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A senior minister, business group and Labor frontbencher have defended Mathias Cormann's bid to take a senior international role with a major economic body.
Retailer Harvey Norman has experienced a revenue boost since the start of the new financial year, putting it on course for a strong rise in pre-tax profit.
Gold stocks were sold heavily today after an overnight fall in the price of the yellow metal but strength in other sectors saw the ASX close solidly higher.
A major business group believes the federal government's decision to expand a business expense tax break to larger companies will further boost investment and help create jobs.
An early end to South Australia's coronavirus lockdown was not enough to inspire investors in a lacklustre day on the Australian share market, but they finished the week happy.
Independent senator Rex Patrick has called for charges against a military lawyer who blew the whistle on alleged war crimes by Australian troops to be dropped.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison believes no hotel quarantine system can be made 100 per cent failsafe after COVID-19 escaped South Australia's isolation regime.
Better than expected jobs figures have been followed by a turnaround for the ASX, which closed higher, but an industry analyst believes investors took their buying cue from elsewhere.
Western Australia will enforce mandatory testing for some hotel quarantine workers within days in another effort to head off an Adelaide-style COVID-19 outbreak.
South Australia's six-day lockdown is a "pre-emptive and temporary" measure to keep people safe and stay ahead of coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says.
A six-day stay-at-home coronavirus order to South Australians has briefly troubled investors, who still helped the Australian share market close higher.
Crown Resorts will not be allowed to open its new casino in Sydney next month due to "extremely concerning" evidence at a NSW gaming regulator inquiry.
Australia looks set to enjoy solid economic growth for the rest of what has been a traumatic year, rebounding smartly from the first recession in nearly three decades.
Fortescue Metals Group says it had no choice but to withhold royalties to a Pilbara Indigenous group after traditional owners declined to sign land access deeds.
Investors had a mostly glitch-free day on the Australian share market and the indices closed slightly higher after enthusiasm over the development of a coronavirus vaccine.
South Australian Premier Steven Marshall's move to quash his state's COVID-19 outbreak has been praised by Western Australian counterpart Mark McGowan.