Analyst news

• Pilbara ditches reliance on Perth with new direct freight link

  23-02-2021 23:35 via abc.net.au
  
  A new trade route directly linking Western Australia to Singapore is set to make it cheaper to live and work in the state's powerhouse region.
  
  Read more

• Wall St recovers from tech sell-off as bitcoin drops from record high, ASX to slip

  23-02-2021 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are expected to open lower as Wall Street investors, fearing an overvalued market, dump their high-flying tech stocks ... until an eleventh-hour turnaround.
  
  Read more

• Elon Musk loses $19 billion after bitcoin and Tesla shares plunge, ASX opens lower

  23-02-2021 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Tesla boss Elon Musk has lost his title as the "world's richest person" as global investors, fearing an overvalued market, dumped their bitcoin and high-flying tech stocks, while the Australian market has begun its day lower.
  
  Read more

• Elon Musk loses $19 billion after bitcoin and Tesla shares plunge, ASX finishes lower

  23-02-2021 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Tesla boss Elon Musk has lost his title as the "world's richest person" as global investors, fearing an overvalued market, dumped their bitcoin and high-flying tech stocks, while the Australian market has ended its day with moderate losses.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Elon Musk loses $19 billion after bitcoin and Tesla shares plunge, ASX falls

  23-02-2021 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Tesla boss Elon Musk has lost his title as the "world's richest person" as global investors, fearing an overvalued market, dumped their bitcoin and high-flying tech stocks, while the Australian market has fallen in afternoon trade.
  
  Read more

• Farmers call for national fund to protect against coal seam gas

  23-02-2021 20:36 via abc.net.au
  
  A group of Queensland farmers calls for federal government intervention to ensure landholders are protected against future impacts of coal seam gas.
  
  Read more

• Binning single-use plastic for good: how businesses are preparing for SA's plastic ban

  23-02-2021 20:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The countdown is on until South Australia's single-use plastics ban begins to roll out, with business owners preparing for the change next week.
  
  Read more

• Live: NSW Now: Garbage truck driver charged after female pedestrian struck and killed in Sydney

  23-02-2021 20:07 via abc.net.au
  
  MORNING BRIEFING: The 32-year-old driver is charged with dangerous driving, disobeying a no-right-hand-turn sign and failing to give way to a pedestrian, after the woman was killed in Chester Hill yesterday.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Frustrations and concerns grow over multi-billion-dollar submarine and warship programs

  23-02-2021 19:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Defence Minister Linda Reynolds expresses "frustration" and "disappointment" with the French company building Australia's future submarines as she prepares to confront its visiting global chief executive over crucial contract negotiations.
  
  Read more

• Europe's most active volcano puts on week-long lava show

  23-02-2021 19:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, awes even seasoned volcanologists in recent days with spectacular spurts of lava lighting up Italy's Sicilian sky each night.
  
  Read more

• Ahmed Zaki Yamani, symbol of 'the new age of oil', dies aged 90

  23-02-2021 10:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Ahmed Zaki Yamani, the former long-serving oil minister in Saudi Arabia who led the kingdom through the 1973 oil crisis, reportedly dies aged 90.
  
  Read more

• Hungry Panda riders pay own insurance despite earning as little as $3 per delivery

  23-02-2021 09:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The food delivery company reveals its workers compensation premiums cover only office staff, not delivery riders who work as 'independent contractors', a NSW Parliamentary inquiry hears.
  
  Read more

• Diversity key to keeping our state great

  23-02-2021 09:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  In the last chapter of the Business News' Great for the State series, leaders from energy, mining, the arts and sport shared their insights on shaping the state’s future.
  
  Read more

• Aboriginal heritage site damaged near Pilbara BHP iron ore mine

  23-02-2021 09:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining giant BHP are investigating damage to a culturally significant Aboriginal site in Western Australia's iron ore-rich Pilbara region.
  
  Read more

• ASX ends higher, dollar above US79 cents

  23-02-2021 09:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rising commodities prices proved a talking point for a second consecutive day, and helped the Australian share market close higher and the dollar remain above 79 US cents.
  
