The Australian share market has closed lower after positive November jobs data pared the chances of a February interest rate cut and took the gloss off local equities.
Australia's chief executives have listed digital transformation as their top concern heading into a new decade, according to KMPG's annual survey of nearly 200 c-suite executives.
Treasurer Ben Wyatt and Community Services Minister Simone McGurk have said the state government will spend up to $60 million in the next four years to ensure community service providers can pay for higher wages now mandated under the Equal Remuneration Order.
A senior bureaucrat accused with two others of Western Australia's biggest public sector theft is behind bars after failing to produce a $1.5 million surety.
Donald Trump has become only the third US president to be impeached as the House of Representatives formally charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in a historic step that will inflame a deeply divided America.
A surge in part-time work helped the jobless rate tick down to a seasonally adjusted 5.2 per cent in November, but economists still expect another interest rate cut despite the better-than-expected employment figures.
WA consumers are entering 2020 with subdued confidence, according to research from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA, with four out of five consumers surveyed expecting the economy to worsen or stay the same.
ASX200 boards now feature 30 per cent women for the first time ever, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors, leaving just seven companies in that index without female representation on their board.
Lynas Corp says its project to build a rare earths-processing plant in Kalgoorlie will get assistance on management and coordination of approvals from the WA state government.
Seven West Media has copped a fresh blow as its takeover of Prime Media hit the rocks, with the broadcaster's $40 million sale of its Pacific Magazines titles to rival Bauer Media also in doubt.
Oil prices steadied overnight after US government data showed a decline in crude inventories and on expectations for an uptick in demand next year on the back of progress in resolving the US-China trade row.
Gold dipped overnight, weighed down by a firmer US dollar which found support from mounting expectations the US Federal Reserve will not cut interest rates soon while palladium retreated from record highs.
The state government has used today's mid-year review to tout falling debt levels and a higher surplus, disguising what are otherwise middling projections for GSP and wage growth.
Whitebark Energy has acquired full ownership of its Wizard Lake project, following a successful $5 million capital raising to consolidate and fast track the project's development.
Alkimos, Piara Waters, Treeby, Burns Beach and Wellard will all receive new primary schools ahead of the 2022 school year, with the state government announcing the $116 million investment ahead of today's mid-year budget update.
Seven West's acquisition of Prime is unlikely to be approved by shareholders, Prime says, even as the competition watchdog cleared the $64 million takeover.
Former MLC Phil Edman has left the Liberal Party following an investigation into the alleged misuse of his electorate allowance to fund sordid personal activities.
Oil prices rose more than 1.0 per cent overnight, supported by hopes the US-China trade deal will bolster oil demand in 2020 after a prolonged dispute between the world's two largest economies dented global market sentiment.
Gold steadied overnight as robust US manufacturing data lifted risk appetite and offset lingering doubts on US-China trade while scarce palladium retreated after its record run towards the $US2,000 an ounce level.
US growth, investment and unemployment numbers all look improved under President Donald Trump, but it is still early days to call the full impact of his tax cut package passed two years ago this month.
Sea to Summit will receive $30 million as part of a contract with the Australia Defence Force, with the WA-based defence business providing shelters, training and protective equipment to personnel in Australia and overseas.
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA has celebrated the addition of 12,000 jobs to the state's resource sector in the 2018-19 financial year, bringing the overall number of workers employed in the sector to 124,010.
