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The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the cash rate unchanged and again forecast no moves for a period of time.

Businessman Joseph Gutnick has reduced his stake in a Western Australian gold explorer a week after resolving his stoush with the company's board.

Australian banks are lending out money at a faster rate than they are taking it in from deposits, forcing them to increasingly rely on international funding markets, rating agency Moody's warned.

A rebound in national home building approvals in July was largely driven by a significant increase in Western Australia, according to the Housing Industry Association.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has intervened in an internal stoush over how the states share GST revenue.

The mining tax is all but abolished after the Senate agreed to repeal the Labor impost with amendments.

Shares in oil and gas explorer AWE have bounced by more than 3 per cent on news it has made a significant gas discovery in the Perth basin.

West Africa-focused explorer Minbos Resources has appointed former Aviva Corporation head Lindsay Reed as its new chief executive officer.

Finbar Group is set to start marketing its latest apartment project next month – an $86 million, 143-dwelling development in West Leederville – after it received the tick of approval from the Metro Central Development Assessment Panel.

The Australian economy is expected to have hit a speed bump after going at breakneck speed earlier in the year.

Engineering firm Downer EDI has won a construction contract worth up to $170 million at the Chevron-operated Gorgon gas project on Barrow Island off the north-west coast of Western Australia.

The Australian sharemarket is flat following a quiet night overseas.

The Australian dollar has slipped a little after a quiet night of trade with volumes down because of a US public holiday.

Reports of a new direction from Brookfield Multiplex may mean the end for one of Perth construction's longest-running synergies.

The price of gold rose on the European spot market on Monday, pushed up slightly by the escalation of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

The Reserve Bank is not expected to make any change to the cash rate when it meets on Tuesday, and a rate hike looks unlikely before the middle of 2015.

Global oil prices slid on Monday in subdued deals before a public holiday in the United States and as dealers digested weak Chinese manufacturing data, analysts said.

BCP Energy International has altered its conditions in its takeover of Nido Petroleum, making the offer nearly unconditional upon 50.1 per cent acceptance.

Revised plans for a $50 million revamp of Innaloo Cinema Centre include an Aldi discount supermarket and restaurant, small bar and other hospitality tenancies in the place of a bowling alley previo

BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto may be powering ahead, but Australia's mining sector has taken a serious hit in the wake of sliding commodity prices.

The Australian share market has closed almost flat in the absence of any major corporate news and with little impact from Chinese manufacturing data.

Shares in Kresta Holdings slumped today after its major shareholder, China-based Aplus, announced that it had fallen short of its required 90 per cent threshold for compulsory acquisition.

The operator of Westfield shopping centres in Australia and New Zealand says it would consider selling partial stakes in some of its centres.

Australia is ramping up its business and trade sanctions against Russia.

Western Australia's grain handling cooperative CBH Group has announced a record $4.55 per tonne growers' rebate after a year of strong harvest last financial year.

The Abbott government is making a new attempt to repeal the mining tax - and axe a suite of associated welfare measures.

A contentious $30 million, 125-apartment plan at the old bottleyard site on Palmerston Street on the outskirts of Northbridge is set to get the green light from the Metropolitan West Development As

The premier and treasurer have some tough choices to make if they're to salvage the state's economic fortunes.

Gold Miner Troy Resources has appointed former Singapore-based Sakari Resources head Martin Purvis as its new chief executive officer, after managing director Paul Benson left the company in July.

Subiaco-based Mission NewEnergy has sold its Kuantan Port biodiesel refinery for $24 million to a newly formed joint venture company in which it will retain a 20 per cent stake.

Demand for residential real estate in Perth is moderating, with the second set of figures released in a week suggesting price growth could have peaked for the time being.

Drug and alcohol support service Holyoake has strengthened its growing social enterprise revenue with a new partnership focused on mental health in the workplace.