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Coles shoppers cut back on meat, treats and bottled water

The grocery giant continued to see cost-cutting behaviours from customers, like reducing consumption on treats, alcohol, meat, and bottled water as they look for savings.

Cheyanne Enciso

Analysts say Asia-Pacific markets are likely to follow some optimism on Wall Street. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

MarketsAustralian shares creep higher despite uncertainty

The Australian share market has a fifth straight session of gains in its sights, but its momentum is showing signs of slowing.

Adrian Black

Inflation figures point to a rate cut in May NewsWire / John Appleyard

BREAKINGEasing inflation gives mortgage relief hope

Underlying inflation dropped again in the March quarter, strengthening the case for the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates.

Cameron Micallef and Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

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Core inflation has edged back into the Reserve Bank’s target band but there are signs of fresh pressure as health and education remain hot.

Matt Mckenzie

Coles says shoppers are still looking for heavily discounted stock. NewsWire / James Gourley

FINANCESurprising items Aussies giving up

Supermarket giant Coles reveals the items Australians are cutting back on due to cost-of-living pressures.

Cameron Micallef

BUS IGO chief executive Ivan Vella speaking at a WA Mining Club lunch at Burswood.

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Vella getting impatient as Kwinana keeps going flat

IGO boss Ivan Vella said the battery metals producer “cannot continue to just spend money” at its jointly-owned Kwinana lithium refinery “without a clear path of where that takes us economically”.

Adrian Rauso

BiotechOrthocell adds Canada to string of approvals for Remplir

Orthocell has added Canada to its string of regulatory approvals for its flagship nerve repair product.

Cheyanne Enciso

Donald Trump was reportedly left 'pissed' by Jeff Bezos after a 'hostile' Amazon move.

World News‘Pissed’: Trump, Bezos call over ‘political act’

The White House has named and shamed online shopping giant Amazon over a ‘hostile’ act against the US President, before Donald Trump backflipped and called Jeff Bezos ‘terrific’.

Max Corstorphan

World Politics‘They’re calling’: Trump on Labor’s failed attempts to talk

US President Donald Trump has confirmed Australia has been calling the White House, revealing he plans to speak with the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about trade and a deal.

Max Corstorphan

The Santa open pit mine at Vault Minerals' Mt Monger operations south-east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Output easesVault Minerals’ gold production falls in latest quarter

Production has fallen and costs rose across Vault Minerals’ three production centres in the Goldfields and Murchison — but the company is holding the line on its guidance for this financial year.

Neil Watkinson

Northern Star Resources experienced “operational challenges” at the Super Pit during the March quarter.

Lowering sightsNorthern Star Resources cuts FY25 production guidance

Northern Star Resources has lowered its production guidance for the current financial year because of delays accessing the high-grade Golden Pike North area of the Super Pit.

Neil Watkinson

Pictured with her posseions inside her sisters' garage is Suzie Jackson, a 57 year old woman who is couch surfing because she can not find an affordable rental.

Housing marketRooms in share houses unaffordable for welfare recipients

The rental vacancy rate may have improved, but every single home is unaffordable for all bar two of Perth’s tens of thousands of welfare recipients.

Kim Macdonald

Amazon set up Amazon Haul in November to compete against websites like Temu and Shein. (AP PHOTO)

BusinessAmazon denies plan to list cost of US tariff on website

Amazon says it will not added tariff costs next to product prices on its main site - contrary to speculation caused by a report on a news website.

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Five years on from the pandemic, 36 per cent of Australians still regularly work from home. (David Mariuz/AAP PHOTOS)

work relationsRemote work saving time and money with benefits for all

Australians who work from home have cut their commutes by about three hours a week, saving more than $5000 a year in doing so, research has found.

Maeve Bannister and Alex Mitchell

Telcos will need to provide users with more info about outages under stricter new rules. (Jack Atley/AAP PHOTOS)

InternetIs it down? Strict rules for telcos that suffer outages

Phone and internet users will be given more details when their services drop out under rules imposed on telecommunication providers.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

The release of new inflation numbers has fuelled expectations of a rate cut in May. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

EconomyInflation settles, making room for interest rate cut

Quarterly inflation figures have come in slightly higher than expected, but could still make room for an interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank.

Adrian Black

HealthSurge in alcohol liver disease since start of COVID

More Australians have been hospitalised for alcohol-related liver diseases since the COVID pandemic, new WA research has revealed.

Claire Sadler

Wall Street investors are monitoring earnings results for how tariffs may effect corporate outlooks. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsWall Street gains as earnings, data and tariffs gauged

US stocks have closed higher as investors monitored developments in the trade relationship between the United States and China.

Chuck Mikolajczak

Donald Trump says his latest order on tariffs is aimed at giving the auto industry 'a little relief' (AP PHOTO)

BusinessTrump signs order to ease car tariffs burden

US President Donald Trump has signed an order on car tariffs designed to give some relief to the auto industry on the eve of his 100th day in office.

David Lawder, Andrea Shalal and Kalea Hall

POLITICSBig problem with Albo’s electorate

Labor wants to win a majority government, but new data shows it already represents half of Australia’s least affordable areas to live in.

Blair Jackson and Jessica Wang

A builder, who asked not to be named, said much of the slowdown was due to overpaid tradies, who were not putting in the hours that they used to work.

ConstructionWA’s overpaid tradies now twice as slow, builder claims

Builders have called for a bigger intake of migrant tradies amid newly released data showing it takes twice as long to build a house now compared with five years ago.

Kim Macdonald

Horizon Minerals’ recently acquired Black Swan processing infrastructure near Kalgoorlie, which the company plans to convert into a gold plant.

Horizon adds huge nickel resource to Kalgoorlie gold operations

Horizon Minerals’ updated mineral resource highlights a massive nickel boost from its recent merger with Poseidon Nickel, adding a huge spread of nickel icing to its Kalgoorlie golden cake.

Craig Nolan

MarketsASX closes at fresh two month high

Soaring energy, utilities and information technology stocks drove the ASX200 higher on an overall positive day for the market.

Cameron Micallef

MiningEx-premier scathing of Albo’s rare earths stockpile plan

Former WA Premier Colin Barnett has argued building Australia’s own supply of rare earths and selling to other allied countries under the Federal Government’s mining reserves plan will offend China.

Simone Grogan

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updated updatedRetailComments updatedColes shoppers cut back on meat, treats and bottled water

MarketsPremiumAustralian shares creep higher despite uncertainty

BREAKINGPremiumEasing inflation gives mortgage relief hope

breaking breakingEconomyComments breakingYour move RBA with inflation lowest since 2021

FINANCEPremiumSurprising items Aussies giving up

updated updatedMiningPremium updatedVella getting impatient as Kwinana keeps going flat

BiotechCommentsPremiumOrthocell adds Canada to string of approvals for Remplir

World NewsComments‘Pissed’: Trump, Bezos call over ‘political act’

World PoliticsComments‘They’re calling’: Trump on Labor’s failed attempts to talk

Output easesPremiumVault Minerals’ gold production falls in latest quarter

Lowering sightsPremiumNorthern Star Resources cuts FY25 production guidance

Housing marketPremiumRooms in share houses unaffordable for welfare recipients