A new study has found the median rent as a percentage of aged care award pay was 97 per cent in Port Hedland as the sector continues to face workforce shortages and low occupancy.
WA appears set for a political makeover at the next federal election, with tax reform, integrity measures and action on climate change confronting whichever party forms government.
Lifting productivity growth looms as Australia's most immediate challenge this year, according to CEDA, which has singled out infrastructure and construction as sectors in need of shaping up.
