Sam Jones joined Business News in April 2024, covering technology and federal politics.
He spent the past five years living and working in WA's North West. The first two years were spent in South Hedland covering a broad range of topics including local and state politics, small business, Aboriginal affairs, sports and human interest stories.
Mr Jones then moved to Broome, where he took the position of Northern Papers Editor for Seven West Media and was responsible for producing four weekly newspapers across the Pilbara and Kimberley.
He studied at Curtin University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.
Australians working in healthcare and retail trade led the way in wage growth for the September quarter, with figures revealing the lowest annual rise in almost two years.
The Actuaries Institute is warning Australian small and medium businesses are being left behind in the fight against cyberattacks, and called for more help to bolster defences.
A merger between Herbert Smith Freehills and US-based firm Kramer Levin to form Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is on the cards, a move they claim will make them a top 20 global firm.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers expects higher inflation and lower output as a result of the US election result, and warned “nobody wins” in a US-Sino trade war.
One of Australia’s leading vehicle rental companies has allegedly fallen victim to a cyber-attack in which the emails and passwords of around 300,000 users were stolen.
Former Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year Charlie Gunningham has been appointed to chair of the StartupWA board, bringing more than 25 years of experience to the think tank.
A partnership between Nufarm and the CSIRO has achieved a breakthrough in the production of plant oils, providing higher yields in hopes it can be used as fuel without impacting food security.
Cost-of-living pressures have driven a sharp uptick in both customer numbers and revenue for Tony Galati’s Spudshed, almost tripling its previous year’s profit.
Mining services company Goodline has suffered a cyber-attack which saw the company locked out of some of its own computer systems for close to three weeks and more than 600GB of data stolen.
A company that plans to build a battery recycling facility in Western Australia is among 15 recipients to share $5.4 million in state government grants to combat e-waste.
Master Builders Australia has called for a reduction in red tape for residential construction, amid revelations WA had the slowest approval to completion for new homes in the nation.
A Perth company has completed a world-first remote pipeline inspection which it says will revolutionise the way the oil and gas industry approach asset maintenance.
The consumer watchdog has commenced Federal Court action against Optus for what it describes as unconscionable and deliberate targeting of vulnerable customers with fraudulent contracts.
Annual inflation has returned to within the Reserve Bank’s target band for the first time since 2021, but experts say energy and rent assistance measures were hiding the true figure.
WA’s seaweed industry took centre stage at the Innovator of the Year awards, with both the winner and runner up of the emerging innovation award going to seaweed products.