  Read more

• ASX ends higher, dollar above 79 US cents

  23-02-2021 09:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rising commodities prices proved a talking point for a second consecutive day, and helped the Australian share market close higher and the dollar remain above 79 US cents.
  
  Read more

• Macmahon positive for FY21

  23-02-2021 08:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ASX-listed Macmahon Holdings has reported higher annual earnings, attributing the growth to contracted work in its underground mining division.
  
  Read more

• 'It's a disgrace': Impact of rogue importers who violated biosecurity laws in their handling of diseased prawns could leave entire industry 'ruined'

  23-02-2021 08:43 via abc.net.au
  
  White spot disease is harmless to humans but deadly for prawns — and it's cost farmers in south-east Queensland an estimated $50 million in losses.
  
  Read more

• Ten per cent of aged care staff, 50 per cent of residents say 'no' to vaccine

  23-02-2021 08:38 via abc.net.au
  
  A New South Wales aged care provider says about 10 per cent of her staff have indicated they will not have the COVID-19 jab, and she doubts more than half of the homes' residents will.
  
  Read more

• Protestors gather at Ocean Reef Marina site

  23-02-2021 08:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  More than 60 protestors have converged on the site of the state government’s $126 million Ocean Reef Marina development, demanding that the proposal be reconsidered.
  
  Read more

• Perenti reports mixed first-half results

  23-02-2021 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perenti’s underlying profitability took a $16 million hit in the six months to December, as COVID-19 and the strong Australian dollar weighed on the mining services business.
  
  Read more

• Wealthy investors shifting tack

  23-02-2021 08:24 via businessnews.com.au
  
  High net worth investors are looking to diversify away from the stock market, with private equity and property two of the preferred alternatives, a survey by BDO has found.
  
  Read more

• WA Liberal leader in battle to save seat

  23-02-2021 08:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia's opposition leader is confident voters won't abandon him at next month's election despite polls predicting he will lose his seat.
  
  Read more

• Kirkup in battle to save seat

  23-02-2021 08:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia's opposition leader is confident voters won't abandon him at next month's election despite polls predicting he will lose his seat.
  
  Read more

• Turnbull to Fortescue Future Industries

  23-02-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull is joining Fortescue Metals Group’s green energy arm as chair of Australian Fortescue Future Industries.
  
  Read more

• Strata association pushes for helpline, insurance fix

  23-02-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A dedicated strata helpline, addressing building defects and lowering insurance for strata-titled properties are at the top of Strata Community Association’s state election wish list.
  
  Read more

• BHP, BNTAC investigate heritage issue

  23-02-2021 07:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Construction of BHP’s South Flank iron ore mine project has impacted an Indigenous heritage site in the Pilbara.
  
  Read more

• Inquest finds fatal 2017 Goonyella Riverside Mine death a 'tragic accident'

  23-02-2021 07:06 via abc.net.au
  
  An inquest into the death of Daniel Springer, killed in an incident at a central Queensland mine in 2017, finds it was unlikely the event could have been predicted.
  
  Read more

• Evaluating pandemic policies

  23-02-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The varying aspects of Australia’s pandemic response provide an opportunity to examine policy settings.
  
  Read more

• City asks state to back high-rise limit in Scarborough

  23-02-2021 06:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The City of Stirling has swung into action following an influx of development applications seeking state approval for variations to the city’s 12-storey height limit.
  
  Read more

• City asks state to back Scarborough high-rise limit

  23-02-2021 06:24 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The City of Stirling has swung into action following an influx of development applications seeking state approval for drastic variations to the city’s 12-storey height limit.
  
  Read more

• Austal takes a hit as US personnel resigns

  23-02-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Austal’s US president has resigned following the completion of an investigation into the procurement and cost of labour for its littoral combat ship program.
  
  Read more

• Austal takes a hit as US head resigns

  23-02-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Austal’s US president has resigned following the completion of an investigation into the procurement and cost of labour for its littoral combat ship program.
  
