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Port worker wage stoush set to trigger historic strike

Hundreds of port workers are expected to walk off the job after failed wage negotiations between a mining giant and unions.

AAP · Jul 8

BHP accused of 'American-style' strikebreaker tactics

BHP stands to lose $120 million a day if workers follow through with threats to stop work at the mining giant's Port Hedland facility, unions say.

AAP · Jun 12

Businesses baulk at cost of bonus public holidays

Businesses could lose more than $100 million a year under a state proposal that adds two public holidays to the calendar, a lobby group claims.

AAP · Aug 10, 2025

RBA interest rate rise another blow for battered businesses as cost of living pressures hit hard

Small businesses that have survived COVID urge customers to keep supporting them as they fear the latest interest rate rise could make an already precarious situation worse.

ABC News · Jun 8, 2022

Ratings giant S&P tips WA surplus nudging $8 billion as Commonwealth stares at decade of deficits

WA is set to post an eye-popping surplus of almost $8 billion this year as the state rakes in windfall gains from the iron ore boom and record gas prices, according to ratings giant S&P.

ABC News · Mar 28, 2022

Perth a ghost town, businesses let staff go as CBD braces for WA COVID-19 wave

Office towers, malls and footpaths that are usually bustling with office workers are unusually quiet as a shadow lockdown hits the Perth CBD, with businesses bracing for an onslaught of COVID cases.

ABC News · Feb 17, 2022

Two new COVID-19 cases in West Australian outbreak linked to massage parlours and Omicron variant

Western Australia records two more COVID-19 cases linked to a worsening cluster as Perth's City of Surf is cancelled and random proof-of-vaccination checks are announced for the Australia Day Skyworks.

ABC News · Jan 18, 2022