COVID-19

WA’s universities are not the only businesses bearing the brunt of fewer international students, with the economic fallout likely to extend to the state’s property, retail and transport sectors.

OPINION: The current economic crisis may provide an opportunity to re-engineer workplace relations.

Former Western Australian under-treasurer Tim Marney has been appointed deputy chair of the federal government’s five industrial relations working groups. Christian Porter, who will chair the working groups, announced Mr Marney’s appointment this week.

Perth’s interior designers are contemplating how mandatory working from home experiences will shape future workspaces.

Western Australians will be able to travel to the Kimberley, Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku and parts of the East Pilbara tomorrow after the federal government agreed to lift the state’s biosecurity restrictions, two weeks earlier than the anticipated deadline.

Western Australia’s property developers hope the physical isolation that has helped mitigate the worst of COVID-19 in this state will also insulate the local apartment market from a contagion of a different kind.

The business community has supported front-line charities during the pandemic, but the economic downturn may change this.

Denied the ability to perform or present their work during COVID-19 lockdown, arts organisations and independent artists in Western Australia have been investing their time navigating a range of recent funding initiatives.

The end of federal assistance to businesses and workers will be a pivotal point in how Australia emerges from COVID-19 lockdown.