ASX rollercoaster continues amid ‘retail apocalypse’ warning
Australian stocks have endured another volatile week, finishing slightly up as poor jobs data is balanced against a relaxation of coronavirus restrictions.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the focus is to “reopen the economy” after job figures revealed the number of Australians in employment slumped by nearly 600,000 in April.
PM: Change for schools, new app, exercise rules coming
Scott Morrison has said new guidelines are coming on a range of restrictions in place, and Australians can expect the COVID-19 contact tracing app.
PM unveils $130bn jobs package
Workers will be kept in their jobs with fortnightly $1500 government-funded payments in an extraordinary $130 billion bid to keep Australia’s economy afloat.
Freed war crim Captain Dragan’s bizarre boast
Convicted murderer Dragan Vasiljkovic has been freed from jail without serving his full sentence. And the Australian war criminal had one strange request after his release.
Troops come home as testing of Aussie COVID-19 patients halted
Some Australian Defence Force personnel are being withdrawn from Iraq and Afghanistan because of the coronavirus, as Australian patients will soon be unable to get a follow-up test to ensure they are cleared of the virus.
PM’s new $250b debt limit and indoor gathering rule
Scott Morrison has announced a new indoor gathering limit for Australians after he delayed the Federal Budget. It comes after NAPLAN tests were scrapped and Australia’s death toll climbed to seven.
RBA to slash rates after horror day for ASX
The Reserve Bank of Australia is set to cut the official interest rate to the lowest level it can as soon as Thursday as Australia’s share market suffers its worst day in history.
Trump ‘exposed’ to coronavirus as Italy shuts down
US President Donald Trump has still not been tested for coronavirus despite growing concerns as shocking video footage emerges from Italy.
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