Analyst news

• Renewable battery knocked back amid WA power crisis

  15-12-2022 23:17 via abc.net.au
  
  As the WA government knocks back a power storage proposal, industry figures are pleading with residents to limit their energy use over summer.
  
  Read more

• North Australia's lucrative cotton industry is about to double in size

  15-12-2022 22:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Farmers prepare massive swathes of land across the Top End for one of the world's most profitable crops. But some sections of the community are concerned about the impacts.
  
  Read more

• 'You become a second-class citizen': Retail workers report spike in customer abuse at Christmas time

  15-12-2022 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Anna gives up her holidays to meet work demands, in return she says she's been verbally abused and had supermarket items thrown at her.
  
  Read more

• Heather was abused by a customer at work. Her manager made her write them an apology

  15-12-2022 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Heather gives up her holidays to meet work demands, in return she says she's been verbally abused and had supermarket items thrown at her.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Anna was abused by a customer at work. Her manager made her write them an apology

  15-12-2022 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Heather gives up her holidays to meet work demands, in return she says she's been verbally abused and had supermarket items thrown at her.
  
  Read more

• Anna was abused by a customer at work. Her manager asked her write them an apology

  15-12-2022 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Anna gives up her holidays to meet work demands, in return she says she's been verbally abused and had supermarket items thrown at her.
  
  Read more

• Anna was abused by a customer at work. Her manager asked her to write them an apology

  15-12-2022 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Anna gives up her holidays to meet work demands, in return she says she's been verbally abused and had supermarket items thrown at her.
  
  Read more

• Live: Wall Street tumbles, NASDAQ down 3.4pc after Fed rate hike, ASX futures

  15-12-2022 21:15 via abc.net.au
  
  US markets slumped after the Fed hiked rates — the biggest daily percentage drop in three months. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Live: Wall St tumbles on recession fears, ASX futures slide 1.1pc ahead of local market opening

  15-12-2022 21:15 via abc.net.au
  
  US markets slump a day after the Fed hiked rates — the biggest daily percentage drop in three months. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
  Read more

• ASX suffers only moderate falls despite Wall Street pounding overnight — as it happened

  15-12-2022 21:15 via abc.net.au
  
  US markets slumped a day after the Fed hiked rates — the biggest daily percentage drop in three months — but the ASX did not suffer as badly. See how the day's events unfolded in our markets blog.
  
  Read more

• Postcode pricing for home insurance a 'rude shock' for customers outside flood zones

  15-12-2022 21:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Home owners across the country say hefty increases on their home insurance premiums are "inequitable" because they don't live on flood-prone properties.
  
  Read more

• Coles supermarket, Jeff Kennett slammed by government grocery reviewer

  15-12-2022 20:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The supermarket watchdog has slammed former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett, in his role as an arbiter between Coles and its suppliers, for "flawed" decision-making and failing to comply with its directions.
  
  Read more

• Experts reveal their top 100 suburbs tipped to best weather the property downturn

  15-12-2022 19:34 via abc.net.au
  
  With interest rates rising and property prices falling, it's becoming harder to access housing finance, but analysts say some suburbs still have bright prospects next year.
  
  Read more

• Tennis star Boris Becker freed from British prison and set to be deported

  15-12-2022 12:41 via abc.net.au
  
  In April, Becker was jailed for two years and six months by a London court for hiding hundreds of thousands of pounds of assets after he was declared bankrupt.
  
  Read more

• Tennis great Boris Becker freed from British prison and set to be deported

  15-12-2022 12:41 via abc.net.au
  
  In April, Becker was jailed for two years and six months by a London court for hiding hundreds of thousands of pounds of assets after he was declared bankrupt.
  
  Read more

• APM signs another deal

  15-12-2022 08:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  APM is set to to buy NDIS therapy provider Everyday Independence for $52.5 million in the company’s third acquisition since listing on the ASX over a year ago.
  
  Read more

• Jobs market still super hot

  15-12-2022 08:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A series of cash rate hikes by the central bank has not dented Australia’s job market, with unemployment in WA at 3.5 per cent.
  
  Read more

• Caratti wins some, loses some in court

  15-12-2022 08:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  John Caratti-controlled Harvard Nominees has been ordered to pay the legal costs of some of the parties it took to court over leases to its Esperance farmland.
  
  Read more

• At Close of Business 15 December 2022

  15-12-2022 08:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Senior editor Mark Pownall goes behind some of the stories that feature in this year's dynasties feature.
  
  Read more

• Where real power lies

  15-12-2022 08:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ANALYSIS: Mark McGowan’s ministerial reshuffle was in many respects a sideshow – real power in the government remains with a small group of ministers and advisers close to the premier.
  
  Read more

• Pallet shortage could disrupt Christmas food and present supply, industry group says

  15-12-2022 08:19 via abc.net.au
  
  As Australians fill their trolleys with Christmas goodies, a timber pallet shortage is putting pressure on the supply chain for consumer goods, prompting calls from industry for government action.
  
  Read more

• Aust shares slide on hawkish Fed tone

  15-12-2022 08:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australian shares have fallen after the US Federal Reserve quashed hopes for a Santa rally when announcing its final rate hike of 2022.
  
  Read more

• Agem buys $8m Osborne Park asset

  15-12-2022 07:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The property investment group has bought a 4,903sqm medical facility with a six-year lease to Australian Clinical Labs.
  
