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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has challenged the opposition to show how it would have achieved budget surpluses during the global financial crisis.

Environment Minister Tony Burke will wait for legal advice before deciding if a banned super trawler should be allowed to operate as a giant freezer for smaller ships fishing in Australian waters.

The number of Chinese tourists visiting Australia has tripled during the past decade, despite the strong dollar, new figures show.

Internet search giant Google has won a legal battle with the competition watchdog over claims it engaged in misleading or deceptive advertising.

BHP Billiton has told workers at its Olympic Dam project about further losses as the global miner seeks to slash costs.

After a month of unofficial canvassing, the state election campaign formally kicked off today, with the Liberal party looking to shore up its position on law and order and Labor continuing to sprui

State Labor is aiming to trade on its reputation as the party that cares about public transport.

Both sides of politics will argue over costings until election day, but we can still expect a barrage of public transport promises.

After dealing itself out of the market in the early 2000s, Russia may take advantage of a resurgent palladium price.

Unions are calling on Labor and the coalition to enshrine penalty rates in law and make annual and sick leave portable.

Developments in Canberra and in the west highlight the need for reform of electoral terms and electioneering while in government.

Australia faces a tough period of economic adjustment as China's demand for coal and mineral exports decreases, a leading economist says.

The federal government will continue to rely on legal advice to defy opposition and Greens moves to make public how much money is being collected from Labor's mining tax.

Retailers are demanding an interest rate cut after new figures confirmed poor shopping conditions during the Christmas period.

Finance Minister Penny Wong has backed the Reserve Bank's assessment that global risks have abated for now.

The Australian share market has opened more than half a per cent higher.

The decline in Australian wine production is tipped to continue over the next five years but the industry could eventually be more sustainable and profitable as a result.

US stocks jumped on Tuesday, recovering much of Monday's losses and picking up momentum from solid economic indicators.

The business dealings of China's political elite and their offspring are shrouded in secrecy, but there's no doubt about how lucrative those deals have been for the chosen few.

WEST Australian Ballet's new artistic director, Aurelien Scannella, says his first Australia Day celebration in Perth was an eye opener, not just for the fireworks or flag-waving, but also because

WHEN someone tells me to ‘have a nice day', I don't think they mean it. I think they're just saying it as a kind of mundane, almost impolite, form of politeness. Forced nicety.

WITH better accounting systems and management information these days, it's easy to be bombarded with loads of numbers and data about your business, without really appreciating what are the most imp

THE slowdown in mining project development last year has affected the Perth office market, with the vacancy rate for CBD offices recording a modest increase to 5.7 per cent in January.

PERTH businessman Paul Underwood says a prolonged dispute with the Department of Water over compulsorily acquired freehold land has burdened his family with extensive legal costs and left them with

FEW of Western Australia's listed property companies have had as torrid a time as Aspen Group over the past few years.

Some green shoots are starting to emerge in property development after the post-GFC downturn.

PERTH'S property market has had a busy start to the year, with offshore investors and local syndicators negotiating five purchases worth about $230 million.

THE state government has reaffirmed its opposition to raising the landfill levy while announcing that its ambitious recycling targets are becoming increasingly achievable.

Mining giant Rio Tinto says its future iron ore operations are secure after it struck a land-use agreement with an indigenous group in the Pilbara.

Lend Lease will start construction at its $1 billion Waterbank precinct at East Perth late next year after finalising an agreement with the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority today.

Australia's Future Fund gained more than $9 billion in 2012 as improving global markets drove returns of more than 12 per cent.

IMX Resources has appointed Azure Capital to explore the company's options regarding its Mt Woods magnetite project in South Australia.