Australia will put a price on carbon emissions from mid next year, but Prime Minister Julia Gillard has released no details on how the price will work or how it will affect businesses.
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett is disappointed in Troy Buswell for notching up nine speeding offences in three years but says he doesn't deserve to be dumped as transport minister.
Former West Australian Labor frontbencher Alannah MacTiernan has defended Transport Minister Troy Buswell who has come under the spotlight again for a string of minor traffic offences.
The federal government was always going to face hurdles in the home straight to its controversial mining tax, but a new set of figures has made the course even trickier.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is refusing to make any changes to Labor's planned mining tax, despite Treasury figures showing the modified version will collect $60 billion less in revenue.
Less than 24 hours before the first West Australian parliamentary sitting day of the new year, Opposition Leader Eric Ripper has unveiled a reshuffle that affects more than half the shadow ministry.
Interest rates are not excessively restrictive but Australians are becoming more cautious about their funds, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens says.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard will get a national agreement on health and hospital reforms if she can separate the GST from the deal, West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says.
The West Australian government's long awaited legislation for fixed-term elections is expected to be introduced next week nearly two and a half years after it was promised.
The Australian bourse closed in the black for the third consecutive day after a better than expected profit result from Commonwealth Bank drove gains in the financial sector.
Hang on to your hat and watch your savings because if last night's sharp rise in the price of gold is an accurate guide, a long-predicted wall of inflation is about to break over the world.
Online jobs advertisements in Western Australia grew the most in the nation in January, recording a 5.81 per cent increase driven by increased demand for skilled labour in the healthcare and engineering sectors.
Western Australia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry says despite growth returning to pre-GFC levels, there are further signs that the state's economy is moving at two speeds.
Skills shortages and strong employment growth are set to push up wages to boom levels in Western Australia, according to research by two different employment analysts.
ANZ has become the second major banking group to increase interest rates on housing and business loans by substantially more than the rise in official interest rates.
Home loan approvals in Western Australia bucked the national trend in September increasing 5.5 per cent compared to the national figure of 1.3 per cent.
MAIN Roads has awarded the first of seven new-style maintenance contracts as industry players finalise their pitch to win the remaining multi-million dollar deals.
The Reserve Bank has lifted the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.75 per cent after expressing concern about the risk of inflation rising again over the medium term.
Forty per cent of WA businesses are looking to employ inexperienced workers over the next 12 months as they move to implement measures to grow and retain their workforce.
The boss of Coles has labelled retail trading hours in Western Australia a farce and questioned the need for any regulation, which include inconsistent regulations and anomalies.
