Labor has hit out at a federal government proposal to give aged care workers a $800 bonus, calling the boost a "sugar hit" which ignored other problems.
Wesfarmers, Mineral Resources, and Woodside were among the most notable WA-based political donors in the most recent financial year, with contributions of about $680,000 between them.
International students returning to Perth will be allowed to enter the state under strict conditions this week, but the rules for new recruits aren't yet clear.
On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer digs into fresh analysis from researchers at the University of Western Australia that shines a light on return rates for ASX IPOs.
Australia's share market has had its worst month in almost two years as investors wait to see if the Reserve Bank will join peers in flagging higher rates this year.
Strengthening commodity prices have helped conclude a smooth quarter for IGO and braced Pilbara Minerals through a period of lower production and labour shortages.
BHP has knocked Commonwealth Bank off the ASX top spot as a scheme of arrangement unifying the miner's UK and Australian corporate entities takes effect on the stock exchange.
Western Australia has recorded 12 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 overnight, more than half of whom are linked to the Northbridge nightclub cluster.
Australia's peak oil and gas lobby group has called for tax incentives in the next federal budget, while conservation groups demand fossil fuel subsidies be slashed.
Richard Goyder has become the latest executive to shun WA over the indefinite border backflip, confirming he will venture east for the foreseeable future.
Western Australians who have refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are being denied entry to most public venues as tough new rules come into effect.
Food suppliers and supermarkets are scrambling to find ways to get produce to WA, after it was announced flood-damaged rail lines in SA could take at least 12 days to be repaired.
On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie weigh up the economic and health factors behind the state government's decision to delay reopening WA's border.
Hancock Prospecting has struck agreements to sell eight cattle stations across Australia and is looking to sell two more but said it remains committed to the agriculture sector.
Shares had their best day since October 2020 on the ASX and gave brief respite for investors fearing the Reserve Bank will join the rate rise movement of 2022.
Newcrest shares fell sharply in response to a quarterly update that detailed a 10 per cent lift in production but potential COVID-19 headwinds at its PNG operations.
West Australian Opera's performance of Carmen at the WACA Ground in February has been postponed due to uncertainty around the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant and the possibility of further restrictions.
Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the inflation risk, COVID, FMG, Sinosteel, Williams Engineering, Cottesloe development, private companies, breweries and distilleries, and UWA's ASX research.
