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Western Australian Liberal Slade Brockman has been sworn in as the new Senate president.

The reopening trade gathered pace on the Australian share market after NSW scrapped quarantine and Qantas fast-tracked overseas flights.

Billionaire James Packer has been summoned to face a Western Australian royal commission examining whether Crown should retain its Perth casino licence.

Qantas will use a $802 million land sale to reduce debt and may yet move its headquarters to the same divested property.

Senior Morrison government ministers are confident the Liberals will strike a deal with the Nationals to get a target of net zero emissions by 2050 over the line.

The first rise of the week for Australian shares has coincided with a rise in unemployment as experts warn the economy will take time to recover from lockdowns.

WA mining magnate Andrew Forrest has slammed the state government for “dithering” on green hydrogen, days after unveiling plans to build a $1 billion green hydrogen hub in Queensland.

Western Australia’s unemployment rate has fallen to an eight year-low of 4.1 per cent while COVID-19 induced lockdowns have fuelled job losses in the eastern states.

Australia's medicines regulator has approved a key step towards the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine being given to children aged five to 11.

Australian shares are on a three-day slide as soaring energy prices make life more difficult for people trying to resume regular activity after the pandemic peak.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg believes there is a case to review the operations of the independent Reserve Bank of Australia.

Market giant CSL has helped offset losses on the Australian share market after revealing it is starting to collect more plasma for its therapies despite the pandemic.

School teachers could be the next group targeted for mandatory coronavirus vaccinations in Western Australia in a bid to accelerate the state's rollout.

Business confidence has surged on the hope that roadmaps out of COVID-19 lockdowns will allow economic activity to rebound in coming months.

Australian farmers are calling for a fair go in return for supporting an economy-wide aspiration of net zero emissions by 2050.

Leaders of Australia's biggest companies will forecast their fortunes in a post-lockdown economy after a listless start to the week on the ASX.

Treasury believes if a claw-back mechanism had been included in the JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme, the program would not have been as successful.

Western Australia will look to make coronavirus vaccinations mandatory in further sectors as new pop-up clinics open across Perth.

Shares in Star Entertainment Group fell sharply today following allegations its casinos were used to supprt money laundering as the New South Wales gaming regulator continues its assessment of both Star and competitor Crown Resorts.

Fortescue Future Industries will conduct a feasibility study on ammonia production in Brisbane, its second major deal in two days after announcing a hydrogen manufacturing hub in Gladstone.

A first week of gains in the past five on the ASX has investors feeling better, although there's wariness of China's highly leveraged economy.

The Australian Workers' Union has flagged a possible legal challenge to BHP's decision to lock out workers who refuse to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

Australia's education minister has pledged a rapid increase in international students returning next year with hopes tens of thousands could be welcomed.

Woolworths has settled a wage theft claim worth about $300 million and pledged to pay more underpaid workers $50 million.

The federal government has bolstered the latest round of the Building Better Regions Fund to $300 million to drive the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Investors are poised to stop a four week losing run on the Australian share market as they return to buying bank stocks.

The construction of Bullsbrook's 1,000-bed quarantine facility has officially begun today, just one month after the federal government abandoned plans to build it at Jandakot.

Payroll jobs dropped further by mid-September as coronavirus lockdowns continued to bite, and now stand below their pre-pandemic level.

Wesfarmers has bolstered its chances of taking over Australian Pharmaceutical Industries after buying a 19.3 per cent stake.

Bushfire-affected timber to be used in Australia's booming construction industry is set to start moving off Kangaroo Island.

Shares have had a mid-session collapse on the Australian market after New Zealand's central bank hiked rates due to rising prices.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has told banks they need to raise the serviceability buffer when assessing new loan applications.