Fleming Financial Planning

26/10/2026

Mark Bouris is predicting a recession in Australia. Let's hope the federal government instead reduces spending and curbs inflation, interest rates don't continue going up, and we don't have a recession 'we had to have'.

22/10/2026

Eli Richards has made the national althletic championship held in Perth later this year. Jason went to school with Eli's dad, they are good people. Any help to get Eli to Perth would be greatly appreciated!

Eli Richards 16 Year Old from a small QLD country town of Tansey Competes in Discus and needing to raise money to get to Nationals in Perth

20/10/2026

Cost-of-living protests turn into riots across France

Authorities reported violent incidents in ​several cities, including vandalism in Marseille and attacks targeting police, media and public buildings.

19/10/2026

Weak property market dents state budget, possibly up to $30 Billion. This will certainly have an effect on what each state can afford to do, spending cuts.

Economists warn that a prolonged property market downturn threatens to leave state budgets $30 billion worse off over four years.

07/10/2026

House prices slide for a sixth straight month. Rising interest rates expected to push the fall even further.

Four interest rate rises and changes to tax concessions wiped 1.1 per cent off residential values in the past month. Use our searchable table to check your area.

06/10/2026

Inflation back at 4%, a day after the RBA's rate rise - may be more interest rate rises on the horizon

Australia’s annual inflation rate rose to 4.0% in August, driven by higher housing and fuel costs, a day after the Reserve Bank raised the cash rate to 4.60%.

24/09/2026

ASX payouts rebound with $40 billion dividend distribution.

The vast majority of the bumper payout – the third-largest on record and the first increase in three years – is expected to help prop up the local sharemarket.

21/09/2026

New US Fed Chair Kevin Warsh defies Trump with unanimous rate increase, curb inflation.

Rates were hiked in a unanimous decision despite fierce opposition from President Donald Trump, who had called for a cut.

17/09/2026

Strong jobs data lifts the odds of a September Fed hike.

Financial market coverage by the UBS CIO House View. The US economy added substantially more jobs than expected in August, strengthening the case for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.

15/09/2026

While investors are bracing for a fourth interest rate rise from the RBA this year, it is good news for those headed overseas.