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The Australian dollar is higher after reaching parity with the greenback overnight for the first time since September 22.

US stocks rallied sharply Monday after Germany and France pledged over the weekend to find a solid plan to address the eurozone debt crisis and shore up European banks within weeks.

The Australian dollar rose more than half a US cent after a mixed weekend of economic news.

Both the Liberals and Labor in Western Australia say new electoral boundary changes will make it more difficult for them to win the next state election.

Employment growth is expected to remain sluggish as firms show reluctance to hire staff amid global economic uncertainty.

The new head of Australia's competition watchdog has the major supermarket chains, airports and the telecommunications sector in his sights.

The Australian share market closed higher as investors kept up the momentum from last week's rally, underpinned by positive US futures prices.

Labor's national broadband network strategy has been branded the "most extreme" example of government intervention in high speed broadband planning in the world.

Demand for executives has slumped amid fears of another global financial crisis, according to executive search firm E.L. Consult.

Australia Post has extended its parcel operations so it can deal with the greater number of parcels generated by Australian consumers' love of shopping via the internet.

The expansion of the Olympic Dam uranium and copper project in South Australia will create a "carcinogenic mountain" of radioactive waste, the federal Greens say.

BHP Billiton is poised to create one of the world's biggest mines following government approval of its long-awaited Olympic Dam expansion in South Australia.

Western Australia's shadow attorney-general John Quigley has publicly apologised to his former partner for defaming her in a newspaper article and radio interview in 2009.

Shares in Tasman Resources soared after the junior mineral explorer signed a deal with Rio Tinto for its Vulcan prospect near BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam mine in South Australia.

The Australian dollar is more than half a US cent higher amid signs political leaders in Europe are beginning to take action on the Eurozone debt crisis.

Qantas says it's too late to reinstate the dozens of flights it cancelled or delayed after engineers called off threatened strike action at the last minute.

Job advertisements have fallen for the third month in a row, in a sign that employment growth will slow in the coming months, a survey shows.

An expected $2.2 billion bid for uranium explorer Extract Resources by a Chinese state-owned nuclear power company is being labelled as the boldest display of support for the sector since the Japan

A Thai takeover of Mongolia-focused coal explorer Hunnu Coal has been approved by Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) and the Bank of Thailand.

A new Australian manufacturing industry group has launched a fresh attack on the proposed carbon tax.

Australian shares were higher at noon, bucking a weak US lead as investors took heart in a plan to recapitalise ailing European banks to help contain the impact of the eurozone debt crisis.

The Australian dollar was slightly lower after a credit downgrade for Italy and Spain dampened market optimism.

Wall Street stocks closed in the red on Friday after a credit downgrade on Italy and Spain snuffed out a rally on better-than-expected US jobs numbers.

The central bank has calculated how much more expensive houses are, the closer you are to the city centre or the waterfront.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that recent global financial market volatility has increased uncertainty over Australia's near-term economic outlook, but it starts from an "enviabl

Fertiliser tycoon Pankaj Oswal says new allegations he siphoned an additional $113 million from Burrup Fertilisers are a "smokescreen" to hide the receiver's problems selling the company.

Gold miner Exco Resources doesn't want to develop its Mt Colin copper and gold deposit in Queensland and may sell it.

The federal government's carbon tax will cost every Australian $40,000 in the period to 2050 and a cost-benefit analysis should be conducted before it passes into law, an opposition-dominated Senat

The Australian share market opened higher on the back of news European leaders would help cash-strapped banks in the Eurozone debt crisis and a strong lead from Wall Street.

Qantas says it's working to contact all passengers who, it's expected, will face delays even though strike action was called off yesterday at the 11th hour.

Activity in the Australian construction sector is still in the doldrums, as a lack of consumer and investor confidence takes its toll, a report shows.