WA Labor's $50 million childcare commitment will give parents flexibility to balance career and family, and ease hip pocket pain, according to the state's peak social services body.
The ASX200 has finished up 0.3 per cent following better-than-expected earnings from Coles, Qantas, Medibank Private, Ramsay Health Care and Eagers Automotive.
Conservation groups have accused the state government of rushing the overhaul of environmental laws, after scrutinising the report that prompted the reform.
Qantas Airways has boasted strong half-year results amid increased competition in the skies, with the approved Qatar-Virgin deal set to bring in more flights between Australia and Doha.
St George Mining executive chair John Prineas has heralded the company's acquisition of the Araxá niobium-rare earth elements project in Brazil as a “landmark” day.
The Prater-Wheatley family has received a double boost from Eagers Automotive, which disclosed it made $12 million in rental payments last year for properties owned by the Perth ‘rich listers'.
Water Corporation moved to distance itself from a state decision to approve mining operations by Alcoa in the Darling Range in December 2023, internal documents have revealed.
OPINION: Health was the core focus of Libby Mettam's speech this morning, as the Liberal leader seeks to capitalise on a strong week in the public eye.
Three state-based community Australian Rules Football competitions have united in a bid to reduce gambling-related harm across their respective networks.
Coles has reported a 3 per cent drop in profit in the first half of the 2024-25 financial year, but received a sales boost during staff strikes at rival Woolworths' operations.
BP says it will continue design work on its multi-billion-dollar local renewable energy project book, as the dust settles from its global refocus on oil and gas.
The scale of BP's shift away from renewables has been revealed, with the company announcing a plan to slash new energy spend by $US5 billion globally per year and ramp up oil and gas investment.
The ASX has fallen for a seventh day of losses out of the last eight sessions, even as domestic monthly inflation figures came in slightly under expectations.
Lawyers have wrapped up their arguments in the $1.8 billion compensation dispute between Yindjibarndi and Fortescue, with the latter claiming only $8 million was owed.
Lynas Rare Earths' profit has plummeted 85 per cent as challenging market conditions for the China-dominated critical mineral continue to weigh on the producer and processor.
Boosted by solid production at its flagship mine, gold miner Emerald Resources increased its half-year net profit by 45 per cent from the prior corresponding period.
