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New safety precautions have been put in place for a type of high-voltage switch involved in the fatal explosion last week at Morley's Galleria Shopping Centre.

Queensland-based contractor Goodline has been brought onto the Roy Hill iron ore project to finish work left incomplete following the termination of Laing O'Rourke's $200 million plus contract earlier this week.

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Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens has warned that interest rate cuts may not have the same impact on growth as in the past.

Gold miner Newcrest has flagged the possible sale of the Telfer mine in Western Australia, one of its main assets.

The share market has opened higher as investors welcomed Rio Tinto's profit growth and massive return to investors.

US stocks have posted solid gains, rallying on news of a ceasefire in Ukraine as strong earnings from Cisco lifted the technology sector.

Global oil prices rebounded as more leading petroleum producers announced they would curtail investment because of tumbling crude prices.

The Australian dollar has rebounded, gaining more than one US cent overnight following the release of disappointing US retail sales and jobs figures.

Gold prices have posted mild gains as news of a ceasefire in Ukraine tempered support from a weaker US dollar.

Colin Barnett's decision to run up the white flag after his six-year campaign to rationalise the number of metropolitan local councils is effectively an admission that his strategy was flawed. It is also a triumph for self-interest.

The highest unemployment rate in more than 12 years has dented the share market, with concerns about a slowing economy hitting the banks.

Energy giant BP has slashed the workforce at its Kwinana oil refinery by 20 per cent.

The Giants will begin their walk through the city streets from tomorrow as part of the opening of the Perth International Arts Festival, which runs into the first week of March.

Rio Tinto's strong profit reported earlier today will please investors in one of state's biggest employers, though the big miner's fresh round of job shedding is a warning shot across the bows of the Western Australian economy, with more warning shots likely to be fired over the next 12 days.

Councils won't get a single cent of compensation for the Western Australian government's failed amalgamation plans.

Oil and gas producer Santos faces a $1.6 billion hit to its books after the dramatic slide in global oil prices.

Mirvac Group is on track to achieve the upper end of its earnings guidance as low interest rates fire up the housing sector.

A consortium which includes Perth-based Programmed Maintenance Services has been appointed the preferred bidder for a public private partnership for four new schools in New Zealand.

Mining giant Rio Tinto will spend $US2 billion ($A2.6 billion) buying back its own shares and has increased its dividend despite reporting a result marked by falling earnings.

The national unemployment rate has shot up to a 12.5-year high, increasing the chances of a second Reserve Bank interest rate cut in March.

The Australian share market has opened higher.

Wall Street stocks have finished little changed as investors eyed key Brussels talks on Greece's demands to renegotiate its international bailout as the risk of a debt default looms.

Telstra has reaffirmed its full year earnings guidance after lifting its first half profit 22 per cent to more than $2 billion.

The Australian dollar is under pressure as investors await the outcome of an emergency eurozone meeting to discuss the future of debt-stricken Greece.

World oil prices have fallen sharply, with New York crude sliding below $US49, as swelling US inventories added to the global supply glut.

Gold prices have fallen as a stronger US currency damped investors' appetite for the dollar-denominated metal.

A 12% increase in house sales reported last week lifted overall activity to its highest level since early July 2014 which is a welcome sign given the market has been on a general downward trend since that time.

The federal government has announced it will increase scrutiny on incoming foreign investment in agricultural land, lowering the threshold at which purchases are reviewed by the Foreign Investment Review Board.

China-based Premiere Eastern Energy will list on the Australian sharemarket tomorrow as it pursues growth in the world's largest economy.

The Australian sharemarket has finished weaker because of disappointing company results and continued commodity price weakness.

National property development group Stockland remains buoyant about its prospects over the next two years, even taking into account an expected slowdown of activity in Western Australia primarily o