Australia's peak union body has called a crisis meeting after the prime minister's "failure" to protect workers and community safety by making rapid antigen tests free.
Troy Pickard, who served as mayor of Joondalup, led both WA and Australia’s top local government bodies and owned the Bucking Bull chain of fast-food restaurants in WA, has passed away aged 48.
A broad-based rally on the ASX could be forgotten within hours as Wall Street investors brace for figures which one analyst tipped will show peak inflation.
Retail sales soared by 7.3 per cent in November after last year's easing of COVID-19 restrictions, but there are signs the subsequent emergence of the Omicron variant has since curbed spending.
Consumer confidence has fallen across Australia as a result of the rapid spread of the Omicron strain of COVID-19, potentially dampening the outlook for retail spending.
A second broad-based rally helped the ASX close the first week of 2022 slightly ahead, although the prospect of earlier rate hikes remains a worry for investors.
The surging number of omicron cases is causing unprecedented disruption to businesses, as industries from retail to hospitality are forced to shut down or scale back operations.
One of Western Australia’s most successful engineers, business leaders and philanthropists has passed away at the age of 95. True to form, he was at his desk just two days ago.
Scott Morrison says Australians have no choice but to ride out the current COVID wave with case numbers expected to spiral past 100,000 a day by the end of the week.
Investors tempered their new year enthusiasm and lowered the ASX on the second day of 2022 trade as the latest wave of coronavirus infections dominated the economic agenda in many countries.
ASX-listed Troy Resources is undertaking a $26 million recapitalisation in a bid to save the company, after conceding it had found itself in a precarious financial position.
The Australian share market has climbed to its highest level in more than four months as investors looked past surging local coronavirus cases to track gains on the US bourses.
The Australian share market has held on to steady gains despite a surge in local coronavirus cases, with investors focusing on reports about the raging Omicron variant being less severe than previous variants.
