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Australian shares have continued their run of gains that began on September 6, the day before the federal election.

Brookfield Place was named the overall winner at the WA Engineering Excellence Awards over the weekend.

A disgraced Perth lawyer who overcharged clients and is now fighting to save his career has been scolded by the chief justice for not explaining why there has been a delay in delivering reparations

Teachers will walk off the job on Thursday to protest against proposed job losses and funding cuts to dozens of public schools.

Three Western Australian politicians have been named in Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott's new ministry, with two others receiving posts in the outer ministry.

Property investment company Aspen Group has continued off-loading residential development assets, announcing today the sale of its 45-per cent-owned Fern Bay Seaside Village syndicate in New South

Canberra's mid-year budget update, usually released at the end of the year, may be delayed until early 2014 by the incoming federal coalition government.

Western Australia's private sector says the state government's decision to sink another $46 million into the Muja AB power station is a questionable decision that lacks financial discipline.

Australian shopping centre giant Westfield is selling seven US malls for $US1.64 billion ($A1.76 billion).

Rare earths miner Lynas has widened its full year loss but has set the ambitious goal of becoming one of the the world's leading rare earths suppliers.

The Australian share market has opened more than three-quarters of a per cent higher.

New houses in Australia's capital cities are being built on plots of land that are up to one third smaller than 10 years ago, says industry analyst BIS Shrapnel.

From Friday September 13.

Queensland farmers will take on Australia's richest woman and an Indian mining giant in the state's land court.

Lawrence Summers, who was considered the leading candidate to replace current US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, has withdrawn his name from consideration.

Business leaders need to refine their strategy and get their teams performing at full capacity.

The Australian dollar has bounced on the news that former US treasury secretary Larry Summers has withdrawn from the race to succeed Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chief.

From Friday September 13.

Mermaid Marine managing director Jeff Weber has joined Wesfarmers executives Richard Goyder and Terry Bowen in selling down their respective companies' stock to pay for the exercise of incentive op

The Australian dollar is trading slightly lower, as traders look ahead to a key meeting of the US Federal Reserve next week.

MZI Resources has settled a legal fight with Stirling Resources over a suite of mineral sands tenements on the Tiwi Islands and in the Northern Territory.

Curtin University has become the first tertiary institution in Australia or New Zealand to launch a master degree to meet demand for deep-water subsea engineering services.

Drilling fluids specialist Imdex has sold part of its stake in Sino Gas & Energy, to raise around $24 million.

The Australian market closed lower on Friday after a seven-day run of gains that had pushed share prices to five-year highs.

Developer Finbar Group has completed construction on two new apartment projects – St Marks in Highgate and Knightsgate in Currumbine.

The chief executive of Brockman Mining Luk Kin Peter Joseph has been charged with bribery offences over a $15 million company sale.

Twitter will face intense pressure to boost advertising revenue when it floats on the stock market later this year, Australian analysts say.

Gina Rinehart's flagship $10 billion Roy Hill project should become an iron ore mine, but it might not turn out to be the goldmine she's hoping for.

Budding Perth youth mental health advocate Ashlee Harrison has been accepted into a national program aimed at supporting, training and nurturing young social entrepreneurs.

Perth-based artists are making an impact at home and abroad by pushing the boundaries in both the content and delivery of contemporary theatre and dance.