Analyst news

• Shoppers close wallets over Christmas

  31-01-2023 03:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA retailers were hit by a big drop in sales over December, down 4.7 per cent on the prior month.
  
  Read more

• WA rail union pushes back on proposal for safety lights on trains

  17-06-2026 01:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The state's union for train drivers says a draft bill mandating more lights on trains is "fundamentally flawed" and would not fix motorists' behaviour at level crossings.
  
  Read more

• Farmer fertiliser hope as Iran ceasefire promises to reopen supply

  16-06-2026 23:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Farmers are hoping the US-Iran deal will help free up fertiliser supply and lower costs during the winter cropping season.
  
  Read more

• After the first attempt failed, outback town gives renewables another go

  16-06-2026 23:05 via abc.net.au
  
  This outback town is giving renewable energy another shot as a new solar farm and battery system hooks up to the grid, two decades after a solar array project failed to live up to the hype. 
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Queensland sets 65 pc recycling target as waste outstrips growth

  16-06-2026 22:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The Queensland government wants to more than double the household recycling rate from 28 per cent to 60 per cent. 
  
  Read more

• Government to extend pay subsidy to avoid childcare worker walk-off

  16-06-2026 22:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Early educators had threatened to walk off the job to keep a federally funded 15 per cent pay subsidy due to end in November.
  
  Read more

• NSW home owners and renters gain access to $480m renewable energy scheme

  16-06-2026 22:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Interest-free loans and cash subsidies are being offered by the New South Wales government to encourage the uptake of renewable energy measures like solar panels and household batteries.
  
  Read more

• How this $500m NSW renewable energy scheme could affect your home

  16-06-2026 22:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Interest-free loans and cash subsidies are being offered by the New South Wales government to encourage the uptake of renewable energy measures like solar panels and household batteries.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• How this $480 million NSW renewable energy scheme could affect your home

  16-06-2026 22:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Interest-free loans and cash subsidies are being offered by the New South Wales government to encourage the uptake of renewable energy measures like solar panels and household batteries.
  
  Read more

• Pensioner finds cheaper life in Thailand after rent squeeze

  16-06-2026 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Peter Stevenson says moving to Thailand has allowed him to live more comfortably on his Australian Age Pension after struggling to cover rent and essentials in regional Victoria.
  
  Read more

• 'I didn't have a life': Pensioner moves to Thailand for cheaper living

  16-06-2026 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Peter Stevenson says moving to Thailand has allowed him to live more comfortably on his Australian Age Pension after struggling to cover rent and essentials in regional Victoria.
  
  Read more

• Visitors to Kunanyi/Mt Wellington should pay, report finds

  16-06-2026 21:30 via abc.net.au
  
  A tourism consultancy firm has recommended that visitors to Hobart's Kunanyi/Mt Wellington be charged for access — likely to result in a "deliberate and positive outcome" of fewer people going.
  
  Read more

• Charge entry fees to Kunanyi/Mt Wellington, park management told

  16-06-2026 21:30 via abc.net.au
  
  A tourism consultancy firm has recommended that visitors to Hobart's Kunanyi/Mt Wellington be charged for access — likely to result in a "deliberate and positive outcome" of fewer people going.
  
  Read more

• 'It's all too hard': Fuel shock pushes regional businesses to the brink

  16-06-2026 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Small-town coffee shops and long-established businesses are at risk of closing despite a ceasefire in the Middle East easing the global oil price. Regional businesses say fuel relief measures need to be extended because the damage done from the fuel shock is far from over.
   
  
  Read more

• Fortescue renews partnership with RFDS WA

  16-06-2026 09:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Andrew Forrest-led miner has locked in another five years of support for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Western Australia to the tune of $7.25 million.
  
  Read more

• At Close of Business podcast June 16 2026

  16-06-2026 09:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Sam Jones and Tom Zaunmayr discuss today's RBA rates call.
  
  Read more

• Shares trim losses as RBA holds rates, outlook unclear

  16-06-2026 09:23 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market has squared an early dip for an almost flat finish, after the Reserve Bank held the cash rate steady and flagged a data-dependent path ahead.
  
  Read more

• Shark deaths prompt calls for more drumlines, research

  16-06-2026 09:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The national organisation representing spear fishers has called on the Cook government to increase the number of drumlines in targeted areas to catch, tag and release more white sharks.
  
  Read more

• Shark deaths prompt calls for more drumlines and research

  16-06-2026 09:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The national organisation representing spear fishers has called on the Cook government to increase the number of drumlines in targeted areas to catch, tag and release more white sharks.
  
  Read more

• Brewery fined following legal battle with Queensland council

  16-06-2026 09:07 via abc.net.au
  
  A once popular brewery has been fined in court after shutting up shop earlier this year due to an ongoing legal battle with a Queensland council.
  
  Read more

• Hartman steps in to run Force after CEO departure

  16-06-2026 08:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Tattarang chief executive John Hartman will lead the Western Force following the departure of Niamh O'Connor, placing the head of Andrew Forrest's private investment group at the centre of one of WA rugby's most significant transitions.
  
  Read more

• Victor Goh to divest long-vacant North Fremantle site

  16-06-2026 08:28 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Elusive Malaysian developer Victor Goh is set to sell 4,000 square metres of land in North Fremantle with views of Leighton Beach, after the former state government site sat vacant for more than a decade.
  
  Read more

• Victor Goh-linked company to divest long-vacant North Freo site

  16-06-2026 08:28 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A North Fremantle site with views of Leighton Beach and links to elusive Malaysian developer Victor Goh is set to sell, after it sat vacant for more than a decade.
  
  Read more

• DevWA CEO Mudford retires

  16-06-2026 08:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  DevelopmentWA chief executive Dean Mudford has retired, less than two years into a five-year term as the full-time leader of the government's land development agency.
  
  Read more

• 'We'll raise rates again if we need to': Bullock

  16-06-2026 07:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  RBA governor Michele Bullock says the central bank's board will not hesitate to raise the cash rate again if needed, after resolving to hold the rate at 4.35 per cent following three consecutive rate rises.
  
  Read more

• Tim Ryan buys out RJV co-owner

  16-06-2026 07:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Civil construction and mining services contractor RJV has become wholly-owned by chief executive Tim Ryan, severing the final ties with the founding Vincent family.
  
  Read more

• Opinion: Killed by Canberra, buried by war

  16-06-2026 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: The current conflict in the Middle East has hastened the demise of a trade already on the way out.
  
  Read more

• Panel approves Alchera’s $28m retirement village in Willagee

  16-06-2026 07:25 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An assessment panel has approved a $28 million proposal to build a multi-storey retirement village in Perth's south-western suburbs.
  
  Read more

• Esperance Quality Grains shifts to mobile ship loader for exports

  16-06-2026 07:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A south coast exporter has loaded its first bulk shipment of grain using a mobile ship loader in a shift away from container cargoes.
  
  Read more

• Housing wait list structure to change

  16-06-2026 06:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government will try to reform the social housing wait list amid concerns the most desperate people are unable to access a home.
  
  Read more

Follow @Analyst_News_AU on Twitter!