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Metropolitan Perth, Peel and the South West will enter a five day lockdown after 6pm tonight.

Australia's share market has experienced the ripple effect of the US GameStop controversy, closing lower for a third consecutive day as US hedge funds sold stock to recover huge losses.

Eagles in salary net

Australia's share market had its biggest loss since September, but an investment analyst believed the decline could be good for investors.

Forrest to bring RM Williams home

Investors had their biggest loss on the share market in more than a week, but a modest rise in inflation indicated conditions should remain favourable for some time.

The economic alarm has again been sounded over climate inaction, with an environmental group warning the cost of extreme weather has more than doubled over the last 50 years.

The IMF has upgraded its global economic growth forecast for this year, but admits that exceptional uncertainty remains.

Business conditions have risen to their highest levels in two years, suggesting strong momentum in Australia's economic recovery.

Gold giant's boss declares office era over

The diplomatic row between Australian and China rolls on, but new figures show trade between the two countries has not been totally throttled by the war of words.

Australia's share market has closed a little higher as investors favoured consumer and technology stocks, expected to do well in next month's earnings reports.

Juniors set to cash in on boomA surging iron ore price is set to give birth to two new WA junior exporters of the steel-making commodity within days. The West

Australia's share market has closed lower but provided gains for the week, with an analyst tipping that a good February earnings season could see the ASX return to the lofty 7000-points range.

Miners sell elsewhere as China shuts door on Aussie copper

Australia's share market has closed higher and at 11-month highs, as an improved unemployment rate supported investor optimism on day one of Joe Biden's US presidency.

Job numbers in WA were steady in December, but unemployment fell 0.2 percentage points to be 6.2 per cent.

Aussie uni recruiting firm hides CCP links

Investors have enjoyed gains of 0.41 per cent after the ASX closed higher, helped by market giant BHP raising iron ore production targets and US stimulus expectations.

Lithium powers Vulcan to 52-fold share gain

Gilbert and Tobin energy and resources partner Justin Little has passed away following his battle with a brain tumour.

Investors have enjoyed a broad-based rally on the Australian share market, as they hope for more US stimulus after Joe Biden is sworn in as US president on Thursday.

Forrest's ordeal: caught COVID-19 in Uzbekistan, treated in Swiss hospital

Investors have had their biggest loss in a week on the Australian share market and will be hoping US president-elect Joe Biden's stimulus plan is passed after he takes office this week.

Josh Frydenberg says economic indicators are all pointing in one direction and to an Australian economy that is bouncing back strongly.

Asian big chill fires up LNG exporters

Investors spent the week waiting for US President-elect Joe Biden's economic stimulus plan details but failed to get a boost after it was revealed.

US President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $US1.9 trillion spending package to combat the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the economy.

Fortescue mine hit by cost blowouts

Investors have had their best gains of the week on the Australian share market, ahead of US President-elect Joe Biden giving details of his economic stimulus plan.

The US House has voted to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time following the violent siege at the US Capitol last week by a mob of his supporters.

Savings war chest to drive recovery