Archived edition. Published Tuesday 20 October 2026. Market levels and indicators are as they stood that morning.

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The economy at a glance

Australian Indicators

Checked daily · ABS / RBA / Westpac / NABUnderstand the Indicators
Inflation (CPI)4.0%CurrentUp from 3.5% · 30 Sep 2026Next release: 28 Oct 2026Cash rate4.60%Effective 30 Sep 2026Up from 4.35% · announced 29 Sep 2026Next decision: 3 Nov 2026, 2:30pmConsumer confidence80.4Oct 2026 · Westpac indexDown from 84.4 · 6 Oct 2026Next release: 13 Oct 2026Business confidence-13Sep 2026 · NAB indexDown from -9 · 13 Oct 2026Updated 5 days agoUnemployment4.7%CurrentUnchanged from 4.7% · 15 Oct 2026Next release: 19 Nov 2026GDP growth0.4% q/qJune 2026 · 2.1% y/yNext release: 2 Dec 2026Housing & Value11,531,100 dwellingsUp 54,400 in Jun qtr 2026Mean price: A$1,100,400 · down A$8,200Briefing updated 3 days agoAustralia 10 Year Government Bond5.314%RBA closing yield · published weeklyUp from 5.288% · +2.6 bpsMarket date: 14 Oct 2026

Economic indicators are sourced from the organisations shown and may be revised, superseded or released on changed dates. They are not real-time. General and indicative information only—not financial product or investment advice. Verify the latest figures and release dates using the linked source before relying on them.

Industry pulse

Top 5 Australian F&B

The most commercially relevant food, beverage, retail and hospitality stories.

  1. 01Just addedSydney Morning Herald Good Food

    A day at the races: why trackside dining is Sydney’s hottest ticket

  2. 02Sydney Morning Herald Good Food

    Team behind Nour bring hit global cuisine to Oxford Street at long-awaited 115-seater

  3. 03The Guardian Australian Food and Drink

    Tricky time for lunchboxes: banana shortage hits supermarket shelves after cool weather in Queensland

  4. 04Sydney Morning Herald Good Food

    ‘Otherworldly fantasy land’: Why this luxury spa lunch is worth springing for

  5. 05Sydney Morning Herald Good Food

    Buckle in – this eight-seat Korean fine diner wants you to relinquish all control to the chef

Signals shaping business

Top 5 AI & Tech

The developments most likely to change how teams operate, compete and make decisions.

01Just addedBusiness Insider

The tech world reacts to the Elizabeth Holmes doc

02Just addedThe Decoder

Kling AI drops version 4.0 with stereo audio, multilingual lip sync, and a lighter Flash variant

03SiliconANGLE

Axonius launches AI Workforce virtual workers as AI Companion and MCP Server go live

04The Verge AI

A hacker broke into John Deere and SharkNinja with an army of AI agents

05Tom's Hardware AI

A Chinese hacker used AI agents to break into more than 100 company websites

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Jobs in Foodservice

Current Australian openings at the major food and beverage employers we track.

Private sector roles

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Public sector portals

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Search food and hospitality roles directly on each government’s own jobs portal.

Australian Government APS JobsNationalAPS Jobs — “food”Every Australian Government agency.AAFCANS, Army and Air Force Canteen ServiceNational · DefenceAAFCANS CareersCafes and canteens on Defence bases.NSW GovernmentNew South WalesI Work for NSW — Food ServicesPre-filtered to food services.Victoria State GovernmentVictoriaCareers.vic.gov.au — “food”Victorian public sector roles.Queensland GovernmentQueenslandSmart Jobs and CareersAll Queensland departments.Government of South AustraliaSouth AustraliaCareers.sa.gov.au — Food & HospitalityFood and hospitality hub.Government of Western AustraliaWestern AustraliaWA Government Jobs — “food”All Western Australian agencies.ACT Government, Canberra Health ServicesAustralian Capital TerritoryCanberra Health Services CareersCatering and food services in ACT Health.

Links open each government’s official jobs portal. We don’t list or store these roles.

Recruitment agencies

Specialist

FMCG & manufacturing desks

National coverage

Executive

Senior & leadership appointments

Retained search

Contract

Temp & project placements

Plant and site based

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