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A third consecutive day of ASX gains may sound impressive, but an analyst said investors were finding it hard to go higher.

Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has restated his support for permanently increasing the rate of JobSeeker unemployment benefits.

Jeff Bezos, who founded and turned Amazon into an online shopping behemoth, is stepping down as the company's CEO, a role he's had for nearly 30 years.

The federal government's JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme will come under the auditor-general's microscope.

Western Australia is likely to remain subject to COVID-19 restrictions beyond the five-day lockdown despite highly-encouraging test results.

Businesses struggling from coronavirus restrictions could be in line for targeted relief packages when wage subsidies are scrapped.

UPDATED: Elderly Australians have been given the medical regulator's okay to get the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine after concerns raised from overseas were allayed.

Investors had their highest gains in almost four weeks on the Australian share market, as the Reserve Bank said it would extend its bond-buying to keep economic recovery on track.

The Reserve Bank has left the cash rate and its other monetary policy rates unchanged after its first board meeting for 2021.

UPDATED: A hotel quarantine security guard who roamed the streets of Perth while infected with COVID-19 "did everything right", a Western Australian health chief says.

Scott Morrison shows no signs of blinking first in response to Google's threat to remove its search engine from Australia over the proposed media bargaining code.

Australia's share market turned around mid-session and followed Asian markets higher to record its biggest gain in almost two weeks.

Clive Palmer's Mineralogy and Woodside Petroleum were among the biggest political donors last year, having contributed a combined $6.2 million to federal parties.

The chief executives of ExxonMobil Corp and Chevron Corp reportedly held preliminary talks in early 2020 to explore combining the two largest US oil producers.

Almost $2 billion will be spent equipping hospitals and other health centres to administer coronavirus vaccines.

Western Australians have completed their first night of lockdown, triggered after a hotel quarantine security guard attended more than a dozen venues while infected with COVID-19.

Australia's share market has experienced the ripple effect of the US GameStop controversy, closing lower for a third consecutive day as US hedge funds sold stock to recover huge losses.

The chair of Australia's corporate regulator has been cleared of misconduct after an expenses investigation, but will still resign.

Most Australian farmers are set for a profitable year with the rebound from drought set to outweigh coronavirus and trade tensions with China.

Australians stranded in Europe are facing yet another hurdle to return home after Emirates suspended outbound flights from the United Kingdom.

Google's power over the multi-billion-dollar online world of advertising is front and centre of a new consumer watchdog report.

UPDATED: Commonwealth Bank boss Matt Comyn expects scrutiny and regulatory concerns to increase for buy now, pay later providers.

Australia's share market had its biggest loss since September, but an investment analyst believed the decline could be good for investors.

Virgin Australia has confirmed 350 corporate and head office staff will depart in coming months as its major restructure draws to a close.

Coronavirus vaccine giants Pfizer and AstraZeneca will face a grilling from politicians hunting answers about Australia's immunisation effort.

Investors had their biggest loss on the share market in more than a week, but a modest rise in inflation indicated conditions should remain favourable for some time.

The economic alarm has again been sounded over climate inaction, with an environmental group warning the cost of extreme weather has more than doubled over the last 50 years.

The Western Australian Liberals are refusing to commit to having their policies costed by Treasury as potentially record numbers of people prepare to cast an early vote.

The IMF has upgraded its global economic growth forecast for this year, but admits that exceptional uncertainty remains.

Business conditions have risen to their highest levels in two years, suggesting strong momentum in Australia's economic recovery.

Australia will pledge $1.5 billion over five years to help build a more climate-resilient world and set up a new agency to deal with disaster resilience and risk reduction.

The diplomatic row between Australian and China rolls on, but new figures show trade between the two countries has not been totally throttled by the war of words.