Tuesday 4 May 2021

Westpac announces a bumper half year profit, including bigger dividends, sending all the big banks’ share prices higher. 

Also today:

• The pace of growth of house prices falls, but peak property is still some time away.
• Job ads surge suggesting that even the end of JobKeeper can’t stop the employment market. 
• And airfare wars are back and that’s good news for flyers.