tanked, with the stock closing 16 per cent lower at $100.75 after touching decade lows during the session. It warned of an additional $6.9 billion impairment charge as it downgraded its profit outlook.

Displays of military strength and perpetual promises of peace do little to mask the reality that major powers aren't always able to control the wars they helped create.

Ellena Savage's debut essay collection, Blueberries, was a surprise hit. In her new novel, The Ruiners, she takes on Charles Dickens and the illegal waste trade.

The Australian share market closes sharply lower, experiencing the biggest one-day fall in seven weeks and a near-$50 billion wipeout as oil prices rose on reports of a fresh escalation of Middle East tensions.

Foreign leaders and lobbyists thought they would write the next chapter in Catholic history. They failed and Leo is proving to be the pope that some of them feared.

The ASX's rebound continued into a second session while Tabcorp's shares were crunched on news of a fresh money-laundering investigation. Look back at how the trading day unfolded on our business blog.

The local share market and currency rose strongly on Wednesday. Look back at how the session unfolded on the ABC News markets blog. 

The country's currency falls to a record low against the euro as concerns mount about the state of its finances.