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Rio Tinto, Apple and Alcoa have invested $C188 million ($195.5 million) to commercialise a new aluminium smelting process that reduces carbon emissions.

Four children are among seven people found dead at a rural property near Margaret River.

WA Labor MP Anne Aly claims that a letter from the Egyptian embassy regarding her citizenship has “put the matter to rest" following concerns surrounding her eligibility for parliament.

The Australian share market has opened slightly higher after oil and base metals prices rose, and Wall Street enjoyed strong gains.

The Australian dollar is higher after the US dollar lost ground on the back of some disappointing US inflation data.

Crude prices ended the session slightly higher on Thursday as investors weighed the potential disruption to oil flows from major exporter Iran in the face of US sanctions.

Gold prices rose on Thursday as the US dollar backed away from 2018 highs after weaker-than-forecast US inflation data and as tensions between the United States and Iran also supported the precious metal.

The Australian share market has hit a three-month high as surging oil prices fuelled a second straight day of big gains for the energy sector.

Angry shareholders have put AMP's board on notice, delivering a 'first strike' with a huge vote against the company's executive pay report.

More Australian homes and businesses are connecting to higher-speed services on the National Broadband Network, while NBN said today it had more than doubled revenue in the first nine months of the financial year.

The Australian share market has opened higher after Wall Street made strong gains, getting a boost from rising oil prices following the US exit from the Iran nuclear deal.

The Australian dollar is higher. following a strong lead from US stocks and commodity prices.

Oil prices rose about three per cent on Wednesday and hit fresh three-and-a-half year highs after a bigger-than-expected drawdown in US oil inventories extended gains from the United States' decision to quit a nuclear deal with Iran.

Gold prices dipped on Wednesday as safe-haven buying failed to kick in after the United States withdrew from the Iranian nuclear accord, and as rising US Treasury yields added pressure.

The Australian share market has closed slightly higher as strong gains in oil stocks, following the US exit from the Iran nuclear deal, helped offset a heavy decline in Commonwealth Bank shares.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia says it made a third-quarter cash profit of $2.35 billion, while also agreeing to pay $25 million to settle legal action brought against it by the corporate regulator over bank bill swap rates.

The Australian share market has opened slightly higher despite a sharp drop in Commonwealth Bank shares and a flat session for the US stock indexes.

The Australian dollar is lower, after metals prices fell overnight and Wall Street put in a mixed performance.

Oil prices recouped some losses to end about two per cent lower on Tuesday after President Donald Trump confirmed the US will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal in a volatile session which saw prices slump as much as four per cent.

The spot gold price is slightly higher following a brief increase on Tuesday after the US dollar backed down from a new 2018 high as worries hovered over the United States' decision to pull out of a key nuclear accord with Iran.

Two by-elections will take place in Western Australia in coming months, after a parliamentary inquiry into scandals involving Darling Range MP Barry Urban recommended his expulsion from parliament.

The Australian share market has closed slightly higher ahead of the federal budget and US President Donald Trump's decision on the Iran nuclear deal.

Two of the three AMP directors standing for re-election at this week's annual general meeting have decided to resign, with the company's longest-serving director to follow.

The Australian share market has opened higher after Apple's sixth day of gains and a higher oil price helped lift Wall Street.

The Australian dollar is flat despite gains on Wall Street, trading in a tight range with the London Metals Exchange closed for a bank holiday.

Oil prices rose for the fourth straight day to hit levels not seen since late 2014, boosted by the latest trouble for Venezuelan oil company PDVSA and the possibility that the United States could re-impose sanctions on Iran.

Gold prices have slipped on Monday, snapping three days of gains as the US dollar index strengthened after last week's soft US jobs data did little to dampen optimism about the world's largest economy.

The Australian share market has ended Monday higher, after a positive Wall Street lead and booming oil prices led to early gains, particularly among mining and energy stocks.

Westpac has lifted first-half profit 5.8 per cent to $4.25 billion, helped by a mortgage book it says is fundamentally sound.

ANZ is aiming to clean up its financial planning with new measures that include firing planners who give customers inappropriate advice and removing all sales incentives from its bonus structures.

Australians shares have opened comfortably higher thanks to strong gains in some commodities and after US stocks were buoyed by the release of US employment data.

The Australian dollar has made some small gains on the back of stronger US stocks that were supported by weaker than expected US jobs and wages growth.