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The eurozone will have to put in place a bigger financial firewall to combat the crisis before other countries will pour more cash into the IMF, the G20 top and developing economies say.

Western Australia’s share of GST grants will fall to a record low next year, with the state due to get back just 55 per cent of all GST collected here.

Premier Colin Barnett says Prime Minister Julia Gillard will need to defeat Kevin Rudd by a "large majority" if she is to retain the leadership and confidence of her party and the public.

The state government has halted all prescribed burns near populated areas and will establish an Office of Bushfire Risk Management in the wake of the Keelty Report into the Margaret River bush

Attorney-General Christian Porter has announced the appointment of Grant Donaldson as the state's new solicitor-general.

Kevin Rudd has declared Julia Gillard can't win the next election and laid out a policy platform for his Labor leadership comeback ahead of a caucus ballot on Monday.

Kevin Rudd has resigned as Foreign Minister, saying he could no longer perform the role without the support of Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Premier Colin Barnett has defended plans for a state future fund after Opposition Leader Mark McGowan labelled it a "stunt" and said state debt should be paid off first.

Western Australia's peak union body has lashed out at Premier Colin Barnett over comments he made that Sunday retail workers should not be paid such high hourly rates.

Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown says he will continue to press the federal government to include gold and other minerals in its proposed mining tax.

Wages rose faster than expected in the December quarter, but not fast enough to trouble Australia's reserve bank, economists say.

Job advertisements on the internet increased by 1.9 per cent in January compared to a month earlier, federal figures show.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has dismissed claims from Premier Colin Barnett that the Gonski review of school funding is a federal attempt to take over state-run schools.

A deal to give Greece more money to help rescue the Eurozone member from its massive debt could create the conditions for a further period of stable interest rates in Australia.

Premier Colin Barnett has slammed the federal government over the Gonski review of school funding, saying it's an attempt by the commonwealth to take over state-run schools.

Perth shoppers may finally have the freedom of those in other capital cities, with a Sunday trading bill introduced to state parliament today.

The national body representing Australia's minerals industry believes the federal government's planned mining tax is workable and should be made law.

Uncertainty about the European debt crisis and the introduction of a carbon tax in Australia is hampering the confidence of small businesses, while the number of small firms going bankrupt jumped b

Big business is urging the federal government to keep its promise to return the budget to surplus unless there is a serious deterioration in the global economy.

Protesters who set up an Aboriginal tent embassy in Perth have vowed to stay after ripping up a council move-on notice.

Employment forecasts underpinning the government's November fiscal update are slipping out of reach.

Former Labor government minister and assistant police commissioner Bob Kucera looks set to make a political comeback.

Treasury boss Martin Parkinson believes returning the federal budget to surplus is sensible, given the current state of the Australia economy.

The resources boom is unlikely to derail other industries in Australia, according to Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Philip Lowe.

Almost a third of Australia's accounting and finance firms intend hiring new staff.

Two consecutive rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of Australia appear to have boosted employer confidence.

The high value of the Australian dollar has boosted the spending power of households the past decade, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.

Mistakes were made but heads shouldn't roll over a prescribed burn that went wrong and destroyed 40 properties in the Margaret River region, Premier Colin Barnett says.

Means testing the private health insurance rebate will prompt many people to drop their private health cover and put more pressure on the public health system,  Premier Colin Barnett says.

Consumer confidence has risen following two interest rate cuts in late 2011, but remains well below its level a year ago, according to a private survey.

Western Australia’s population is forecast to grow to 3,061,000 by 2026, according to the latest population projections released by the state government.