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The West Australian Symphony Orchestra will put on two special performances to accompany Peter Jackson's movie Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring on the big screen on June 21 and 22.

Western Australia has featured strongly in a list of residential building hotspots, with three local suburbs featuring in the top five nationwide for activity.

Employers wanting to take on foreign workers on 457 visas will have to undertake labour market testing under legislative changes to the controversial scheme.

Indonesian-backed Golden Group is preparing to launch the sales campaign for apartments in the first tower at its multi-billion dollar Belmont Racecourse redevelopment.

WA's newest lobbying firm, Barton Deakin, makes no secret of its political ties.

WA experience has kept Perth's top PR firms on top of their game and prevented global companies from getting much of a look in.

Western Australia's universities are facing new challenges in attracting international students, with the high Australian dollar and rising costs of living in the state contributing to a drop in en

The Australian share market has opened more than one per cent lower.

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The Palmer United Party's Queensland division has been registered under the name United Australia Party, Mr Palmer said in a statement this morning.

The Australian dollar has fallen to its lowest level since October 2011 amid weakness on global stock markets.The currency dropped to a low of 95.11 US cents early this morning.

US stocks have shed more than 1.0 per cent following a global rout as weaker-than-expected data on private jobs creation underscored weakness in the US economy.

The Australian dollar has fallen over one US cent after sluggish national account figures raised the possibility of more interest rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of Australia.

The persistent weak global aluminium market has resulted in Alcoa's Australian arm being hit with a ratings downgrade.

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The state's leading business group says confidence in the local economy remains on edge, and any significant shift in sentiment could have a negative impact on growth, despite new research suggesti

Climate Change Minister Greg Combet vows Labor will remain committed to its carbon pricing regime beyond the next federal election, despite any political damage.

The Australian sharemarket closed more than one per cent lower as weak GDP figures prompted investors to dump banking stocks.

Global Construction Services has won a new contract to provide all of the onshore and offshore scaffolding works for Woodside Petroleum's North West Shelf project.

Shares in Ramelius Resources have jumped after the company said it produced a record amount of gold in May.

IT services firm ASG Group has announced $25 million in new contracts, while flagging it is in the process of finalising $60 million worth of additional deals.

Diversified explorer FairStar Resources has secured $260 million in project finance, which will cover 80 per cent of the development cost of its Steeple Hill iron project in the eastern Goldfields.

Australia's economic growth was sluggish in the March quarter, and that pace is likely to continue as the peak in mining investment looms.

Grange Resources says it is still committed to its Southdown iron ore project near Albany, despite announcing yesterday it would close its Perth office and move its administrative operations to Tas

Australia's foreign investment rules are sending the wrong message to China, Premier Colin Barnett says.

Perth-based information technology company Datacom has swooped on the failure of its peer XciteLogic to expand into new territory.

Mining services company Macmahon has had a multi-million dollar mine shaft project unexpectedly shut down by a client.

The Australian share market has opened more than half a per cent lower.

The mining industry has gone from heroes to zeroes for shareholders that don't trust it anymore.

The Fair Work Commission's annual wage review has highlighted the limitations of centralised wage fixing.

The Australian dollar is almost half a US cent lower after global investors reacted to yesterday's interest rate decision.