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Thousands of Qantas passengers and FIFO workers have had their travel plans cancelled or rescheduled as pilots walked off the job in Perth over a pay dispute.

The ASX200 has slumped to its lowest in six months and the dollar to its weakest since November, despite interest rates staying on hold.

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The local share market has closed 0.2 per cent lower in quiet Monday trading with a long weekend holiday observed much of the country.

Thousands of FIFO workers are expected to be affected when pilots from the Qantas-owned Network Aviation work off the job as a wages dispute intensifies.

Thousands of FIFO workers are expected to be affected when pilots from the Qantas-owned Network Aviation walk off the job as a wages dispute intensifies.

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The local share market finished the day 0.3 per cent higher, but ended September down 3.5 per cent, its worst month since September 2022.

WA travellers and fly-in fly-out workers are expected to be delayed when pilots strike for a full day as they negotiate an enterprise agreement.

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The ASX has finished 0.1 per cent lower amid weaker-than-expected domestic retail sales data and rising US bond yields that are pressuring equities.

A parliamentary committee examining the Albanese government's blocking of additional Qatar Airways flights will grill senior bureaucrats about what they knew.

The local share market finished 0.1 per cent lower, as a monthly consumer price index report came in "bang on expectations".

The finance department is considering whether the spin-off company of scandal-plagued consultancy firm PwC is ethically sound enough for government contracts.

As calls mount for Qantas boss Richard Goyder to resign, Qatar Airways has revealed what happened when it asked the Albanese government for extra flights.

Soaring US bond yields are pressuring equities as markets digest the probability that interest rates will stay higher for longer.

There's been a dip in in consumer confidence as rising petrol prices nudge inflation expectations, which could be of note to the Reserve Bank.

The local share market has staged a remarkable recovery, bouncing off a low hit six months ago in early trading and rebounding in the afternoon to finish the day flat.

A Senate inquiry sparked by the government's controversial decision to deny extra flights continues in Perth after receiving submissions from farmers.

The local share market has fallen 1.4 per cent to close at its lowest level since early July after the Federal Reserve sounded hawkish on interest rates.

US stocks have closed lower as investors digested comments from the country's central bank.

The Australian share market has dropped 0.46 per cent ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting and following hotter-than-expected Canadian inflation data.

Qantas chairman Richard Goyder says customers have lost trust in the airline and flagged action on executive salaries, which could cost Alan Joyce millions.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has released draft legislation aimed at cracking down on dodgy tax advisors and giving the regulator more powers to hunt down renegades.

The local share market has closed down 0.5 per cent following the release of minutes showing the Reserve Bank considered hiking rates earlier this month.

Qantas is an "exceptionally aggressive competitor", a parliamentary hearing into Qatar Airways' failed bid for extra flights into Australia has been told.

The local share market finished down 0.7 per cent at the start of a week that will feature meetings by six central banks and minutes from the RBA.

US stocks have closed lower as investors reacted to semiconductor firm TSMC asking its vendors to delay chip equipment deliveries.

The local share market has finished up 1.3 per cent after the European Central Bank suggested it was done hiking interest rates.

Worker wages are keeping up with productivity gains in most industries, except in the agriculture and mining, an independent commission says.

The local share market has finished 0.5 per cent higher following a better than expected Australian jobs report and a slightly hotter US inflation readout.

Nationals Leader David Littleproud says there are serious cultural deficiencies at Qantas, which lost a court appeal over the sacking of thousands of workers.