The local share market has rebounded as investors cling to hopes the US and Iran might soon return to the negotiating table rather than resume their war.
Premier Roger Cook has confirmed the state government started discussions to turn the $400 million Bullsbrook centre, built during the pandemic, as a low-security prison facility.
The state government has reversed its decision to stop all but one tourism operator from passing through the Kimberley landmark at the end of this year.
An innovative Perth carpark developer says the recent buy-in of a leading east coast concreter will pave the way for the company to gain a foothold in the booming data centre construction market.
The taxpayer-backed Sydney to Busselton Jetstar flights have been suspended as fallout from the Middle East war forces Qantas Airways to scale back services and flag a fuel cost blowout.
A coalition plan to end non-discriminatory immigration has been criticised as a desperate appeal to One Nation supporters, as legal experts warn it risks politicising a robust system.
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite indexes have rallied more than one per cent as investors appeared hopeful that a resolution to the Middle East war could be found.
The Australian share market has fallen after Middle East peace talks broke down at the weekend and the United States said it would begin its own blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
An upcoming judgment over billions of dollars of iron ore royalties and shared ownership of mining tenements is expected to be short-lived with parties almost certain to appeal.
Austral Fisheries is enjoying a bountiful northern prawn season after a tough few years, but is carefully watching fuel prices which both limited competition and raised costs significantly.
Changes at the top of Australia's defence force have been announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, including the appointment of the army's first female chief of army.
Japanese LNG producer Inpex will divert a condensate cargo from its Ichthys project off the WA coast to domestic refiners in the east, in a bid to support the nation's fuel security.
A further $1.5 billion will be spent on health infrastructure and the establishment of a new central coordination office as the Cook government pledges to “unlock” more than 900 hospital beds.
