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The Australian share market has opened lower.

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The Australian dollar lower as global markets watch developments in Greece's ongoing debt emergency, with renewed hopes of a breakthrough.

Gold has given up earlier gains after US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said she expected the central bank to raise interest rates sometime this year but pointed to concerns that US labour markets remain weak.

Loans for new houses have fallen to their lowest level for three and a half years, another sign of slowdown in Western Australia's home building sector.

A record one-day jump in the price of Australia's biggest export is not expected to be the spark of a meaningful recovery.

The Australian share market has closed higher, boosted by a lift in iron ore prices, a recovery on Chinese markets and optimism around Greece.

Calls for reform to penalty rates are likely to grow louder following last month's rise in unemployment in Western Australia.

Local miner Metals X has reached an agreement with Northern Mining to acquire the Georges Reward gold project at Bulong in Western Australia for a cash sum of $4.5 million.

The number of 457 visa applications that require employers to seek Australian workers first could slump to just 25 per cent because of free trade agreements, unions say.

Brookfield Multiplex has completed the non-processing infrastructure facility at Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill iron ore mine in the Pilbara, marking the finish of a $270 million workbook at the project.

Several local councils are hoping the state's assets privatisation program will give them control over one of their most significant expenses – the cost of operating street lights.

Talisman Mining has raised $8 million to fund ongoing work at its copper-gold and nickel projects.

Seventy-five per cent of local businesses and 56 per cent of consumers believe the economy will deteriorate over the course of the new financial year.

Telstra has passed the costs of delivering copper wire for new residential developments onto developers, with the charges being described as another blow for housing affordability in Western Australia.

Engineering and construction firm Decmil Group has been selected to build a school in Christchurch for the New Zealand Ministry of Education.

Potash mining company Elemental Minerals has announced the completion of a $4.98 million private placement.

Perth-based gold miner Manas Resources has launched a $4.7 million capital raising plan to fund pre-development work at its Shambesai gold project in southern Kyrgyzstan.

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Iron ore prices have jumped almost 10 per cent, just a day after plunging to a 10-year low.

The Australian share market has opened almost one per cent higher following a rebound by the big miners and a recovery on overseas markets.

Spot gold has climbed after a recovery in Chinese shares cooled fears of a wider rout in the major bullion consumer while strength in the US dollar kept a lid on gains.

US stocks have finished higher, bouncing back from deep losses in the prior session following strong gains in Asian and European equity markets.

The polls suggest Colin Barnett and his government are in some trouble ahead of the next election, but Labor has plenty of work to do.

Oil prices have risen after a spate of losses, as a rebound in Chinese stocks somewhat eased concerns about financial turbulence in the world's biggest energy consumer.

The Australian dollar has lost ground despite better-than-expected jobs data, a recovery of Chinese shares and a new Greek bailout proposal.

Troubled mining group FairStar Resources has been put in the hands of receivers and managers with the appointment of PPB Advisory's Simon Theobald and Melissa Humann.

Resolute Mining has outperformed its own expectations in both production costs and volume, which has more than doubled the company's cash on hand in the final quarter of the financial year.

The Australian share market has rebounded from its early losses due to big gains by the miners, strength on China's market and better-than-expected jobs figures.

To best understand what's gone wrong with Western Australia's iron ore industry you need to start by looking back 12 years, to 2003, when an ambitious Andrew Forrest created Fortescue Metals Group.

Doray Minerals has announced a 15 per cent increase in full-year gold production at its Andy Well gold project, located in the Murchison region of Western Australia.