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Market giant CSL has helped offset losses on the Australian share market after revealing it is starting to collect more plasma for its therapies despite the pandemic.

School teachers could be the next group targeted for mandatory coronavirus vaccinations in Western Australia in a bid to accelerate the state's rollout.

Business confidence has surged on the hope that roadmaps out of COVID-19 lockdowns will allow economic activity to rebound in coming months.

Australian farmers are calling for a fair go in return for supporting an economy-wide aspiration of net zero emissions by 2050.

Leaders of Australia's biggest companies will forecast their fortunes in a post-lockdown economy after a listless start to the week on the ASX.

Treasury believes if a claw-back mechanism had been included in the JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme, the program would not have been as successful.

Western Australia will look to make coronavirus vaccinations mandatory in further sectors as new pop-up clinics open across Perth.

Shares in Star Entertainment Group fell sharply today following allegations its casinos were used to supprt money laundering as the New South Wales gaming regulator continues its assessment of both Star and competitor Crown Resorts.

Fortescue Future Industries will conduct a feasibility study on ammonia production in Brisbane, its second major deal in two days after announcing a hydrogen manufacturing hub in Gladstone.

A first week of gains in the past five on the ASX has investors feeling better, although there's wariness of China's highly leveraged economy.

The Australian Workers' Union has flagged a possible legal challenge to BHP's decision to lock out workers who refuse to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

Australia's education minister has pledged a rapid increase in international students returning next year with hopes tens of thousands could be welcomed.

Woolworths has settled a wage theft claim worth about $300 million and pledged to pay more underpaid workers $50 million.

The federal government has bolstered the latest round of the Building Better Regions Fund to $300 million to drive the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Investors are poised to stop a four week losing run on the Australian share market as they return to buying bank stocks.

The construction of Bullsbrook's 1,000-bed quarantine facility has officially begun today, just one month after the federal government abandoned plans to build it at Jandakot.

Payroll jobs dropped further by mid-September as coronavirus lockdowns continued to bite, and now stand below their pre-pandemic level.

Wesfarmers has bolstered its chances of taking over Australian Pharmaceutical Industries after buying a 19.3 per cent stake.

Bushfire-affected timber to be used in Australia's booming construction industry is set to start moving off Kangaroo Island.

Shares have had a mid-session collapse on the Australian market after New Zealand's central bank hiked rates due to rising prices.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has told banks they need to raise the serviceability buffer when assessing new loan applications.

Australians with compromised immune systems could start receiving COVID-19 booster shots this year before third jabs are rolled out more widely in 2022.

Reserve Bank optimism about the economic reopening of lockdown states has helped ASX investors recover some but not all of their losses.

The Reserve Bank of Australia left the official cash rate at a record low 0.1 per cent following its monthly board meeting, as widely anticipated by economists.

Dominic Perrottet has vowed to be a "family premier" after winning a NSW Liberal party room vote to replace Gladys Berejiklian.

Qantas is close to choosing which plane and engine suppliers will provide its next domestic fleet.

Western Australians who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are being warned they will eventually face consequences amid "troubling" hesitancy in some areas.

A Commonwealth Bank share buyback helped produce a winning start to the week on the ASX, while troubled property giant Evergrande made a sale.

Aged care nurses who stay in the sector will receive bonus payments in a federal government bid to boost the country's workforce.

Health authorities are keeping a close eye on an oil tanker docked in Fremantle after 12 of its 22 crew members tested positive for COVID-19.

Investors had broad-based losses to end the week on the ASX as the market slumped for a fourth consecutive week.

Ben Morton will be promoted to special minister of state and Melissa Price will pick up the science and technology portfolios in a reshuffle today, while separately, Slade Brockman will become Senate president.