Shane Wright
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Savvy Perth drivers save $520 on petrol by filling up on Mondays
Perth motorists are $520 a year better off on average if they fill up their cars on Mondays rather than Tuesdays. → Read More
Reserve Bank in no rush to hike interest rates
The Reserve board has not changed rates since August 2016 and there has been no rates increase since late 2010. → Read More
New law ‘puts Aussie cyber safety at risk’
Labor is accusing Prime Minister Scott Morrison of trying to make Australians less safe by fast-tracking new encryption laws. → Read More
Perth professionals drive WA recovery
Perth has pulled WA’s economy up by the bootstraps according to figures which show the capital is driving growth at its fastest rate in five years on the back of professionals and health. → Read More
WA Budget on track for back to black
The State Budget is rapidly improving and is within striking distance of a surplus, with a lift in revenue delivering a windfall to Treasurer Ben Wyatt. → Read More
South West housing market best in WA
The South West and Great Southern housing market is outperforming Perth and the rest of the State as homebuyers look for value around Margaret River and Albany. → Read More
Federal Parliament goes part-time with just two weeks of sitting before 2019 election
Scott Morrison is set to oversee a part-time parliament with the Government sitting for just a handful of days ahead of next year’s election. → Read More
Liberals warn franking changes will hit self-managed super
Up to 85,000 West Australians will lose thousands of dollars under a Labor plan to overhaul the way tax is paid on shares, the Federal Government has warned. → Read More
Perth population to boom over coming years but regional areas at risk of ‘de-populating’
WA will be home to up to five million people by 2066, but most of them will be living in Perth. → Read More
Muslim leaders boycott Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s terror summit
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has accused parts of Australia’s Muslim community of being in denial about the threat of radical Islam, warning they were putting their own people at risk. → Read More
Labor launches household battery assault in bid to win power
Bill Shorten will today promise the mass installation of household batteries he believes will help Australians slash their power bills, cut the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions and take pressure off the existing electricity grid. → Read More
ASX hits near two-year opening low as US tech, growth jitters rattle local investors
It was driven by a sharp fall in the US with the Dow Jones losing another 2.2 per cent overnight and tech stocks taking a hammering. → Read More
We’re now doing 8 weeks a year of unpaid work for our bosses
‘Time theft’ includes working through your lunch hour, coming in early, going home late or doing work over weekends. → Read More
RBA governor Philip Lowe calls for bad bankers to get harsher penalties
The head of the Reserve Bank wants tougher penalties for misbehaving bankers, saying their actions are destroying trust in the financial sector and putting the economy at risk. → Read More
National infrastructure tsar gives green light to Perth Metronet plan
NATION’S infrastructure tsar has given the green light to two key elements of the WA Govt’s Metronet plan. → Read More
WA jobless rate hits year low after full-time employment boost
THE fall in unemployment was driven by full-time figures which jumped by 10,700 through the month to reach their highest numbers since early 2015. → Read More
Fair share for WA as GST deal passes Senate
A DECADE-long campaign to deliver a fair share of the GST to WA has been won with the Morrison Government’s overhaul of the way the tax is shared among the States and Territories passed by the Senate. → Read More
UBS issues horror warning on Australian house prices if banking royal commission reins in the banks
TIGHTER lending standards forced by the banking royal commission could plunge the economy into turmoil, wiping up to 30 per cent from the value of Australian homes. → Read More
Federal Government backflips on funding cut to Foodbank charity
THE Morrison Government has completed an extraordinary backflip on funding to the Foodbank charity, dramatically lifting cash for it rather than cutting it. → Read More
Warning from charity as Foodbank funding cut
FOODBANK is demanding the Federal Govt abandon plans to slash its funding amid warnings vulnerable people may go hungry. → Read More