Reserve Bank of Australia board member Heather Ridout says a federal government plan to fund a work-boosting program for manufacturers by scrapping business tax concessions could hurt foreign inves
The Reserve Bank of Australia is waiting to see how recent interest rate cuts flow through the economy before deciding if it needs to cut the cash rate further in 2013.
The Australian Greens will push for another inquiry into the mining tax to try to work out why the big resource giants aren't paying as much as expected.
Mark McGowan has committed to expand Henderson's Australian Marine Complex into one of the nation's largest technology parks if Labor is successful in next month's state election.
Western Australia's financial ratings outlook remains negative, because of the boom state's mounting debt, as it spends big on infrastructure for a growing population and resources sector.
The election campaign may be in full swing, but according to bookmakers the race is already over, with the Barnett government an almost unbackable $1.02 to win the poll on March 9.
West Australian Labor has shifted its election campaign focus to the state's urban planning system, promising to ease bottlenecks and advance progress at stalled local developments.
Public Transport Authority costings for Labor's Metronet rail plan show the party can't be trusted to fund and deliver major infrastructure projects, Treasurer Troy Buswell says.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has laid out the coalition's broad economic strategy, saying his government would inject an "instantaneous adrenalin charge" into the economy through scrapping taxes a
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan is urging the Group of 20 major economies to close tax loopholes that allow profitable multinational companies to exploit differences in taxation regimes to avoid tax.
Labor's $3.4 billion Metronet rail project will be funded by relocating Perth's major stadium to Subiaco and scrapping state government funding earmarked for the mothballed Oakajee port projec
The mining industry has urged state and federal governments to tread with caution over implementing recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry into fly-in, fly-out work practices, saying some of
The war of words over the cost of the state opposition's Metronet heavy rail plan has continued, with Transport Minister Troy Buswell claiming Labor has failed to account for “at least” $1 billion
The central bank will have to cut the cash rate again at some stage given the chronic low levels of business and consumer confidence, a leading business group says.
