The Australian share market could not hold onto early gains as disappointing local economic data overshadowed better-than-expected manufacturing figures from China.
Tens of thousands of Aboriginal rock art treasures in the Pilbara region will be researched, catalogued and promoted under an agreement between the University of Western Australia an
There is strong support for the federal government's plan to increase the compulsory superannuation guarantee, even among coalition voters, a new survey shows.
Paladin Energy has appointed former Mount Gibson Iron chief financial officer Alan Rule to replace Garry Korte, who has been poached by Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill Holdings, a subsidiary of Hancock Pr
The federal government must name the top 500 companies set to pay a price on carbon to dispel confusion among businesses and the public, the opposition says.
Teachers Credit Union, which today relaunched itself as Teachers Mutual Bank, has reported a large shift of Western Australian banking customers towards the mutual sector.
A new business survey points to the need for an immediate interest rate cut when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) holds its monthly board meeting tomorrow, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and
Western Australia-based lithium miner Galaxy Resources has announced it will acquire Canada's Lithium One to create the largest pure-play lithium company in the world, with a market capitalisation
Australian stocks have opened almost one per cent higher, driven by major resources stocks after the release of encouraging manufacturing data from China.
The Reserve Bank of Australia will refrain from cutting interest rates at its April board meeting next week but after that could return to an easing position, economists say.
Austar shareholders have said yes to a proposed $2 billion takeover by pay TV rival Foxtel despite the competition watchdog having yet to give its approval.
The Australian share market finished the first quarter of 2012 around seven per cent higher, with the broad All Ordinaries index closing a few points off its eight-month high.
The Barnett government's handling of the $95 million redevelopment of Perth's soccer and rugby arena will be referred to the auditor-general to determine if taxpayers will get value for money,
A former business manager at Curtin University who abused her position to defraud the university of nearly $650,000 has been sentenced to four years' jail.
Western Australia-focused iron ore explorer Flinders Mines will soon be in the hands of a Russian steel company after shareholders approved the friendly takeover.
The federal government says it remains confident Australia's bid to host the world's largest radiotelescope is "superior" to that of its main rival, South Africa.
Four of the nation's biggest and dirtiest power stations in Victoria's Latrobe Valley will receive the lion's share of $1 billion to help coal-fired generators cope with the carbon tax.
The Reserve Bank of Australia will refrain from cutting interest rates at its April board meeting next week but after that could return to an easing position, economists say.
A consortium featuring Japan's Marubeni and Korea's POSCO has confirmed it will take a 30 per cent equity stake in Hancock Prospecting's Roy Hill iron ore project in the Pilbara, in a deal that val
Sales of new homes rose significantly in Western Australia over February, a further sign pointing to a recovery in the sector, the Housing Industry Association says.