  Read more

• 'Bloody terrible': Mayor bemoans loss of Rex regional flights

  23-02-2021 05:35 via abc.net.au
  
  A decision by Regional Express to scrap five routes at the end of March is described by one regional mayor as "bloody terrible".
  
  Read more

• Facebook restores Australian news

  23-02-2021 05:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Facebook has struck a preliminary news sharing agreement with Seven West Media, just hours after the federal government agreed to further amend its mandatory media bargaining code.
  
  Read more

• Facebook agrees to restore Australian news

  23-02-2021 05:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Facebook will reinstate Australian news on its platform after the federal government agreed to further amend its mandatory media bargaining code.
  
  Read more

• Monadelphous eyes revenue growth

  23-02-2021 05:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Monadelphous has reported a rise in both its first-half revenue and profit but has expressed concern about skilled labour shortages.
  
  Read more

• Facebook to reverse ban on Australian news sites 'in the coming days', government says

  23-02-2021 05:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Facebook will walk back its block on Australian news sites, the government says, after a backlash to its response to proposed media bargaining laws that would force major tech giants to pay news outlets for their content.
  
  Read more

• Facebook to reverse ban on Australian news sites, government says

  23-02-2021 05:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Facebook will walk back its block on Australian news sites, the government says, after a backlash to its response to proposed media bargaining laws that would force major tech giants to pay news outlets for their content.
  
  Read more

• Facebook promises to 'restore news' for Australians in wake of government agreement

  23-02-2021 05:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Facebook will walk back its block on Australian users sharing news on its site after the government agreed to make amendments to the proposed media bargaining laws that would force major tech giants to pay news outlets for their content.
  
  Read more

• Facebook has 'refriended' Australia, government says, as platform reverses ban on news sharing

  23-02-2021 05:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Facebook will walk back its block on Australian users sharing news on its site after the government agreed to make amendments to the proposed media bargaining laws that would force major tech giants to pay news outlets for their content.
  
  Read more

• Facebook has 'refriended' Australia, government says, as platform reverses ban on local news sites

  23-02-2021 05:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Facebook will walk back its block on Australian news sites after a backlash to its response to proposed media bargaining laws that would force major tech giants to pay news outlets for their content.
  
  Read more

• Mayor, CEO of Nedlands to leave this week

  23-02-2021 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Cilla de Lacy has said she will resign as mayor of the City of Nedlands this week, citing frustrations with WA’s local government sector.
  
  Read more

• Iron ore exports drop, prices still high

  23-02-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australian exports dropped nine per cent in January, led by a fall in iron ore shipments after a strong result the previous month.
  
  Read more

• Mother whose 11yo son died in Texas freeze sues electricity companies for $126 million

  23-02-2021 02:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The mother of an 11-year-old boy who died after they lost electricity and heat in their Texas mobile home during last week's freeze files a $US100 million lawsuit against two power companies for gross negligence.
  
  Read more

• Mother whose 11yo son died in Texas freeze sues electricity companies for $100 million

  23-02-2021 02:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The mother of an 11-year-old boy who died after they lost electricity and heat in their Texas mobile home during last week's freeze files a $100 million lawsuit against two power companies for gross negligence.
  
  Read more

• Mr Bob puts the pieces together

  23-02-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  After decades in construction, Robert Williams is building a new business, piece by piece.
  
  Read more

• JobSeeker dole raised by $50 per fortnight

  23-02-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Unemployed workers will receive a permanent $50 a fortnight increase to the JobSeeker payment once the coronavirus supplement is scrapped.
  
  Read more

• More Pfizer jab doses arrive in Australia

  23-02-2021 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  More doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine have arrived in Australia as the early stages of the jab rollout continue.
  
  Read more

• Prime Minister argues $25 per week increase to JobSeeker is 'appropriate'

  23-02-2021 00:09 via abc.net.au
  
  People on unemployment benefits will receive an extra $25 per week under changes to JobSeeker from April, but will receive less money overall due to the end of the coronavirus supplement.
  
  Read more

Follow @Analyst_News_AU on Twitter!