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Treasurer Wayne Swan has played up the prospects for Australia's resources industry with a new report showing investment in new projects has hit a record $268.4 billion, even though commodity price
Premier Colin Barnett has labelled the federal government's Asian Century White Paper "underwhelming", describing it as lacking in analysis and objectivity.
Deputy opposition leader Julie Bishop is under pressure to explain her contact with self-confessed union bagman Ralph Blewitt, as a Labor MP attacked her on Twitter as a "narcissistic bimbo".
Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals has sought to reassure shareholders that the economic credentials of its biggest customer, China, remain sound following the country's recent leadership transition.
Economic data over the next few days will not only flesh out expectations for next week's national accounts, but also whether the central bank will cut the cash rate again.
Brickworks defended its four-decade-long cross-shareholding with Washington H Soul Pattison, but insists it has not shut the door on ending the arrangement.
The WACA pitch was dubbed the Green Monster last summer, and Australia skipper Michael Clarke fears the outcome of the third Test against South Africa will be decided by the coin toss.
Deputy opposition leader Julie Bishop has accused Julia Gillard of helping to conceal a controversial legal entity set up by two union officials in the 1990s by not creating a file on the advice sh
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has committed a coalition government to creating one million jobs over the next five years and two million jobs within a decade.
Australia could face a recession as within two years unless the dollar and interest rates fall and major labour market reforms are introduced, a leading economist warns.
Australia lags behind Canada, New Zealand and South Africa with its percentage of female executives and there has been only a negligible improvement among the top 200 listed companies over the past
Uranium miner Energy Resources of Australia expects to post a full-year loss of between $135 million and $155 million in fiscal 2012, as it continues to cut costs amid difficult market conditions.
Faf du Plessis survived at the crease for more than seven and a half hours to post one of the great hundreds by a debutant and lead South Africa to a famous draw with Australia in the second Test.
The Australian share market has closed slightly higher as investors await more movement on addressing Greece's debt and the so-called fiscal cliff in the United States.
The Australian resources sector is well placed for the future although it could be held back because of higher costs and a lack of competitiveness, industry chiefs say.
Treasurer Wayne Swan has used parliamentary question time to raise the achievements of the Labor government after five years of power, saying it has been endorsed by the International Monetary Fund