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Australian shares have bounced back from Tuesday's losses, thanks to a positive lead from Wall Street.

Oz Minerals shares have jumped 17 per cent after the gold and copper miner said it had realised its production guidance and expects a boost in production and lower costs in 2014.

Fortescue Metals Group has paid back $US1.6 billion ($A1.79 billion) of debt early, lowering its total pile to below $US10 billion.

Gold futures have pulled back as investors cash out following the precious metal's jump to one-month highs.

US stocks have closed solidly higher, buoyed by a better-than-expected report on December retail sales covering the holiday shopping season.

The Australian dollar has lost more than three-quarters of a US cent overnight as investors position themselves ahead of the release of local jobs data.

International architecture firm Woods Bagot has unveiled the design for one of the first significant new developments at Canning Bridge – a $40 million, 34-apartment mixed use retail and commercial

An independent review of Western Australia's Liquor Control Act has paid particular attention to improving the liquor licence application process and underage drinking.

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Australia's largest gold miner Newcrest has extended its debt facility by more than $200 million as it faces a class action from shareholders over its massive financial writedown.

The Australian share market closed more than one per cent lower after a top US central bank official raised the prospect of ongoing reductions in the US's economic stimulus program.

The Abbott government has begun closing immigration detention centres across the country, claiming the move will save the federal budget close to $90 million a year.

Australians have become increasingly worried about job security as the economy shows signs of slowing down.

Welshpool-based exploration drilling equipment manufacturer Airdrill says it will reach a broader international customer base after being acquired by global drilling group Schramm, in a deal descri

Woodside Petroleum has inked a deal to supply about 1.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas over three years to Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power.

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Core Services Group has completed a long-planned all-scrip acquisition of Marcon Group worth up to $10.7 million, with an over-subscribed capital raising sealing a deal first announced in November 2012.

Regis Resources says gold recovery at its Garden Well operation is likely to be lower than expected until plant upgrades are completed later this year, with quarterly production at the project coming in below guidance.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has paid more than $1.31 billion for 510 million Turquoise Hill shares under a rights issue, clearing the slate as it develops the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia.

Australian stocks have opened in the red following a sell-off on Wall Street overnight.

Forge Group has announced further cost blow-outs of up to $28 million on one of its power station projects, less than two months after telling the market it had defined the full extent of its problems.

Australian bond futures prices continue to rally on the back of weaker-than-expected US jobs data.

US stocks have tumbled as Wall Street awaits a raft of financial reports as earnings season gets into full swing this week.

The Australian dollar continues to rally on the back of weaker-than-expected US jobs figures.

Taxpayers are entitled to know exactly what went wrong when two prisoners escaped from Geraldton Airport under Serco's watch.

Fortescue Metals Group has assumed "full operational responsibility" at its Christmas Creek mine after two fatalities in less than five months, announcing it has purchased the mine's ore processing facilities from Mineral Resources subsidiary Crushing Services International.

MZI Resources has signed an off-take agreement with major shareholder Tricoastal for the purchase of all zircon concentrate produced at its Keysbrook mineral sands project over a five-year period.

Mirabela Nickel chairman Geoff Handley and directors Colin Steyn and Peter Nicholson have all resigned from the board of the embattled company, which remains in a trading freeze as it works to restructure its $US454 million of debt.

Australia's two biggest supermarket chains Woolworths and Coles continue to punch above their weight, cementing their place among the world's top 20 retailers.

Anti-fraccing campaigners are gearing up for a showdown with unconventional gas explorers in WA's Kimberley region ahead of a series of public hearings next month.

The New York Times has ranked Perth number nine on a list of 52 places to visit in 2014, praising the city's new range of restaurants and small bars and the "up-and-coming neighborhoods" of Northbridge and Mount Lawley.

Gindalbie Metals has announced the appointment of former Oakajee Port & Rail executive Wayne Zekulich as its new chief financial officer.