COVID-19

Business insolvencies in April were at their lowest in almost a decade in Western Australia, suggesting emergency COVID-19 provisions for directors had a major impact.

Western Australia will delay easing its final COVID-19 restrictions by at least two weeks as it monitors the outbreak in Victoria, which recorded 228 COVID-19 cases overnight.

International flights arriving in Australia will be halved to ease the pressure on hotel quarantine systems around the country.

Western Australia will tighten its border with the east coast from midnight as coronavirus cases continue to grow in Victoria, which reported 165 new infections overnight.

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Scott Morrison has confirmed there will be a further phase of income support once coronavirus welfare programs expire in September.

International arrivals into Western Australia are being capped at 525 people each week to avoid straining the state's COVID-19 hotel quarantining system.

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Hopes of a sellout 60,000 crowd for the July 19 western derby is under threat after the state government announced it is considering delaying the relaxation in COVID-19 restrictions.

Cinema and hotel operator Event says a majority of its cinemas in Australia and New Zealand have now reopened after being closed since March due to COVID-19 restrictions.

The state government will provide up to $6,000 in financial support to employers that take on an apprentice or trainee previously displaced due to COVID-19.

Thousands of Melbourne businesses will be forced to close their doors in July, after the Victorian government imposed new restrictions to limit the spread of coronavirus.

Thursday night’s match between the West Coast Eagles and Richmond Tigers has been postponed, as part of several changes made to round five of the 2020 AFL season.

The state government has ruled out bringing forward phase five of eased COVID-19 restrictions by one day to boost attendance at an AFL game in Perth.

The state government will remove more coronavirus-related restrictions this weekend, with limits on mass gatherings eased and major sport and entertainment venues to reopen, though WA's borders will remain closed.

Retail trade rebounded a record 16.3 per cent in May, following a 17.7 per cent plunge in April, amid a gradual easing of coronavirus-related restrictions during the month.

Even though gatherings of 100 people are now allowed in WA, events professionals are still struggling to find work.

ASX-listed PharmAust Limited has shown that the initial successful testing of its cancer fighting drug, Monepantel, against the COVID-19 virus may not have been a fluke, with new testing showing a “remarkable” 95% suppression rate in the infectivity of the SARS-CoV- 2 virus (COVID-19) in laboratory tests by both Monepantel and Monepantel sulfone. Testing was undertaken at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne.

Perth’s real estate leaders say the residential property market is shaping up to be more resilient to pandemic-induced fluctuations than initially anticipated.

WA’s universities are not the only businesses bearing the brunt of fewer international students, with the economic fallout likely to extend to the state’s property, retail and transport sectors.

The state government will no doubt take comfort from polling that suggests most Western Australians are happy with closed borders.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said lifting coronavirus restrictions will be fast-tracked to allow more people into stadiums, pubs, restaurants, weddings and funerals, while acknowledging WA may keep its border shut through July.

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Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has warned a second wave of coronavirus could cost the Australian economy $80 billion over the next two years.

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Wesfarmers says it is seeing significant demand growth in its Bunnings and Officeworks businesses as customers spend more time at home, amid coronavirus restrictions.

Eastern states-based fly-in, fly-out workers, who work and temporarily live in Western Australia due to COVID-19 border restrictions, are being offered incentives to permanently relocate and help boost the state's economy.

Parents will have to pay childcare fees again from July 13 as demand grows for services and early educators will stop receiving JobKeeper payments the following week.

Former Western Australian under-treasurer Tim Marney has been appointed deputy chair of the federal government’s five industrial relations working groups. Christian Porter, who will chair the working groups, announced Mr Marney’s appointment this week.

Western Australian health authorities say they have not approved mandatory coronavirus self-testing for fly-in, fly-out workers employed by Fortescue Metals Group.