June 18, 2013 The Reserve Bank sees further falls in the dollar to help rebalance economic growth as the mining boom peaks.

June 18, 2013 Pacific Brands chief executive John Pollaers has unveiled a five-year blueprint to internationalise the company's underwear division that would clothe shoppers from England to China in such loved Aussie brands as Bonds and Berlei.

June 18, 2013 A vehicle needs to be used for business purposes to be able to claim a tax deduction for its use.

June 18, 2013 Low interest rates and an upswing in the property market have resulted in the state government budgeting to receive a near-record $5 billion in stamp duties.

June 18, 2013 The state government has lifted the payroll tax threshold while removing indexation – meaning more small business owners will be subject to the tax in coming years.

June 18, 2013 Big banks have passed on official interest rate rises to their customers in less than half the time it takes them to deliver rate cuts, new figures show.

June 18, 2013 Not-for-profit AustralianSuper will merge with the Queensland-based AUST(Q) Super.

June 18, 2013 Lawyers for Ginia Rinehart, mining magnate Gina Rinehart's youngest daughter, may issue subpoenas for journalists' notes over "highly disparaging" remarks from her brother, John Hancock, published in various newspapers.

June 18, 2013 Get caught nicking a $5 T-shirt from Big-W and the police will take you down the station. Get caught stealing a $500 washing machine via a credit card fraud perpetrated on an online merchant and the police, well, they have a lot of other things to do. Keep the white goods.

June 18, 2013 Target has all but run up the white flag and offered to settle its court battle with US cosmetics giant Estee Lauder over its sale last year of allegedly counterfeit MAC make-up.