Read the full list of South Australian companies that have gone to the wall in 2020, as experts warn ‘zombie businesses’ propped up by lenient regulations are dragging otherwise healthy firms down with them.
David Mills and Cathryn McLauchlan
The retailer — which includes well-known brands Peter Alexander, Smiggles, Portmans and dotti — is in for a COVID-19 windfall despite a huge sales slump.
Sean Smith
Australian women are taking home about $254 less a week than men amid warnings that the coronavirus pandemic could see it widen further.
Kate Emery
But it was a different story nationally as the jobless rate in July rose slightly to hit a 22-year high of 7.5 per cent.
Kate Purnell
Read the full list of NT companies that have gone to the wall in 2020, as experts warn ‘zombie businesses’ propped up by lenient regulations are dragging otherwise healthy firms down with them.
Read the full list of Tasmanian companies that have gone to the wall in 2020, as experts warn ‘zombie businesses’ propped up by lenient regulations are dragging otherwise healthy firms down with them.
Read the full list of Queensland companies that have gone to the wall in 2020, as experts warn ‘zombie businesses’ propped up by lenient regulations are dragging otherwise healthy firms down with them.
Read the full list of NSW companies that have gone to the wall in 2020, as experts warn ‘zombie businesses’ propped up by lenient regulations are dragging otherwise healthy firms down with them.
Read the full list of Victorian companies that have gone to the wall in 2020, as experts warn ‘zombie businesses’ propped up by lenient regulations are dragging otherwise healthy firms down with them.
It took just 175 days for the US index to go from peak to trough to peak, a recovery that has come faster than any comparable one in the past.
Vildana Hajric, Lu Wang and Claire Ballentine
Cash flow is improving for some small businesses but the number of “zombie companies” being artificially propped up by government support measures is continuing to rise.
Danielle Le Messurier
The new Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows workers in the State continue to be the hardest hit in the country when it comes to pay packets.
But despite a second wave of COVID-19 in Melbourne rattling shoppers, West Australians remained relatively upbeat.
Sybilla Gross
Thousands of WA borrowers have deferred loan repayments to the nation’s biggest lender as the coronavirus pandemic shut down large swathes of the economy.
The shift from full to part-time work is becoming more entrenched as some sectors stage a remarkable comeback from the depths of the pandemic jobs wipe-out.
Josh Zimmerman
One of WA’s top company directors is warning businesses that now is not the time to be xenophobic and says there should be a push to strengthen WA’s trade relationships with Asia.
Failed swimwear company Seafolly has bought rival JETS, just a week after its creditors approved a rescue by its private equity owners, L Catterton.
A new report has found childcare costs are stopping many Australian women from working more than three days a week, with experts saying a $5bn investment would see our GDP jump by $11bn.
Annabel Hennessy
The cryptocurrency that captured the imagination of everyday Australians is back in the spotlight and seen by some as a safe haven investment. But is it all it’s cracked up to be?
Anthony Keane
The pandemic has offered entry-level investors hoping to make the opportunity to make some serious long-term money, Here’s which companies you should be looking at.
Perth’s strawberry growers are calling on families to come and pick their own fruit earlier this year, to put a dent in thousands of tonnes set to rot because there isn’t the manpower for harvest.
Jenne Brammer
Some of WA’s most loved landmarks – including Kings Park, Perth Zoo and Rottnest Island – will get millions in upgrades under the State Government’s WA Recovery Plan.
Joe Spagnolo
The RBA’s warned Australia's economy will take longer to recover from the pandemic due to the Victorian crisis reducing GDP growth — and has forecast borders will stay closed until at least mid-2021.
Annabel Hennessey
Another $15 billion will be pumped into the JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme — which now totals $100 billion — in an attempt to save the national economy from the worst of the Victorian carnage.
Lanai Scarr
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