Regional areas suffer from 'buyer's market with no buyers'

While Perth's property prices have dropped in the past three months, the real risk to people with mortgages is not negative equity but losing their job.

Former staff say years of cost cutting and reduced staffing has taken a toll on the experience of shopping at David Jones.

Can you be in administration and have receivers? Yes, and it is happening at David Jones, which is seeking to restructure but will likely face challenges.

A Productivity Commission inquiry into how to make businesses more dynamic releases its interim findings after being directed not to consider tax or industrial relations.