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Shares had their biggest loss on the Australian market in more than two weeks as investors brace for the final US Federal Reserve decisions of the year.

WA gas shortfall looms in 2025

Woolworths and Afterpay shares had sizeable falls as investors questioned their short-term outlook and kept the Australian market steady.

Jason Chan will lead Bankwest as executive general manager, after his predecessor Sinead Taylor was appointed to the c-suite of Commonwealth Bank.

‘Bidding war’: AdBlue shortage sparks run on auto stores

There was plenty of optimism to start the week on the Australian share market, despite a US Federal Reserve meeting looming and more warnings about Omicron.

Western Australia's premier is set to finally reveal when the state's borders will open, ending months of speculation and frustration for locked-out families.

Surging economy takes ‘$100b off deficit’

Australia's share market slipped as traders turned cautious before the release of US inflation figures, which may shift interest rate expectations.

Business News is pleased to announce that respected journalist Gary Adshead will join the reporting team in 2022.

Browse LNG piped to the NT a cheaper option

A midweek relief rally downplaying the Omicron variant has ebbed on the ASX while optimists found hope that inflation has peaked in China.

Afterpay fees to hit consumers

A midweek rush of money to the ASX is under way as investors around the world bet the Omicron variant will not complicate the economic recovery.

Perth Mint’s Hayes leaves after blowout

Australia's share market had its best day in more than two months as investors lapped up supportive central bank decisions and became less concerned by the Omicron variant.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the cash rate unchanged at its final board meeting of the year and will reconvene in February.

Twiggy snaps up $40m farm

Supermarkets and gold stocks proved the safe choices on the Australian market as a flagging dollar added interest to Reserve Bank commentary on Tuesday.

Engineering contractor Monadelphous Group has been cut from the ASX200 in an S&P Dow Jones rebalance, while a new discovery propels Liontown to the top end of the market.

Job advertising has risen sharply as COVID-19 lockdowns eased and suggests the unemployment rate will be back below five per cent in the near term after the unexpected spike to 5.2 per cent in October.

Budget fix needed after the election

Energy shares and the oil price had an end-of-week surge but the Omicron coronavirus threat sent the Australian market to its fourth consecutive week of decline.

Fuel crisis threat to supply chain

Western Australian Business of the Year winner Hera Engineering grew from a mission to deliver quality over quantity.

In four decades, Doug Brooks has taken Brooks Hire Service from a small Wheatbelt-based operation to a thriving national business.

ASX investors are proving resilient to overseas gloom about earlier stimulus-tapering and Omicron after a second consecutive afternoon rally cut losses.

Global car rental giant Europcar has expanded its footprint in Western Australia after signing a long-term franchise agreement with Bassendean-based Aus Fleet Solutions Group.

Tuckwell close to launching crypto ETF

A second-half rally on the Australian share market has almost overcome jitters about the prospect of earlier tapering of stimulus in the US and the latest coronavirus variant.

Liontown Resources ready to roar with $450m raise

A late slide on the ASX has muted an Omicron recovery while more nations including Australia paused overseas arrivals due to the latest coronavirus strain.