  Read more

• Elon Musk cashes out another $US3.6 billion in Tesla stock, angering investors who say he is diverting his focus to Twitter

  15-12-2022 07:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Elon Musk has sold another $US3.6 billion ($5.2 billion) in Tesla stocks, taking his total near $US40 billion this year, frustrating investors as the company's shares wallow at two-year lows.
  
  Read more

• Power relief measures pass parliament

  15-12-2022 07:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An energy relief package for households and businesses that caps the price of gas has passed parliament.
  
  Read more

• Lisa took out flood insurance for a home she bought in 2020. Her insurer then changed its mind

  15-12-2022 06:42 via abc.net.au
  
  As extreme weather increases the threat to homes, insurance companies are hiking premiums to unaffordable levels or simply refusing to provide cover at all.
  
  Read more

• Just months before Lisa's home was destroyed by floods, her insurer refused to renew her policy

  15-12-2022 06:42 via abc.net.au
  
  As extreme weather increases the threat to homes, insurance companies are hiking premiums to unaffordable levels or simply refusing to provide cover at all.
  
  Read more

• $200m boon to budget bottom line

  15-12-2022 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Surging salary costs and sagging royalty revenue have done little to harm the state’s finance, with today’s mid-year budget review showing a minor improvement in the government's projected surplus.
  
  Read more

• WA squares up astronomical project

  15-12-2022 05:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Limitless: WA could become a globally significant supercomputing hub on the back of the $3 billion Square Kilometre Array development.
  
  Read more

• This man just knocked Elon Musk off the top of the rich list. Who is Bernard Arnault?

  15-12-2022 05:44 via abc.net.au
  
  He made a lot of noise on his way to the top, but now Elon Musk has fallen from the top of global rich lists. The title now belongs to Bernard Arnault, a man who's known to some as "the wolf in cashmere".
  
  Read more

• Temporary fill for Alcoa’s local chief role

  15-12-2022 05:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Alcoa Vice President of Transformation Rob Bear has moved from the United States to be the mining giant’s Australian boss as a replacement search for Michael Gollschewski continues.
  
  Read more

• Last servo standing's time to shine as summer rush hits holiday hub

  15-12-2022 05:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Robe is expected to welcome 15,000 visitors during the holiday break, which the boss of the town's sole surviving fuel station says brings opportunity but also expectation.
  
  Read more

• Ten years to get the gas

  15-12-2022 05:34 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rapid approvals proposed for green energy projects should also be available to gas producers, the industry has said, as a major shortage of the fuel is forecast for WA.
  
  Read more

• Justin Langer joins MinRes board

  15-12-2022 04:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The former head coach of Australia’s national cricket team will become an independent non-executive director of Chris Ellison’s iron ore and lithium business in January 2023.
  
  Read more

• CBH expands rail fleet

  15-12-2022 04:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  CBH Group has announced a partnership with transportation supplier Progress Rail to acquire seven new locomotives.
  
  Read more

• Unis tune degrees to meet global demands

  15-12-2022 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A fresh model adopted by a London university offers food for thought for Australian universities recovering from the impacts of the pandemic.
  
  Read more

• Roborigger gains global breakthrough

  15-12-2022 03:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Three years after being named WA’s Innovator of the Year, crane technology company Roborigger is getting commercial traction.
  
  Read more

• Mexican president asks Bad Bunny to perform 'victims of fraud' for free

  15-12-2022 02:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Mexico's president makes a public request to reggaeton star Bad Bunny to play a free concert in Mexico City, to make up for a fake ticket scandal that recently left thousands frustrated outside his sold-out appearance.
  
  Read more

• Mexican president asks Bad Bunny to perform free for 'victims of fraud'

  15-12-2022 02:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Mexico's president makes a public request to reggaeton star Bad Bunny to play a free concert in Mexico City, to make up for a fake ticket scandal that recently left thousands frustrated outside his sold-out appearance.
  
  Read more

• NSW government intervenes on Byron Bay's 90-day holiday rental cap decision

  15-12-2022 02:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The Byron Shire Council was on the verge of making a ground-breaking vote today to restrict holiday rentals around the tourist hotspot. Then the state government took the decision out of its hands.
  
  Read more

• Zoo staff 'devastated' as gibbon dies a week after beloved chimp's sudden death

  15-12-2022 02:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Just a week after the shock death of a chimpanzee, a white-cheeked gibbon has also died at Rockhampton Zoo, but staff say there is nothing to suggest the two deaths are related. 
  
  Read more

• Rex Minerals pushes ahead with Yorke Peninsula mine plans

  15-12-2022 01:41 via abc.net.au
  
  The mining giant announces it will seek financing of $850 million dollars to begin construction of a copper and gold operation near Pine Point.
  
  Read more

• Unemployment holds steady despite surprise jobs surge in November

  15-12-2022 01:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate remains steady at 3.4 per cent, despite the shock addition of 64,000 extra jobs over the past month.
  
  Read more

• Unemployment holds steady despite shock jobs surge in November

  15-12-2022 01:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate remains steady at 3.4 per cent, despite the shock addition of 64,000 extra jobs over the past month.
  
  Read more

• Threat of energy price cap already working

  15-12-2022 01:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Energy markets are responding pre-emptively to the federal government's price cap proposal, demonstrating it's already having a dampening effect on prices.
  
  Read more

• Rob is trying to expand his booming business, but finding staff has been hard. This is why

  15-12-2022 01:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate remains steady at 3.4 per cent, despite the shock addition of 64,000 extra jobs over the past month.
  
  Read more

Follow @Analyst_News_AU on Twitter!