The latest poll ahead of the Western Australian election shows Labor could receive a hefty nine per cent swing, but that might not be enough to form government.
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Street, which retraced from record highs amid renewed expectations of a US interest rate rise.
US stocks retreated on Thursday, led by financial stocks, while Caterpillar shares dropped following news that federal officials searched its Illinois facilities.
Gold prices were on track for their weakest session since December on Thursday (US time), buoyed by a firm dollar and rising US rate hike expectations in March following buoyant US economic data and hawkish comments from Federal Reserve governors.
Rio Tinto has deferred more than $27 million in bonuses owed to former chief executive Sam Walsh and clawed back monies paid to sacked executive Alan Davies, as it responds to last year's Guinean p
Employment provider Programmed hopes to increase the number of indigenous employees in the national workforce by 5,000 within a decade, the company said at an announcement with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Generation One founder Andrew Forrest in Canberra today.
ANALYSIS: Colin Barnett says cuts in penalty rates should be extended to include the tourism industry to reflect the fact it is a 24-hours, seven-days-a-week operation.
Mining services business Ausdrill has won a $70 million extension to its contract for work at Peabody Energy Corporation's coal mines on the east coast.
The share market has had its best session in more than three months following rallies on markets in the US and Europe as investors feel more positive about the global economic environment.
A Labor government would aim to cut red tape so more micro-festivals could be held across Western Australia, according to party leader Mark McGowan, but the Liberals say changes to deregulate the liquor industry are already under way.
Gold miner Red 5 has revealed the financial extent of having to temporarily shut down its Siana mine operations, today flagging a $70 million impairment in its half-year accounts.
Spanish-controlled CIMIC Group has stood its ground over its Macmahon Holdings takeover play, telling the market today it would not lift its offer price despite the target entering into a counter-agreement with an Indonesian miner.
Swift Networks has won a contract to provide its services to Shell at the energy giant's Prelude LNG project in the state's north-west for an undisclosed sum.
The entire City of Perth council may be sacked over the lord mayor's travel scandal if Labor wins the state election and the Local Government Act allows it, opposition leader Mark McGowan says.
Woodside Petroleum boss Peter Coleman has received $2.9 million worth of shares in the Perth-based energy giant as part of a short-term incentive under his executive employment contract.
ANALYSIS: The row between Premier Colin Barnett and opposition leader Mark McGowan over the cost of their election promises is a clear sign the campaign is getting to the pointy end. But don't rule out surprises.
The Australian share market has got off to a strong start after five sessions of decline, with investors taking cues from the rallying US and European markets overnight.
Top-tier Australian female managers earn $93,000 less than their male counterparts, according to a report released today analysing graduate positions up to senior level management roles.
The Dow has blasted through the 21,000 mark for the first time after US President Donald Trump's measured tone in his first speech to Congress lifted optimism and investors viewed a looming interest rate hike as a glass half full.
The Australian dollar is higher against its US counterpart after news that Australia's economy expanded 1.1 per cent in in the last quarter of 2016, among the strongest quarterly performances in the past five years
Gold has given back most of its losses as the US dollar has pared gains and bullion shrugs off earlier pressure from US Federal Reserve officials' comments that raised expectations of an interest rate rise in March.
BC Iron is branching out of its iron ore focus by spending up to $10.5 million as part of a joint venture with freshly listed sulphate of potash explorer Kalium Lakes.
GR Engineering Services has been contracted for work on Eni Australia's Blacktip Gasfield operations in the Timor Sea, with the value of the work undisclosed.
The investment vehicle of Pakistani meat producer Tariq Butt has sold its remaining 9.5 per cent stake in Wellard to private company Heytesbury, at a premium to the listed agribusiness's recent trading price.
Co-founder/CEO of Navitas, Rod Jones, joined Business News at Julio's for a wide-ranging discussion on his personal journey and the future of education in Australia.
