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Qantas has reported a first-half underlying pre-tax profit of $1.43 billion - turning around last year's loss - as strong demand helped offset high fuel costs.
The local share market has finished slightly higher as the market digested a spate of earnings reports from NIB, BlueScope Steel, Ampol, A2 Milk and others.
BlueScope has posted a drop in first-half net profit and warned of a "material impact" from proposed emissions rules for firms with big industrial facilities.
Industry, government and financiers need to invest more than $20 billion per year for the Australian economy to expand without dangerous levels of pollution.
Jim Chalmers will push to legislate a common objective for superannuation funds to stop early withdrawals and limit the use of super to accumulate wealth.
A blockbuster US retail sales report for January and a surprise increase in Australian jobless claims have pushed Australian stocks 0.8 per cent higher.
Recovery crews have been working through the night to access the location where two miners are believed trapped after a collapse at a north Queensland mine.
The average value of invoices between businesses in January fell to its lowest level since 2015, while trade payment defaults have been trending upward.
The federal government will need to agree to stop new coal and gas projects opening if it wants the Greens' help on a signature emissions reduction measure.
The Reserve Bank's former governor has delivered a scathing assessment of its recent performance as current chief Philip Lowe faces a parliamentary grilling.
The local bourse closed down 0.2 per cent, its fifth day of losses in the past six sessions, as one of the busiest weeks of Australian earnings season began.
Australian shares have finished down 0.8 per cent for the day and 1.7 per cent for the week as optimism fades for a central bank pivot away from rate hikes.
A telecommunications company has become the first to breach Australia's strict anti-SMS scam rules after failing to comply with new industry regulations.
Housing Minister Julie Collins has introduced legislation to set up a housing future fund which aims to increase the number of social and affordable homes.