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Australia's share market finished the penultimate day of reporting season lower, as one portfolio manager questioned how much we should predict in a virus-hit economy.

Ore exports at risk from marine pilot border ban

Shares have finished higher on the Australian market on a reporting day that highlighted the winners and losers of the coronavirus pandemic.

Nine Entertainment has reported an annual net loss of more than $500 million after a challenging year when advertising earnings slumped and the coronavirus pandemic took hold.

PM seeks veto over China deals

Supermarkets could be forced into a mandatory code of conduct for all fresh farm produce under a federal push to stamp out market imbalance.

Investors erased almost all the gains of Australia's share market this week and sold-off banks as the main indices finished lower.

Wage subsidies will soon be extended after the underpinning legislation was brought to federal parliament.

Retailers, landlords in open warfare over rents as losses mount for all

Shares on the Australian market finished higher on optimism for a coronavirus breakthrough, but there was troubling jobs news.

Qantas is planning to cut up to 2,500 more workers at airports across Australia, adding to the 6,000 employees already leaving the airline.

Westfield shopping centres operator Scentre Group and property company Stockland have both reported write downs on the values of their assets, pointing to the impacts of COVID-19.

Government urged to cut red tape to create 32,000 jobs

Australia's share market has closed marginally higher after miners, led by Fortescue Metals, helped keep indices up.

Fortescue to deliver Forrest record pay-out

Australia's share market has had a negative week, finishing lower by 0.25 per cent after a flurry of coronavirus-hit earnings reports.

D-Day for Chevron’s crack study on Gorgon

Australian shares have had their second worst session of August, with national airline Qantas reporting a $4 billion revenue hit from the COVID-19 crisis.

Buyers eye Chevron’s $5.8bn North West Shelf stake

A standout profit from CSL, a gratefully-received bank dividend and optimism that a coronavirus vaccine will come to fruition have helped the share market higher.

Western Australia's legal battle with Clive Palmer is set to drag on, with a Queensland judge delaying a key decision until September.

McGowan defends Waitsia exemption

BHP and Westpac have shown the scars of the coronavirus pandemic as reporting season continued but investors stayed optimistic and the ASX closed higher.

Heritage reform ‘won’t fix 30-year injustice’

Australians who paid the government money through the controversial robodebt scheme have been reimbursed $545 million.

Australia's share market has produced its poorest session of the month at the start of a bumper week of earnings reports.

ASIC flags ‘Robinhood’ trading risks

Australia's share market has had its best week since July 3 as the first busy week of a COVID-hit earnings season failed to dampen investor confidence.

Magnate’s legal play with injunction & court win

The latest batch of coronavirus-hit earnings reports has contributed to the Australian share market's worst session in August.

Magnate in double play to keep $30b claim and engage border brinkmans

Shares have closed slightly lower on the Australian market after Commonwealth Bank's virus-hit full-year result was a rare blight on the financial sector.