Prime Minister Julia Gillard is expected to announce the Australian host city for the 2014 G20 leaders' summit when she attends this year's summit in Mexico.
The federal government is going to great lengths to explain to households its compensation package for the upcoming carbon tax, but a new survey suggests it should be giving small business a guidin
Immigration Minister Chris Bowen has cast doubt on Prime Minister Julia Gillard's claim she learned only last Wednesday of a plan to allow mining magnate Gina Rinehart to bring in 1700 foreign work
Nationals MP Max Trenorden says he's bitterly disappointed he won't contest West Australian elections in March after failing to win preselection for the Agricultural Region over the weekend.
Union leaders have lashed out at a federal government skilled migration plan that will allow mining magnate Gina Rinehart to bring in 1700 foreign workers, saying it is a kick in the guts for Austr
Treasurer Wayne Swan says mining magnate Gina Rinehart's new standing as the world's richest woman shows she doesn't need the tax relief promised by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest has described the European debt crisis as a beat-up.But, he says Australia is still "lucky to be next to Asia and not Europe".
Big businesses are not buying influence when they pay $25,000 a year to be a member of the state Liberal Party's fundraising club, says Premier Colin Barnett.
The federal government has rubbished an opposition claim that councils haven't been given enough time to prepare for the impact of the carbon tax on their landfill sites.
Industry has given a lukewarm response to the state budget, with the property sector disappointed, tourism still looking for boosts for struggling regions, while miners were concerned over a lack o
The state government has announced plans to put $1.1 billion of Royalties for Regions money into a Future Fund, despite pressure from business groups, which argued the government should focus on th
The state government has reshaped its capital works program, with more money to be spent on social infrastructure in the city, including a new museum, but less on regional hospitals, ports and road
The creation of a $1.1 billion Future Fund, a major shift in capital works priorities, tax breaks for small business and a slim surplus are the major features of the state government budget announc
Treasurer Wayne Swan does not perceive a need to update budget forecasts because of recent events in Europe, saying Treasury has already accounted for a bleak outlook.
Small businesses have emerged winners in Western Australia's budget to be handed down later today, with the government unveiling a $128 million payroll tax rebate.
A public sector union will be checking the West Australian government's 2012/13 budget for signs that services may be compromised because of a planned cutback to government agencies.
Treasury boss Martin Parkinson has argued the case for bringing the federal budget back to surplus, saying it is happening in a much healthier economic environment than in many other advanced econo
A drop in the Australian currency below parity with the US dollar and a recent cut in domestic interest rates will help manufacturers, the Australian Industry Group says.
