Live cattle could be exported from Western Australia to China in six months, says Premier Colin Barnett, who has hosed down fears Australian animals could be mistreated in Asia.
Former UWA graduate Russell Waugh has stepped down as head of UGL's engineering business amid allegations he was aware of bribery and corruption during his time as an executive at Leighton Holdings.
Senior coalition government minister Julie Bishop argues there's a "very grey area" between work and play for travel expense claims as she defended charging taxpayers to attend a wedding in India.
Australian stocks have followed global markets higher on optimism US politicians are moving towards a deal to prevent the country hitting its debt ceiling.
The Australian dollar has rallied half a US cent overnight, reversing earlier losses after investors re-assessed local jobs data and the US political situation.
US stocks have surged on progress towards a potential deal in Washington to prevent a debt default, recovering a hefty portion of their losses since the partial government shutdown began.
The state's peak industry body has revised downwards its economic growth forecasts for Western Australia for the second consecutive quarter, warning that weak consumer and business confidence poses
Recent discussion of the transition from mining investment to mining harvest in Australia led me to revisit some work I did two years ago on the nature of the economic shock to the Australian econo
A joint venture between Bauxite Resources and Chinese conglomerate Yankuang Resources has withdrawn its application to the Environmental Protection Authority to secure approvals for a controversial bauxite mining project in the Darling Range.
Pay cuts, some up to 50 per cent, were the order of the day in the Business News quarterly CEO salary survey, but not all companies have been on trend.
Keeping people out of hospital can be as simple as a Skype session with a general practitioner, but confusion over who pays for what is thwarting adoption of such technology.
Shares in Subiaco-based explorer IMX Resources are lower on the news that partner OZ Minerals has decided to withdraw from their Mt Woods copper-gold joint venture.
There will be a recount in the desperately tight Senate race in Western Australia after Electoral Commissioner Ed Killesteyn overruled his local officers and granted a request from Greens Senator Scott Ludlam.
The Abbott government has rejected suggestions it could be forced to pay companies more than $2 billion if it presses ahead with scrapping the carbon price before 2015.
The federal government insists Australia's foreign investment rules do not discriminate against China, despite suggestions to the contrary from Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett.
US stocks have closed mixed as the White House moved to convene meetings with leading members of congress to seek an end to economic policy paralysis in Washington.
Oil prices have fallen sharply after a weekly government report on US oil inventories showed a surprising build in stocks and the US budget impasse dragged on.
THE Perth Cultural Centre has been transformed this week with tents, decorations and various spectacles as part of the Awesome International Arts Festival for Bright Young Things.
