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Company directors are concerned that in the federal government's haste to return the budget to surplus it may risk damaging the economy.

The federal government must name the top 500 companies set to pay a price on carbon to dispel confusion among businesses and the public, the opposition says.

Opposition Treasury spokesperson Ben Wyatt has savaged the state government's handling of the $95 million upgrade of nib Stadium, saying Western Australians will receive “next to nothing” in r

The state opposition has aligned itself with the Urban Development Institute of Australia in a pledge to streamline Western Australia's residential planning and approvals system if successful at ne

Western Australians will soon be able to see the carbon tax component of their power and water bills.

The small rise in the number of job vacancies reported on Thursday is not enough to provide real hope that a solid pickup in jobs growth is under way.

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has threatened to wield the axe at government programs in order to find extra budget savings.

About 50 Aboriginal rights activists have marched on Western Australia's parliament to demand a compensation deal equal to five per cent of the annual gross domestic product of the state'

Premier Colin Barnett has slammed the federal government over his state's share of GST revenues, saying Western Australia has "hit the bottom of the barrel" and must slash services becaus

Premier Colin Barnett says he has no objection to more American nuclear submarine visits to Perth's Garden Island naval base if US-Australian defence co-operation is boosted.

Treasurer Wayne Swan won't reveal if the federal budget will include specific measures for the non-mining states, but says the government is committed to spreading Australia's mining wealth across

Novel move, elementary It's not just miners in Western Australia who have developed an acute interest in the periodic tables.

Cocos Islands residents have never been consulted about basing American surveillance drones on the Australian territory and were recently assured no military base would be set up there, a local bus

Consumers in Western Australia remain cautious, focusing more on saving and paying off debt rather than purchasing, a survey released today says.

Petrol prices hit a three year high last week as re-sellers factored in potential threats to oil supplies in the Middle East, new figures show.

Labor leader Mark McGowan has proudly claimed underdog status in next year's state election but denied unpopular Prime Minister Julia Gillard is a millstone around the party's neck.

The consumer watchdog says it will be closely watching electricity retailers which include a carbon tax impact on power bills sent to customers.

Former Reserve Bank of Australia board member Solomon Lew has called for an immediate, hefty official interest rate cut while accusing the central bank of being out of touch.

Treasurer Wayne Swan believes a growing number of people agree with the sentiments in his recent essay that attacked "vested interest" and in particular three billionaire mining magnates.

Premier Colin Barnett has denied he is "obsessed" with industrialising the Kimberley, following a new move by his government to compulsorily acquire land for a $30 billion gas hub there.

Perth's Aboriginal tent embassy protest has become "violent and divisive" and will be dismantled by force, Premier Colin Barnett has warned.

The federal coalition says Labor is going to cut the diesel fuel rebate for miners in the May budget as part of a "cash grab" aimed at protecting the government's surplus.

Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten insists a lift in the superannuation guarantee is not a tax on employers.

A clash is looming at an Aboriginal "tent embassy" in Perth after the police commissioner urged the city council to order the protesters off a public reserve.

The mining industry has lashed out at suggestions the federal government is considering a cut to the diesel fuel tax rebate to prop up its budget, saying a further reduction was the equivalent of i

The Australian Greens and Labor are in a stand-off over corporate tax cuts linked to the minerals resource rent tax (MRRT) passed by parliament this week.

Foreign Minister Bob Carr has described as "recklessly irresponsible" Clive Palmer's claim that the CIA is sponsoring green groups in a bid to wreck the Australian economy.

The state government should not waste taxpayers' money by joining a court challenge against the federal government's mining tax if there's no reasonable chance of success, state Opposition Leader M

Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey has predicted the final federal budget deficit for 2011/12 will be around $50 billion.

UnionsWA secretary Simone McGurk and former television journalist Reece Whitby are among 33 WA Labor Party candidates announced last night who will stand for Lower House seats at the 2013 state ele

The Reserve Bank of Australia believes the nation's booming mining industry is balancing out weakness in other parts of the economy, suggesting there was no need to cut interest rates.