Bipartisan support is expected for proposed new legislation in Western Australia banning taxpayer-funded government advertising within three months of a state election, the oppositio
Environmental groups have called on the federal government to reject a push to allow state governments to approve certain business developments without federal oversight.
Australian businesses regained their confidence in July, as global sentiment stabilised, and the impact of Reserve Bank of Australia rate cuts began to be felt.
Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan has had his contract renewed after a recent Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) investigation cleared him of misusing his credit card.
A panel of tax experts says a cut in the company tax rate to 25 per cent recommended by the Henry review would cost the federal budget $26 billion in revenue over four years, while the resources se
Premier Colin Barnett has refused a televised debate with opposition leader Mark McGowan after accusing him of being a "fence sitter" on key election issues.
In what is fast becoming one of Australia's most bitterly fought environmental campaigns, cold, hard cash - rather than conservation - is likely to determine the fate of Woodside Petroleum's multib
The federal government faces another tussle with the Australian Greens over a cut in the corporate tax rate, if the reduction is funded by reducing research and development (R&D) tax concession
Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr has used a visit to the University of WA to announce increased aid to help African nations develop their mining industries, which he said was a much better way of
The forecast pace of growth in the Australian economy for 2012 is better than previously expected, but problems in the euro zone threaten to crash the party, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.
Business groups welcome new prospects for a corporate tax cut after this year's false promise, but they fear it could come at a painful cost in other areas.
Hancock Prospecting's chief development officer, John Klepec, has hit out at the federal government's treatment of business in Australia while accepting the top award at Diggers and Dealers on beha
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has stolen words out of the Queensland Premier's mouth and then blamed him for electricity price hikes, Premier Colin Barnett says.
Traditional owners in favour of Woodside Petroleum's Browse gas hub say a $1.5 billion compensation deal will save lives and that they don't want former Greens leader Bob Brown speaking for them.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has given the states four months to come up with ways to slow surging energy prices or face market watchdogs with more powers to ease the pressure on households.
Forrestfield-based Quality Builders has won a $4.6 million contract with the Department of Education after under-cutting competition by almost $2 million.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says the federal government is waging a "jihad" against outspoken mining magnates and is trying to muzzle its critics in the media.
Interest rate cuts in recent months have failed to lift sentiment in the business sector, with a new survey showing conditions went backwards in the second quarter.
The federal opposition insists it is not against foreign investment, despite proposing a plan to toughen rules for international investors looking to buy Australian agricultural land.
Fair Work Australia could be given greater powers to resolve mining industry pay disputes, and improve flexibility for carers, under changes proposed in a review of the Fair Work Act.
It was a canal too far that lost him a state election.But Premier Colin Barnett hasn't given up on his much-derided ambition for a 3,700km waterway from the Kimberley to Perth.
