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Australian bond prices fell in overnight trade, reversing a bounce which followed the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to cut interest rates.

The Australian economy has posted its second consecutive quarter of robust growth as the booming mining sector fuels a solid rise in business investment, official figures show.

Australian shares are higher as hopes for a new debt deal in Europe and better than expected economic growth data for the September quarter boosted investor appetite for risk.

Australia's construction industry continued to decline in November but at a slower pace, according to a private sector survey.

Queensland coal explorer Carabella has raised $24 million from institutional shareholders to continue developing its coking coal project in the Bowen Basin.

The Australian dollar fell following the central bank's decision to cut the cash rate on concerns about global market turmoil.

Australian shares are lower, breaking their six-day winning streak after Standard and Poor's warned 15 eurozone members of possible credit downgrades due to the region's deepening debt crisis.

The Devil Creek gas processing plant in Western Australia has produced first gas, boosting WA's gas supply by up to 20 per cent.

Treasurer Wayne Swan says the latest interest rate cut by the central bank should buoy families and small businesses for the festive season.

Capital raised by companies listing on the Australian Securities Exchange slumped 61 per cent in November from a year earlier as the turmoil in global financial markets took its toll.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the cash rate to 4.25 per cent from 4.5 per cent at its December board meeting.It was the second consecutive month that the RBA has cut the rate.

Defence Minister Stephen Smith has denied uranium exports to India will lead to instability in the region and alienate Pakistan.

Global conglomerate GE has opened a $100 million technology and learning complex in Perth, its first in-country support and maintenance center for the oil and gas industry.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told the banks that any official interest rate cut should be passed on in full to their customers.

CBH Grain’s 2011-12 harvest is shaping up to be one of their biggest harvests in years, with total receivals for the state at approximately 8.2m tonnes and many sites breaking daily records, the la

The federal government wants to know whether company annual general meetings can be improved to allow for more shareholder involvement.

The current account deficit narrowed in the September quarter thanks to continuing strong export prices.

Government spending fell in the September quarter, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed today.

Most companies would pay no corporate tax under a shake-up being planned by a working group set up by federal Treasurer Wayne Swan.

Australian shares fell, breaking their six-day winning streak after Standard and Poor's warned 15 eurozone members of possible credit downgrades due to the region's deepening debt crisis.

The Australian dollar is higher today after European leaders announced plans to establish a new treaty which imposes strict budget discipline on member states.

Standard and Poor's has placed Germany, France and 13 other eurozone members on a negative credit watch, warning they could be hit with downgrades.

US stock markets pared gains on Monday after a newspaper report said that Germany and five other triple-A eurozone countries face the prospect of a credit downgrade.

Unemployment is expected to rise slightly in November, reflecting the uncertainty felt about the world economy by Australian employers.

An inquiry headed by former Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty will begin immediately to investigate the cause of the Margaret River bushfire and the prescribed burn that got out of

Treasurer Wayne Swan has announced two new appointments to the Reserve Bank of Australia board.

There has been a sharp decline in business confidence as worries grow that the European financial crisis will worsen and hit the global economy, a private sector survey shows.

Australian shares have risen by 0.8 per cent, buoyed by hopes that European leaders may be able to thrash out a deal to salvage the region's debt crisis this week.

The amount of compensation employers are paying out to workers in claims for skin cancer has doubled in less than a decade.

West Australian opposition leader Eric Ripper is warning his federal Labor counterparts they won't get any uranium from WA if he wins the next election.

Billionaire Nathan Tinkler's coal explorer Aston Resources and coal miner Whitehaven Coal have entered into talks about a potential merger that analysts say would create a powerful entity.