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Electrical contracting firm GCo Electrical has won a $6.8 million contract at La Mancha Resources' Mungari gold project near Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Australian shares finished half a per cent higher, buoyed by a decisive election result and positive news from China and Japan.

The latest round of vote counting shows the Liberal-National coalition ahead in 87 seats, giving it a big majority, but with maverick billionaire Clive Palmer on track to enter federal parliament

A pair of Mineral Resources subsidiaries have made progress on two fronts, one winning a processing plant contract worth an estimated $450 million at Rio Tinto's Nammuldi iron ore mine, while anoth

Fresh from its takeover of Wilkie Civil Engineering, Mineral Engineering Technical Services has bought out Queensland firm John Norden & Associates, announcing plans to integrate the firm under

The fall-out continues for Newcrest Mining after its horror year, with boss Greg Robinson's annual pay cut by 27 per cent to $2.73 million.

Job advertisements are almost at their lowest point since the global financial crisis, suggesting subdued business confidence and a softening labour market.

The ability of micro parties to harvest preferences to win Senate seats could be investigated by the new federal government, deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop says.

The number of home loans approved has risen for the seventh month in a row, showing the housing sector continues to strengthen.

Cash Converters is seeking to raise $50 million to $60 million through an issue of corporate bonds to repay part of the group's existing debt and to fund further investments.

The Abbott government is determined to press ahead with its bid to repeal Labor's carbon tax despite a hostile Senate.

Engineering consulting firm Sinclair Knight Merz has been bought out by global giant Jacobs Engineering in a deal worth around $1.3 billion.

Australian shares have opened slightly firmer on the back of positive economic news out of the US, China and Japan.

Unless some of the smartest people in the financial world are misreading their tea leaves, Australia's new prime minister, Tony Abbott, has done more than win an election – he's won the keys to a new era of solid economic growth.

Status quo was the election headline in Western Australia - but there will still be several new voices on the state's political stage.

Weak US jobs data and strong Chinese trade figures, along with a decisive federal election outcome, have given the Australian dollar a boost.

Strong car sales, revived merger and acquisition activity and an expected product launch from Apple have helped propel stocks higher in a week that also featured some major headwinds.

It came as a surprise to many this week that BHP Billiton proudly opened a new coal mine when the business has bled money in the last two years.

The Australian dollar is marginally weaker as an upbeat US private sector jobs report helps the greenback.

Potential coalition foreign minister Julie Bishop says she'll work to re-establish relationships with Australia's neighbours, especially Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Singapore, if she gets the j

A former director of a stock trading firm that collapsed owing about $630 million to creditors says he hopes to get his life back after being found not guilty of dishonesty using his position.

The local share market finished flat as investors sit on their hands ahead of Saturday's federal election.

Volatility in some of Asia's emerging economies is set to continue until structural reforms are undertaken.

The campaign to sell Colonial First State Global Asset Management's half share of Exchange Plaza appears to have hit a speed bump amid concerns over the tower's key tenant.

The West Coast Eagles have announced plans to move from the team's traditional Subiaco home to Lathlain Park.

THE Mannkal Economic Education Foundation is on the lookout for a part-time chief executive officer as it increases the number of scholarships on offer to students.

Perth Heat will go into bat again this year for the ‘Adopt-A-Seat with the Heat' program, which hosted more than 500 disadvantaged people in its inaugural innings last season.

Perth-based oil and gas exploration firm Pura Vida Energy has lined up $7 million to progress works at its Nkembe block, off the coast of Gabon.

Eight Western Australia-based resources sector firms have been removed from the list of Australia's top 300 companies, providing further evidence that the slowdown in mining activity is hurting WA

The next federal government will need to legislate to raise the country's $300 billion debt ceiling, shadow treasurer Joe Hockey says.