The one-two punch of bushfires and COVID-19 took an immense toll on NSW schools, a new report has found.
Anton Nilsson
It’s obviously very early, but the market reality has been the opposite of what Donald Trump predicted for his rival — a crash.
Vildana Hajric and Lu Wang
A growing number of young people are failing to service their debt and missing other payments as the pandemic downturn drags on.
Hannah Ryan
WA business owners are busting the myth that women leave traditional nine-to-five roles to start their own venture for ‘lifestyle reasons’.
Meilin Chew
Three-quarters of employers now offer flexible hours in a work-life ‘industrial revolution to help more Australians juggle work and family life — but men are still pocketing a ‘blokes’ bonus’.
Natasha Bita, Rhianna Mitchell and Kate Purnell
New WA university research shows nearly half a million Australian families have been spared losing their homes or mortgage stress thanks to JobKeeper, JobSeeker and Coronavirus Supplement payments.
The ratings agency says Australia is unlikely to suffer a lasting drop in economic growth, despite being hit by its largest economic contraction on record.
Colin Brinsden
Retailers are beginning to reveal the lucrative deals on offer for the monster Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.
Gerard Cockburn
Amanda Rishworth reveals why she wants the Federal Government to deliver a youth recovery strategy which gets young people through the pandemic and secures their long term futures.
Amanda Rishworth
The Reserve Bank of Australia is warning against winding down pandemic support measures too soon, fearing it could risk dropping Australia deeper into recession.
Sarah Ison
It ends a record-breaking run of 11 consecutive weekly gains for the ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence index that took it to its highest level since February.
Janet Yellen, who is widely admired in the financial world, would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department in a line stretching back to Alexander Hamilton in 1789.
WA’s workforce could be left vulnerable and ill-prepared by the impact of technology, including the effects of automation, warns a new study.
While global sales deals from the bigger players are set to dominate the retail space in coming days, the event is growing rapidly among local, smaller independent WA retailers.
The central bank concluded that overall employment losses would have been twice as large over the first half of 2020 without the Federal Government’s wage subsidy.
While the housing strength is good news for the economy’s recovery further gains risk fuelling the bubble that is destined to pop one day, leaving a trail of bad debts.
Michael Heath
WA parents penny-pinch when compared with the rest of the nation in terms of buying for children on Black Friday — but WA is tipped to record its biggest splurge during the shopping event this year.
Caitlyn Rintoul
The coronavirus recession has kept inflation extremely low, but a surprising number of household costs have climbed. See the list and how you can reset your budget.
Anthony Keane
There has never been a more important time for WA businesses to ‘step up where they can and create jobs’ said Minderoo Foundation and Tattarang investment group boss Andrew Hagger.
An invention by a WA-based company has been named as one of Time Magazine’s Top 100 inventions of 2020.
Australia is at the epicentre of the ‘most consequential strategic realignment since World War II’ with the Defence Minister warning of growing foreign interference in a thinly-veiled swipe at China.
Josh Zimmerman
Retailers are hoping a surge in ‘self-gifting’ among cashed-up West Aussies will help lift the State out of its economic funk this holiday season.
Caitlyn Rintoul & Anthony Keane
WA bosses say they are struggling to find enough staff, as the latest jobs data showed the State recorded a fall in the unemployment rate last month.
Australia’s unemployment rate has hit 7 per cent despite an unexpected rise in the number of people finding work during October.
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