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Alannah MacTiernan, Labor's leading light in a likely election wipe-out in Western Australia, has thanked the state's beleaguered Liberal Premier Colin Barnett for making her campaign easier.

Billabong shares have surged after an American shareholder group called for a spill of the embattled surfwear company's board.

Tungsten Mining has attracted $15 million of investment to fund a definitive feasibility study at its Kilba tungsten development in the Gascoyne.

Transfield Services chairman Tony Shepherd will be replaced by current director Diane Smith-Gander when Mr Shepherd retires in October.

It looks like growth in housing construction is getting stronger but other parts of the economy are still struggling.

Opposition leader Tony Abbott has overtaken Kevin Rudd as preferred prime minister for the first time, but faces criticism over his description of the Syrian crisis.

Hundreds of school staff will strike across Perth tomorrow, as anger over state government cuts intensifies.

The Australian share market has opened higher as manufacturing figures out of China lift investor sentiment.

Perth home prices are either falling or rising, according to the latest separate analyses on the market from the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia and RP Data-Rismark.

A joint venture led by Perth-based mining and engineering contractor Forge Group has secured a $1.47 billion construction contract at Gina Rinehart's $10 billion Roy Hill iron ore project in the Pi

The body charged with national oversight for the NFP sector is gradually winning over critics, but needs support from all states and territories.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has flagged Labor will set up a headquarters in Brisbane as well as outposts in Western Australia and South Australia to help boost the export opportunities for the mining equipment sector if it wins the next election.

The Australian dollar is slightly lower, despite getting a boost from some very positive Chinese economic data.

August was tough on the stock market. Now, investors face an even scarier September.

The boardroom twists at cashed-up Moly Mines have taken another turn, with its Chinese shareholder moving to replace the independent directors with Perth veterans Bruno Camarri and Peter Mansell.

The Australian dollar is lower despite making slight gains against a weaker greenback in afternoon trade as investor anxiety over a possible US attack on Syria subsides.

The Reserve Bank is likely to keep the cash rate on hold next week as it waits on the outcome of the federal election and allows the August rate cut to work its magic.

A NEW in-depth analysis of wages data across Australia shows some major differences by geography, gender and occupation.

Opposition finance spokesman Andrew Robb believes Labor's deceit over the coalition's $31.6 billion of promised savings will be the last straw for many voters.

The Australian share market is higher as investor caution caused by possible military action against Syria eased.

The incoming director of WA's premier medical research body says he wants better integrate it with other health organisations.

THURSDAY Island-based artist Brian Robinson has won the Western Australian Indigenous Art Award, receiving $50,000 in prize money.

Development group Peet says long-term conditions in the Australian property are fundamentally sound, but has warned falling consumer confidence could stymie a sustained improvement in housing deman

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the opposition's national broadband plan is "positively Palaeolithic".

Gold sector players Evolution Mining and Ampella Mining have revealed additional cost-cutting initiatives to deal with the impact of low spot prices for the precious metal.

VDM Group has continued its horror run, with its full-year loss has blowing out to $84.4 million on the back of a major contract dispute.

Contracting group NRW Holdings been selected to provide earthworks for rail infrastructure at the $10 billion Roy Hill iron ore development in the Pilbara.

Uranium miner Paladin Energy has recorded a $US420.9 million full year loss, more than double last year's loss of $US172.8 million, as the uranium price remains weak.

Electrical and homewares retailer Harvey Norman's full year profit has fallen 17.5 per cent amid dwindling sales across its Australian and European businesses.

The Australian share market has opened flat as investors continue to sit on the sidelines after a dramatic week in international affairs.

Cherie Leeden returned from the front line to the conference room last week, telling Metals of Africa shareholders in Perth and Sydney about the copper, zinc and high-grade lead found at the surfac