Soaring gas prices on Australia's east coast are making manufacturing difficult or even impossible, the competition watchdog has warned, as a gas 'crisis' puts jobs in brickmaking and other industries at risk.
Two Perth entrepreneurs are looking to clean up in the laundry business with new offerings that bring technology and style to an often thankless household chore.
Ian Middlemas-led explorer Apollo Minerals has entered into an agreement to acquire a major stake in a tungsten-copper-gold project in France, in a cash and scrip deal worth up to $13.5 million.
ANALYSIS: The union movement hasn't wasted any time reminding Premier-elect Mark McGowan that it wants a share of the spoils, even before he has moved into his new West Perth office.
ANALYSIS: Outgoing Liberal minister Joe Francis, who appears to have lost his seat of Jandakot, says Colin Barnett should have been replaced as premier last year to improve the government's re-election prospects.
WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls, who was the target of a $2 million mining industry advertising campaign, today conceded he's lost his seat of Pilbara to Labor's Kevin Michel.
The Australian share market is gaining strength, thanks to the heavyweight materials sector on the back of higher commodity prices after a mixed performance on Wall Street.
First-home buyers may get super accessTreasurer Scott Morrison has fuelled speculation the government may allow first-home buyers to access their super
The Australian dollar is slightly higher against its US counterpart as the greenback remains steady ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision.
Oil prices are steady to soft after touching three-month low, testing a slide that began last week when the market became less optimistic that OPEC's efforts to restrict output would reduce a global oil glut amid swelling US. supplies.
Gold prices are little changed as the prospect of an imminent interest rate rise keeps them near the five-week lows touched last week, while elections in Europe create uncertainty and fuels investor buying.
US stocks ended little changed in light volume on Monday, with traders eyeing a Federal Reserve meeting expected to result in an interest rate increase later this week.
Shares in Carnegie Clean Energy jumped 23 per cent today, with the company likely to receive financial support for an Albany wave project from the newly elected state government, while environmental activists are already putting pressure on uranium miners.
Heavy equipment supplier Emeco Holdings has turned its focus to completing its merger with east coast companies Orionstone and Andy's Earthmoving after noteholders backed a complex balance sheet restructuring today.
ANALYSIS: The dust has hardly settled but the blame game is already under way over the Liberal Party's disastrous performance in Western Australia's state election.
The Australian share market has closed lower after suffering widespread losses across the financials, healthcare and retail sectors and a sharp sell-off in energy companies.
West Africa-focused gold miner Perseus Mining has locked in $US60 million of debt finance with Macquarie Bank to fund ongoing work at its Sissingue and Edikan mines.
One of Western Australia's 10 biggest homebuilders has denied any wrongdoing, after the corporate regulator claimed it created and manipulated review websites to spread favourable information about the company.
Perth-based junior explorer Amex Resources is set to be wholly acquired by one of its shareholders after a lucrative takeover proposal was made, valuing the iron ore hopeful at $54 million.
The Australian share market is off to a weak start, despite gains on Wall Street on Friday, as investors turn nervous ahead of key global macro-economic and political events later this week.
