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Retailers, shopping centre owners and shop assistants have joined forces to sell a plan to get people back into their stores and protect everyone's health.
Shares have slumped at the start of trade on the Australian stock market as investors respond to more global economic gloom from the coronavirus pandemic.
Gold prices fell overnight as investors liquidated their long positions, but was en route to its best month since August based on massive amounts of stimulus intended to help the economy recover from the COVID-19 outbreak.
Oil prices jumped overnight after producers said they would cut output and as signs the US crude glut was not growing as quickly as many feared resulted in an upbeat close.
Australia's largest car dealership chain says it laid off 1,200 employees last month as an initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns.
Virgin Australia's administrator has disclosed that at least 20 parties have expressed interest in buying the debt-laden airline, with reports today mining magnate Andrew Forrest is among the potential bidders.
Fortescue Metals Group has upgraded its annual iron ore shipments forecast after it reported a 10 per cent rise in third-quarter shipments and said it had managed to keep a lid on costs amid the coronavirus pandemic.
ANZ Banking Group will hold off paying shareholders an interim dividend as its first-half cash profit plunges 62 per cent on a $1 billion COVID-19 hit, and the prospect of more pain to come.
Woolworths has reported a 10 per cent jump in food sales at its Australian supermarkets for the third quarter, due to panic buying amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Oil prices surged more than 10 per cent after US crude stockpiles grew less than expected and gasoline posted a surprise draw, feeding optimism that fuel consumption will recover as some European countries and US state ease coronavirus lockdowns.
Gold has fallen as optimism around the easing of coronavirus-led lockdowns and hopes of a potential treatment drug propped up risk assets, while investors awaited the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy statement later in the day.
US crude prices settled lower, falling about 3.0 per cent as domestic stockpiles were expected to have risen closer to record highs amid tightening storage despite plans to cut production during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Australian share market has closed down marginally after another dip in oil prices outweighed gains by the tech and consumer discretionary sectors.
Lendlease aims to raise about $1.15 billion to guard against market uncertainty brought about by the coronavirus outbreak and has withdrawn all forecasts provided with its first-half results.
Westpac has announced it will take a $2.24 billion pre-tax first-half impairment charge, mostly because it expects some of its loan customers won't survive the coronavirus crisis.
Wesfarmers has accelerated a review into its underperforming Target business as coronavirus lockdown measures hammer sales and spell a likely earnings decline.
A Perth clinical research company wants healthy adults and elderly volunteers to participate in one of the world's first human coronavirus vaccine trials.
Brent crude fell below $US20 a barrel and US crude plunged 25 per cent, driven lower by skittish investors fleeing the US benchmark due to lack of available storage to deal with a coronavirus-induced collapse in demand.
Gold fell on Monday as US Treasury yields rose and plans by many countries to ease coronavirus-induced lockdowns whetted investor appetite for riskier assets, but unprecedented stimulus measures from governments provided underlying support.
STA Travel has been ordered to pay $14 million in penalties for misleading advertising related to a product that purported to let consumers change the dates of their flights without fees.
Oil has extended its rebound after major oil-producing nations said they would accelerate planned production cuts to combat the dramatic slump in demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gold prices jumped as much as 1.5 per cent to more than a one-week high overnight, after hopes of more stimulus from the United States to cope with a coronavirus-led lockdown.
The Australian share market has treaded water for a second straight day, with gains for mining and energy stocks outweighed by losses for the rest of the market.