More than two million workers have left the JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme since the Morrison government tightened eligibility and reduced payment rates at the end of September.
The ASX200 has had its best month on record, gains of 9.96 per cent coming from investors' belief that a coronavirus vaccine that will return the world to normal is on the way.
Tyranna Resources has sold a gold project in South Australia for $3 million, while fellow Perth-based explorer Hannans is purchasing assets in Western Australia.
Platina Resources will ramp-up its exploration efforts in Western Australia using the sale proceeds from its Skaergaard gold and palladium project in Greenland.
Probuild has been named builder of the year and won the national high-rise apartment award for its Ritz Carlton development at the Master Builders Australia award night.
Chemical producer Coogee and corporate advisory firm Lisle Group have joined more than a dozen mining and engineering firms on a state government taskforce targeting future battery industries.
The main contractor for the state government’s $1.86 billion Forrestfield Airport Link project has been fined after an incident left one of its workers with permanent electrical burns.
Georgiou Group has been appointed head contractor for Brightwater Care Group’s $40 million Inglewood complex, featuring an aged care facility, a research centre and a corporate head office.
Mandurah’s largest general hospital will receive $152 million of upgrades as the facility is returned to state government ownership over the next three years.
Qantas insists safety won't be compromised by its plan to outsource about 2,000 positions, having rejected an in-house bid to save jobs at the COVID-battered airline.
Treasure Josh Frydenberg announced a wage subsidy program targeted at young workers as a key plank of the recent federal budget’s Economic Recovery Plan.
A second consecutive day of losses for the Australian share market and its slimmest weekly gain for November show investors may have refocused on the troubles of the pandemic, an analyst says.
Perth-based oil and gas contractor Valmec has announced a major growth plan, which involves expanding its asset services to account for half of the company’s order book.
Streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime would have to meet Australian content requirements under a federal government proposal to help local production.
In their weekly podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Liberal leadership, border dispute, Primero and NRW, Sam Walsh, Nigel Satterley, and our special reports on CEO salaries and WA's biggest employers, focused on jobs of the future.
Tax reform and a strategy to address the residential rental crisis are among the key initiatives the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA is canvassing the state government to consider as part of its election commitment.
Construction of a hydrogen plant that will have enough energy to power 100 homes in the coastal town of Denham has been approved by the federal government.
