Brittannie Edwards

Growing up in Tamworth, New South Wales, Benson says making it to where he is today didn’t even factor in his mind as a possibility. “When I started at ANZ at 15, there weren’t many Aboriginal faces on the main strip in town and there were a few people who refused to be served by me,” he remembers. Despite his early successes when he moved into the business banking team at ANZ, Benson says he sometimes felt out of place and struggled with imposter syndrome.

September 2, 2019 After rising for two consecutive months, ANZ Job Ads fell 2.8% in August. This pushed the annual decline down to -11.4%. In trend terms, job ads fell -0.5% m/m and -11.2% y/y. ANZ’s Head of Australian Economics, David Plank, commented: We had postulated that the gain in job ads in June and July was a consequence of the holiday and election-related weakness in May, rather than a sign of genuine recovery. The drop in job ads in August gives credence to that view.

The ANZ-CoreLogic Housing Affordability report is based on property, economic and demographic data and shows over the last two years housing affordability has been improving much faster than it had declined over the previous decade. For the first time, Hobart is the least affordable capital city for renters, while Darwin is now the most affordable capital city for buyers. Sydney is still the least affordable market to buy in, followed closely by Melbourne.