The West Australian (Business section)
BHP still holds the crown
The Australian mining giant is tipped as the top investment pick for 2007 by local brokers.
Property sector at top but won't end in tears
Luke Sareceni says property has peaked but won't bust.
Share price leap puzzles Goldsearch
The explorer says it can't explain why its shares have quadrupled in less than a week.
Son defrauds parents in coast resort deal: court
Perth businessman Peter Rocky Errichetti is the subject of a damning WA Supreme Court judgement regarding a Rockingham development plan.
Delay for $14m legal float plan
Integrated Legal Holdings Ltd float plans have been delayed at least two months.
Also:
Packers pastoral empire produces little but red ink
Woodside acts to boost Chinguetti
Santos queries huge Java mudflows bill
Markets: Uranium and market maintain mon\mentum
Spotlight: Alliance Resources
The West Australian (General news)
The plan to rebuild 1km of Perth CBD
Alannah MacTiernan releases the long awaited blueprint for redevelopment of land along the unsightly railway lines splitting Northbridge from the city.
Backbencher rounds on 'arrogant' Ripper
Southern River MLA Paul Andrews attacks his deputy premier over Eric Ripper's push to deregulate retail trading hours.
Other papers around the nation
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Page 1: NSW has chosen to build a desalination plant rather than tighten water restrictions and consider drinking recycled water.
Business: The Packer family's Consolidated Pastoral Company has racked up a loss of $36 million, according to its 2006 financial statement.
THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
Page 1: The peak Australian regulators are considering new rules to deal with private equity corporate transactions amid concerns about excessive debt, incidences of insider trading and potential conflicts of interest. The federal government is expected to announce a smaller than normal rise in private health fund premiums this year following the best end of year private health fund financial results in a decade.
Page 3: Federal Opposition leader Kevin Rudd plans to add anti-competitive business regulation to his federal-state relations reform agenda. School leavers are applying to interstate universities to increase their chances of being accepted into competitive courses.
Page 5: Manufacturing production is likely to slow this year, an Australian Industry Group/ Price Waterhouse Coopers performance of manufacturing index survey reveals.
World: Foreign investment in Thailand may suffer as a result of the New Year's Eve bomb attacks in the country.
Market: Investors push the Australian sharemarket into record territory on the first day of trading in the new year.
ADELAIDE ADVERTISER
Page 3: Receiver appointed to Queensland company Metamorphosis Ltd, formerly known as Cathy Jayne Developments.
Finance: Retailer Coles to expand liquor portfolio in South Australia. Manufacturing sector to experience slower growth this year. British airports operator BAA PLC to sell Australian assets.
COURIER-MAIL
Page 1: Billions of dollars worth of Queensland projects are threatened by lack of skilled labour, unrealistic timetables and shortages of raw materials.
Page 3: Nine out of 10 workers do unpaid overtime while most bosses head home on time, a new survey shows. .
Business: Economists forecasting retail sales growth to pick up significantly about the middle of the year before peaking in late 2008. Investors not convinced by oil and gas producer Santos telling the stock exchange it did not yet know how much cleaning up the Indonesian mud flow would cost the company.