Australia is one step closer to attaining its nuclear-powered submarines, after pledging more than $4.6 billion to help bolster construction in the UK.
The nation’s retail turnover rose a moderate 0.7 per cent in May supported by discount shopping and higher food-related spending, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The national unemployment rate is now lower than Western Australia's, with a rate of 4 per cent across the country slightly less than 4.1 per cent out west.
The Perth man accused of conspiring with former bureaucrat Paul Whyte to siphon more than $20 million from a government department has denied participating in the rort.
Regis Resources, Northern Star and Ramelius Resources were up strongly on the back of elevated gold prices after world leaders warned major oil producer Russia may invade Ukraine within days.
Big falls from WA companies have driven shares to plummet to their second-steepest fall of the year, while a higher than expected inflation reading added to fears of higher rates.
Australia has struck a deal to increase the local manufacturing of urea amid a global shortage, but Western Roads has expressed concerns that WA could be left out.
Western Australia's Labor-dominated upper house has pushed through the government's contentious Aboriginal heritage legislation overnight, despite protests by Indigenous groups.
BHP has blamed Western Australia's tough border controls for a shortage of train drivers which contributed to producing less iron ore in its first quarter.
Dozens of women have reported being sexually harassed on Western Australian mine sites, but the big miners concede the true number of cases is likely to be higher.
Global fund manager Blackstone has changed a condition of its proposed purchase of Crown Resorts, as two royal commissions threaten to strip licences from the gaming group.
ASX-listed Tilt Renewables, which owns a wind and solar project in Western Australia, has been fined for contravening performance standards in South Australia.
ASX-listed AGL, which retails gas in WA and owns Perth Energy, has lowered earnings guidance following a fire at its Liddell coal power station in NSW.
The Australian Workers' Union has called on the federal government to help save BP's Kwinana Refinery after a new industry support package was announced this morning.
14 Dec 2020
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