Canada's decision to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol doesn't mean the international community isn't serious about tackling global warming, the federal government says.
The state government will invest $78.2 million in regional water provision and natural resource management (NRM), the water minister and regional development and lands minister announced today.
The Australian economy has posted its second consecutive quarter of robust growth as the booming mining sector fuels a solid rise in business investment, official figures show.
An inquiry headed by former Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty will begin immediately to investigate the cause of the Margaret River bushfire and the prescribed burn that got out of
There has been a sharp decline in business confidence as worries grow that the European financial crisis will worsen and hit the global economy, a private sector survey shows.
West Australian opposition leader Eric Ripper is warning his federal Labor counterparts they won't get any uranium from WA if he wins the next election.
The Australian economy is expected to have grown strongly in the September quarter of 2011 as the booming mining sector fuels a solid rise in business investment.
WA recorded an increase in jobs advertised on the internet and in newspapers despite a flatline in the national figure, according to a report released today.
Wage growth under enterprise bargaining agreements edged up slightly in the June quarter but new government data showed a stark difference between deals reached between public and private sector wo
European Union monitors and ratings agencies bear some of the blame for Greece's debt crisis that has plunged the continent into financial turmoil, former Greek prime minister George Papandreou say
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has called on the Australian Labor Party to have a "fair dinkum" debate about its future as she laid out a plan to deliver more jobs, lower taxes and economic growth.
State Labor leader Eric Ripper has blasted Prime Minister Julia Gillard for using him as an excuse to deny Western Australia more than $200 million in native title compensation.
The Australian Labor Party's national conference has backed the federal government's commitment to a budget surplus and rejected a bid by the Left faction to expand the reach of the mining tax.