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Data demand in Western Australia has surged more than 50 per cent since the state government introduced broad social distancing measures, according to latest figures from NBN Co.

Saracen Mineral Holdings was one of the first mining companies to respond to COVID-19, and managing director Raleigh Finlayson says the changes have profoundly changed his working life and the company's operations.

Leaders from Perth's investment community are urging startups to remain resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic, noting that ventures considered to be responding to the crisis will continue to receive funding.

Apartments in central Perth are maintaining resale values, with a vast majority of transactions in the past three years occurring at or above the median price for all dwellings, new research has fo

Santos has posted a 13 per cent drop in first-quarter revenue due to lower realised prices for oil and gas but says it has sufficient liquidity and debt headroom to weather the recent crude price c

Investors have helped Australian stocks into positive territory in early market trading after a rise in world oil prices overnight.

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Brent crude oil rebounded from two days of losses and US futures surged bolstered by tentative talk of additional supply cuts from OPEC producers and US inventory builds that were less dire than some expected.

Gold prices jumped as much as 1.9 per cent overnight on expectations of more stimulus measures amid massive economic damage due to restrictions around the world to slow the novel coronavirus.

There have been many surprises in this pandemic and one of them is learning who amongst us has the right level of resilience, appetite for risk and can keep a cool head under pressure.

The Australian share market has roared back from early morning losses of 2.3 per cent to finish flat on the day.

Western Australia marked its second day without any new COVID-19 cases, Health Minister Roger Cook said around a quarter of all deferred elective surgery may resume as of next week, and the federal government announced its intentions to stockpile $100 million of fuel.

Pioneer Credit has started to engage with potential buyers of the business and is also seeking to refinance its $220 million debt, after last week's collapse of the Carlyle Group takeover.

The number of Development Assessment Panels will be reduced from nine to five this week, as plans to streamline Western Australia's planning system come into effect.

S&P Global Ratings has lowered its credit rating on Virgin Australia to CC from CCC, saying it expects the company's unsecured debt providers will be forced to accept less value than they are owed as part of the company's debt restructuring process.

OPINION: Marketforce chief executive Adam Marshall, who spoke at the inaugural BN marketing and advertising webinar today, mapped out the three key questions organisations need to ask when they evaluate their strategy.

Iron ore exports nearly hit $100 billion in 2019 according to the latest state government data, while sales of gold and LNG reached new highs.

Retail turnover surged by a monthly record of 8.2 per cent in March as consumers rushed to stockpile groceries and office supplies ahead of COVID-19 lockdowns.

Woodside Petroleum has chosen London-based contractor TechnipFMC to develop the Lambert Deep and Greater Western Flank 3 project, in a contract worth up to $US250 million.

Dampier Gold today announced its decision to enter a joint venture with Torian Resources in relation to its promising Zuleika Project gold tenement.

Curtin University has been named one of the top online MBA providers in the world by QS World University Rankings, the only Western Australian university to appear on the list.

Social distancing measures have changed the way we buy groceries, cook and eat out, leading to growth in home-delivery businesses and innovation by others in the hospitality space.

The owner of Hollywood and Joondalup hospitals plans to raise $1.4 billion to help it deal with the adverse financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic, with St John of God Health Care also having to manage a sharp slowdown in its normal business.

Early trade has cast a bleak picture for the ASX today, after oil prices continued to slump overnight.

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Gold prices dropped nearly 2 per cent to a near two-week low overnight, while palladium slumped 15.5 per cent as investors scuttled for cash to cover losses in other asset classes mainly driven by a crash in oil markets as the coronavirus wrecks economies.

Brent oil futures prices plunged overnight, extending oil market panic into a second day as the coronavirus pandemic has obliterated demand for fuel.

The resources sector has enthusiastically embraced a new government-backed app designed to facilitate travel across Western Australia but the freight sector has been lukewarm in its response, despite being touted as a major beneficiary.

The Australian share market has plunged for a second day, falling to nearly a two-week low as US oil futures collapsed into negative territory.

There's a lot of very positive talk about pandemic-driven politics, where ideology has allegedly taken a back seat to science, and leaders can change position quickly on the basis of new facts rather than being slammed for backflipping.

Roger Cook has revealed which procedures will be given priority when elective surgery resumes next week. WA has reported only one coronavirus case overnight. Regional WA will gain rapid virus testing that will produce results within an hour.

About one in five Western Australians in the hospitality and recreation sectors lost their jobs in a three-week period, new Australian Bureau of Statistics data suggests, while the RBA has flagged an economic recovery could begin in the September quarter with GDP growth accelerating to 7 per cent next year.