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Sumatra Copper & Gold is seeking to raise $20 million to put towards development at its flagship Tembang gold-silver project in Indonesia.

The Chamber of Arts and Culture WA has appointed its inaugural executive director, with the recruitment of experienced arts administrator Henry Boston.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says his industrial relations policy will protect the pay and conditions of workers and offer them access to flexibility arrangements.

AusGroup subsidiary AGC Industiries has extended its fabrication contract for Chevron's Gorgon natural gas development by $13.6 million.

Further interest rates cuts appear less likely following another surprise surge in employment.

THE Department of Health says its rollout of a modernised patient administration system is on track, four years after the upgrade was given the green light.

AN integrated business embracing public and private health-care services has doubled the availability of cancer treatment in Western Australia.

Privately owned Bethesda Hospital is starting to plan for its next expansion, after regaining outright ownership of its Claremont property and overcoming a period of financial challenges.

Western Australia's top judge says he has "serious concerns" about the state's attorney-general decision to stop a project that would have allowed the Supreme Court to stream cases online in r

BY any objective standards, the nation's demand for healthcare services is growing rapidly.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says it's not the amount of government spending that is putting pressure on the budget, but the lack of tax money coming in.

The Australian share market has opened flat.

Premier Colin Barnett continues to hope Commonwealth funding will be forthcoming for the state government's rail plans, despite its historical backing of roads.

National Australia Bank's half year net profit has grown by 23 per cent to $2.52 billion.

The Australian dollar is nearly a third of a US cent lower ahead of the release of key monthly employment figures.

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US stocks have continued their upward climb, riding positive economic data from Germany and China to new records.

The limitations of the traditional SWOT analysis have become clear – it's time businesses upgrade the way they plan and strategise for the future.

Goldfields Money shares jumped on the Australian Securities Exchange today, despite the regional lender forecasting a drop in full-year profit.

The Australian share market has closed at its best level in almost five years, driven by record US market highs and positive Chinese trade data.

Woodside Petroleum has been voted the state's most attractive employer at this year's Randstad Awards, which also revealed that competitive salaries had become the most important factor for Western

Singapore-listed resources construction services firm AusGroup has made a key step towards listing on the ASX, signing a conditional agreement to acquire two Malaysian resort development companies

Shares in Seven West Media have leapt 10 per cent after the company exceeded expectations on cost cuts and chief executive Don Voelte said the media group was placed to improve next year.

The founder of Perth catering company Chica Catering, Lee Hall, has faced her fair share of obstacles in building her business – from a fire that ruined all the food prepared for three separate fun

Continental Coal has completed an $8 million financing arrangement with South African mining company Village Main Reef.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says Labor's decision to dump a tax cut funded by its carbon pricing regime shows next week's federal budget can't be trusted.

The lead-up to an election is not the right time to debate the federal government's national disability care scheme, Premier Colin Barnett says.

Small to medium businesses looking to get involved in supplying the resources sector are being hampered by a lack of access to finance, new research shows.

Fortescue Metals Group is trying to boost its permanent Aboriginal workforce as the company moves from a construction phase into production.

The Australian share market has opened higher after record highs were reached on Wall Street.

Prominent Perth board member Michael Smith has been appointed national chairman of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.