The state government has released more than 15,000 hectares of agricultural land near Kununurra, in the first stage of the Ord-East Kimberley Expansion Project.
The leaders of Australia's energy and electricity companies have welcomed the new carbon pricing scheme, saying it might reduce rather than increase their costs.
Western Australia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry has welcomed a decision by Fair Work Australia that blocks unions from representing employees that do not fall under its membership.
Treasurer Wayne Swan says the government will argue for its proposed mining tax as strenuously as it did for the carbon price legislation passed by parliament today.
Privately-owned engineering and contracting company Calibre Global has announced its fifth acquisiton in the past two years, with the purchase of Melbourne-based infrastructure servi
Accounting firm BDO has released updated modelling on the impact of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) which it said confirms that smaller miners will pay a higher rate of tax than the country’s
The push for a new regional free trade deal will be at the top of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's agenda when she sits down with her Asia-Pacific counterparts in Hawaii this week.
Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan says he believes sticking to the federal government's plan to bring the budget back to surplus in 2012/13 sends an important message to financial markets that there
Resources giant Rio Tinto says it's comfortable with its dependence on China but warns that investors have become more apprehensive about investing in Australia.
Environment Minister Bill Marmion says he will not be rushed into a decision on the Vasse Coal mining proposal after receiving the independent Appeal Committee’s report on the matter.
The federal government is doggedly sticking to its plan to bring the budget back to surplus in 2012/13, despite new Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) forecasts suggesting revenues will be somewhat lo
Australia must not get involved in the eurozone bailout unless Europe does all it can to get its own house in order, federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says.
Qantas boss Alan Joyce has told a parliamentary inquiry that proposed legislative changes would limit the airline's plans to expand into Asia and as a result would cost jobs.
The world's biggest economies will agree to increase the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) resources to help tackle the European debt crisis, officials at the Group of 20 summit said Thursday.
A sensor that predicts mechanical failure, a safety device to stop falls from high levels, and a tablet that mimics insulin for diabetics were among the top winners at the 2011 Mitsubishi Western A
The University of Western Australia has appointed Department of Finance director general Anne Nolan, Woodside chief executive Peter Coleman and Alverstoke Group founder John Willinge to its Busines
A decision by supermarket giant Coles to cut the price of milk to $1 a litre has been a win for consumers that had not badly affected Australia's dairy industry, a Senate inquiry has concluded.
