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Those overseas holidays and bargain internet purchases may be about to get more expensive as the Australian dollar slides back towards parity with its US counterpart.
Shares in construction and maintenance firm Transfield Services plunged almost 12 per cent as analysts anticipate a writedown on its newly acquired Easternwell business.
The supposed link between interest rates set by Australia's central bank and the rates set by the commercial banks is a myth that needs to be busted, says the ANZ's head of Australian operations Ph
Australia should focus on becoming a high-wage, high-productivity country or risk falling further behind the rest of the world, Business Council of Australia president Tony Shepherd says.
Western Australia may as well leave its minerals in the ground while its GST revenue continues to be stolen by Canberra and the eastern states, Premier Colin Barnett says.
Nine animal rights activists have been arrested after they chained themselves to a live-sheep export ship and gates at Fremantle Port for nearly seven hours.
Gold futures have fallen in after-market trading after the latest US Federal Open Market Committee minutes showed few hints of imminent monetary stimulus.
A writ has been lodged in the Western Australian Supreme Court on behalf of an organic farmer seeking damages for losses suffered after genetically modified canola contaminated his crops.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept official interest rates on hold after its April board meeting but left the door open for a cut as early as next month.
Engineering company Monadelphous Group has secured construction and maintenance contracts in Western Australia and Queensland worth a combined $220 million.
US stocks have started the second quarter on a high note after US manufacturing data picked up more than expected, a sign of stronger growth in the feeble recovery.
Motorists could be in for some good news this long weekend with petrol prices stabilising and major supermarkets about to embark on a petrol price war, an economist says.
Qantas offshoot Jetstar could face hefty fines if allegations are proved that it hired trainee pilots from New Zealand on individual contracts but did not pay them superannuation and charged them f
The Australian dollar was slightly higher after markets digested better than expected Chinese manufacturing data and weak domestic building approval figures.
The Australian share market could not hold onto early gains as disappointing local economic data overshadowed better-than-expected manufacturing figures from China.
Tens of thousands of Aboriginal rock art treasures in the Pilbara region will be researched, catalogued and promoted under an agreement between the University of Western Australia an