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Gary Martin analyses Premier Mark McGowan's performance during the coronavirus pandemic.

Stavely Minerals says it will use $28 million raised to progress the company's flagship copper-gold project in Victoria, while Lion One Metals has sought funds for its Fijian gold project.

Scott Millar did not have a lot of experience or credentials at the age of 14 when, spurred on by a school project, he started selling trinkets and jewellery at his local markets.

The argument for a return of local manufacturing is being made repeatedly, without any effort to lay the correct groundwork.

Mineral Resources has achieved record iron ore production for the June quarter, while Western Areas says its nickel output fell just below the company's full-year guidance.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest's Tattarang has announced Herbert Smith Freehills partner Jason Ricketts will join the investment group as general counsel.

A growing number of Perth vloggers and creatives are doing very nicely out of the Google-owned video-sharing platform.

AAA rating defies $184b deficit

Oil prices fell 2 per cent overnight as investors worried the US Congress may not agree on a stimulus package and as jobless numbers rose, while analysts prepared to cut energy demand forecasts as the number of coronavirus cases surges higher.

Gold prices jumped more than 1 per cent, just shy of the $US1,900 level overnight, boosted by an easing US dollar and hopes for more stimulus to revive virus-hit economies, while a rise in US jobless claims raised concerns of a slower economic recovery.

Coca-Cola Amatil said it would write down the value of its Indonesian assets by $160 million to $190 million as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leederville-based Bateman Architects has been appointed to lead the design of the second stage of Ridge View Secondary College in Baldivis.

The ASX has closed higher after Treasurer Josh Frydenberg delivered a budget update that showed a deficit that was not as high as the market had feared.

Northern Star Resources has achieved record gold output for the June quarter, with production from its Australian operations up 6.5 per cent on the same time last year.

A new road planned for the Rockingham Industry Zone will unlock 73.5 hectares of industrial land.

Strike Energy project partner Talon Petroleum has raised $5 million from a share placement to fund an upcoming drill program in the Perth Basin.

Local manufacturers could be eligible for up to $500,000 worth of funding as part of the state government's $10 million Local Capability Fund package.

Newcrest Mining has achieved its production guidance for the 2020 financial year, however, the goldminer's full-year output was 13 per cent down on the prior year.

Adelaide-based Santos has reported an 18 per cent drop in second-quarter revenue due to lower realised prices for its oil and gas.

Takeover target Cardinal Resources has received a higher purchase offer from China-based Shandong Gold, after competing buyer Nordgold upped its bid last week.

Australia will suffer a $184.5 billion deficit as the coronavirus drives a wrecking ball through the economy.

The way Adrian Fini and Ben Lisle got to know each other says a lot about how they plan to work together after merging their businesses.

Budget disaster could be worse

Oil prices fell overnight as US government data showed a surprise rise in US crude inventories, and as tensions escalated between the United States and China.

Gold surged to a nine-year peak overnight as an escalation in US-China tensions stoked demand for safety, while silver followed bullion's rally to hit a near seven-year high on hopes for a recovery in industrial demand.

The federal government will not appeal a landmark ruling on the 2011 live cattle export ban.

Retail sales in Australia rose a solid 2.4 per cent in June, as people flocked to reopened cafes and restaurants and spent more on clothing in the first full month of trade since the lockdowns ended.

The Australian share market has fallen across most sectors as investors apparently looked to book profits after recent gains, while the dollar has hit a 15-month high.

Shares in both Metalicity and Nex Metals Exploration were up today after the joint venture recommenced drilling at the high-grade Kookynie gold project in Western Australia.

COVID-19 has taken a wrecking ball through the IPO market, cutting raisings by 80 per cent, although those that proceeded outperformed other equities.

OncoRes Medical has been awarded $1 million in federal funding to develop technology that can reduce the need for repeat operations in breast cancer patients.