Local shares have ended the week on a positive note, while Bitcoin continued to close in on $US100,000. Coles executives were grilled on supplier deals and WiseTech shares fell after its annual meeting. Look back on how it unfolded on the markets blog.

A motorcyclist who suffered lifelong injuries after losing control on loose gravel has won a legal test case allowing him to claim third-party damages worth $13.5 million.

Parents accessing the government-funded paid parental leave will receive an additional 12 per cent of their payments in super from July next year, after the federal government's legislation passed parliament.

The telco says emergency calls from public phones have risen by about 20 per cent, and the anonymity they provide for people experiencing mental health crises and domestic violence could be a driving factor.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a total of $657,105 in penalties in court against the Mining and Energy Union and five then-union officials over conduct including verbal abuse of workers at the Oaky Creek North coal mine in central Queensland.