Sydney Morning Herald

1 day ago | smh.com.au | Colin Kruger

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The corporate regulator has targeted $82 billion financial giant Macquarie Group for the second time in a week, alleging it engaged in misleading conduct after failing to report as many as 1.5 billion short sales over 15 years.

1 day ago | smh.com.au | Cassandra Morgan |Iain Payten

By Cassandra Morgan and Iain Payten May 14, 2025 — 7.10am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. US Masters champion Rory McIlroy will compete in this year’s Australian Open in Melbourne, headlining the event over two years in a move that could re-ignite the tournament. Speculation has swirled around whether the five-time major would be the star attraction for the 2025 Open.

1 day ago | smh.com.au | Melissa Browne

Money columnist May 14, 2025 — 5.01am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It’s fair to say Australians have an obsession with property – it’s often considered a rite of passage to adulthood to buy our own home. After that, the next common goal is to pay down the mortgage on that home as quickly as possible. I mean, we don’t want to pay more interest than necessary right? Or do we?

1 day ago | smh.com.au | Elizabeth Redman

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The cost of building a new house has reached a record high, and experts warn there’s little chance that prices will ease. Labour and materials costs jumped when the pandemic began as lockdown-era stimulus of the construction industry collided with a global inflation breakout, and costs show no sign of reverting to previous levels.

1 day ago | smh.com.au | Hamish Hastie

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. More than 174,000 claims have been submitted for Western Australia’s student assistance payment in the scheme’s first fortnight. Government figures provided to WAtoday reveal the state is on track to surpass the 400,000 claims made during last year’s scheme.