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The Australian economy will take a "substantial and heartbreaking" hit from the coronavirus pandemic when official figures are released next week, the prime minister says.

Interest rates are expected to remain at record-low levels for at least three years, Australia's leaders have been told.

Politics is stifling effective management of important defence industry work.

The frustration felt by tourism businesses about coronavirus restrictions and border closures is at boiling point, and jobs are on the line, a Senate inquiry has been told.

Every Australian could receive a free coronavirus vaccination early next year, if a promising trial proves successful.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pledged to "move heaven and earth" to defeat the coronavirus as Australia recorded its youngest victim of the pandemic.

Taxpayer money could be put on the line to support gas projects as Australia recovers from the economic shocks of coronavirus.

Australia's aged care system will face coronavirus stress tests to avoid deadly outbreaks that swept through Melbourne nursing homes.

Western Australia is at war with Clive Palmer, the state's premier has declared, as the Commonwealth stopped short of backing a new border trial.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says tighter coronavirus restrictions in Victoria will lead to as many as 400,000 people losing their job or seeing their hours reduced to zero and a 10 per cent national jobless rate by year's end.

The Morrison government will allow other states and territories to join Victoria in accessing $1,500 pandemic payments for workers without sick leave.

Premier Mark McGowan has accused Clive Palmer of seeking to enter Western Australia so he can promote hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus cure.

Countries are re-evaluating their relationship with China after a series of aggressive moves by the Asian giant.

Western Australia's COVID-19 hotel quarantine system is again under scrutiny as the federal government continues to heap pressure on the state over its border closure.

The Morrison government is considering providing paid pandemic leave to workers in a bid to curb deadly coronavirus outbreaks.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says it's likely the Western Australian government will lose Clive Palmer's court challenge to the state's tough border stance.

The Reserve Bank of Australia sees no need to adjust its policy measures in the current environment, minutes of its July policy meeting show.

JobKeeper will be extended to a 12-month scheme but reduced in two stages as part of the federal government's overhaul of coronavirus support.

The federal government hopes Australia will be the backdrop of more screen productions thanks to $400 million to help the industry recover from coronavirus.

Scott Morrison is preparing to introduce another wave of coronavirus economic support with almost one million Australians now out of work.

The WA premier is benefitting from a well-received response to the pandemic but faces the real challenge at the state poll in March.

A $2 billion push to train school leavers and job seekers during the coronavirus pandemic will put the onus on businesses to hire staff.

International flights arriving in Australia will be halved to ease the pressure on hotel quarantine systems around the country.

Australia will reduce the number of international flights entering the country to ease pressure on hotel quarantine amid Melbourne's coronavirus outbreak.

Scott Morrison has confirmed there will be a further phase of income support once coronavirus welfare programs expire in September.

Strong demand for iron ore will ensure WA makes a solid recovery in the aftermath of COVID-19, according to new research from Deloitte Access Economics.

After commuting thousands, if not millions of kilometres from his home in Perth to Canberra since 2007, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann is calling it a day.

Indigenous leaders and governments are close to reaching a deal on new targets to improve the health, education and job prospects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Australia will ramp up its fight against hackers with a $1.35 billion package set to create 500 new positions to stamp out malicious cyber-attacks.

Artists and entertainers will be able to apply for a slice of a $250 million support package to help the sector recover from coronavirus restrictions.

The government and Labor have inched closer together on energy policy but an olive branch extended across the gap has yet to be grasped.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australian private and public sector organisations are being targeted in a sophisticated cyber attack by a foreign entity.

Western Australia's planned new laws to accelerate major project approvals would be a good model for other states and should be passed through state parliament quickly, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said today.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said lifting coronavirus restrictions will be fast-tracked to allow more people into stadiums, pubs, restaurants, weddings and funerals, while acknowledging WA may keep its border shut through July.

Foreign investors will face a tough new national security test designed to protect Australia's critical assets from falling into the wrong hands.

The federal government has launched a new $25,000 HomeBuilder grant, to go towards new builds or renovating an existing home, as the state government prepares to announce its own package in coming days.

Federal hospital funding will rise about $30 billion to be $131 billion in the next five years, while the Council of Australian Governments will be replaced by a permanent national cabinet.

Unions and businesses have very different views about workplace casualisation, with the Morrison government hoping to square the circle as part of an upcoming industrial relations reform agenda.

The Reserve Bank boss has given his backing to the prime minister's post-COVID economic reform agenda, saying change is needed to help businesses expand, invest, innovate and hire people.

A conciliatory premier Mark McGowan has conceded he did not have the full picture yesterday when he criticised the federal government's handling of the live sheep carrier that entered Fremantle harbour with sick crew members.