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The Australian share market has fallen by nearly 1 per cent on more weak economic signs from China and a fresh slump in iron ore prices.

Caltex is winding back its fuel network ties with supermarket giant Woolworths.

Engineering giant Monadelphous Group today said it plans to seek new growth opportunities including in Papua New Guinea and Mongolia to help it counter the slowdown in the Australian market.

Australia's home price boom is being driven by a lack of properties rather than foreign investors, apartment developer Mirvac Group says.

Outgoing Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chief executive Megan Clark will join mining giant Rio Tinto's board of directors.

Shares in Quickflix have plummeted on news it wants to raise almost $6 million to help it secure new TV and movie content ahead of the arrival of US giant Netflix in Australia.

The competition regulator is allowing struggling clothing maker Pacific Brands to sell its workwear business to Wesfarmers.

BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser has told shareholders the company's multi-billion dollar plan to demerge some of its assets will benefit them.

The share market is weaker as another drop in iron ore prices weighs on mining stocks and stirs concerns about Australia's terms of trade.

High-flying tech companies Netflix and Tesla Motors have stumbled, pulling the Nasdaq 0.6 per cent lower in a muted day for US equities.

Gold prices have extended their declines in aftermarket trading as the Federal Reserve's meeting minutes quashed any hopes the central bank could delay raising interest rates.

The Australian dollar is weaker after US Federal Reserve meeting minutes sounded upbeat and iron ore prices hit a new five-year low.

Oil prices in New York have finished little changed on a mixed US inventory report as Morgan Stanley analysts said they expect OPEC to take action to defend prices.

Jobs are to go at the ABC as the national broadcaster works out how it will operate with $254 million less in government funding over the next four years.

Labor has hijacked Senate question time in a bid to try and kill off controversial financial advice laws.

The share market has fallen for a third straight day, dragged lower by big miners and the banks.

Supermarket giant Woolworths wants the federal government to loosen regulations it says are disadvantaging customers and making it harder for retailers to compete with international rivals.

Australia will seek a free trade agreement with the European Union, as Tony Abbott pledged to take a "strong and effective" plan to the 2015 climate summit in Paris.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has lost her bid to keep secret details of her two estranged children's latest court challenge.

The Western Australian government has talked up the positives contained in a report on indigenous disadvantage at a time when its relationship with Aboriginal people is at a new low.

A handful of Telstra payphones have begun transmitting Wi-Fi as part of a plan to blanket public spaces with internet access.

Movie and TV streaming service Netflix will officially launch in Australia and New Zealand in March.

Mining services companies WesTrac and Orica have both announced further restructuring moves, including a reduction in their workforce, with Orica also announcing the sale of its chemicals business to a private equity group.

The Australian stock market has opened flat amid weakness in resources stocks.

The Dow and S&P 500 has closed at fresh records following solid economic data from Germany and the US.

Oil prices have declined on scepticism that an OPEC meeting later this month will result in action to address mounting supplies.

The Australian dollar is firmer as traders move past the Reserve Bank governor's comments on rates staying low and focus on the US Federal Reserve.

Gold prices have closed at their highest level in nearly three weeks, spurred by a drop in the US dollar and tensions in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

The share market closed weaker despite its early gains, with falls posted across all sectors.

Agribusiness Ruralco has nearly doubled its annual profit and hopes much-needed rain will start falling to help farmers in some states struggling with drought.

Former Fraser government minister Reginald ‘Toecutter’ Withers has died in Perth, aged 90.

Mining groups fear standards could slip at Australian mines if Chinese companies are allowed to bring in their own workers.