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Australian shares hit a six-month high despite falls from major miners trading ex-dividend and disappointing retail sales figures.

Fremantle's idle synagogue will be transformed into a restaurant and hospitality venue after Fremantle Council's planning committee approved the proposal last night, the latest of a string of approved plans to repurpose heritage buildings in the area.

Australian shares are trading higher with broad-based gains despite falls from major miners trading ex-dividend and disappointing retail sales figures.

ScoMo reveals why WA will decide who wins the election

Australian shares have shot up as investors bet that weaker than expected economic figures means that the Royal Bank of Australia will likely cut interest rates this year.

A national survey released today by the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) has identified major issues in the resources sector, with a majority of female respondents believing the industry is not diverse.

Australian shares have moved higher as investors digested lower-than-expected GDP numbers that indicated restrained consumer spending in the last three months of 2018.

Gorgon's CO2 burial faces more hold-ups

Australian shares rebounded from some of their lows in the morning but have still closed lower for the first time in a week.

Australia's current account deficit has narrowed 33 per cent to $7.2 billion in the three months to December as higher commodity prices boosted the value of exports.

Australian shares have moved lower, erasing all of the market's gains of the previous day.

Job desperation

The Australian share market has finished higher for a third day, hitting its highest level in five months.

Research released today by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has found a gender pay gap of $162,000 between Australia's highest paid men and women, but women are progressing into full-time management roles at a faster rate than men.

The Australian share market has opened in positive territory despite the major miners starting the day with losses.

Premier implores miners to look local for steel supplies

Australian shares have rebounded to close higher for another day, the last official day of earnings season.

The federal government has today announced new and renewed appointments to its Takeovers Panel including Perth-based John McGlue, Shirley In't Veld and Denise McComish.

Australian shares have dipped lower as gains in the energy and health care sectors were cut down by the rest of the market.

Barley faces China tariffs

Australian shares have finished higher on gains by the big miners and banks while investors took stock of several new earnings reports.

Australian shares have climbed higher on gains by the big miners and banks while investors took stock of several new earnings reports.

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Australian shares have fallen across the board, led lower by the tech sector that had been the main gainer a day earlier.

Australian shares have fallen across the board, led lower by the tech sector that had been the main gainer a day earlier.

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Australian shares have finished higher as investors cheered optimism about a potential US-China trade deal.

Australian shares have moved higher as investors cheered optimism about a potential US-China trade deal.

The big banks will be slugged an extra $640 million under a future Labor government to pay for a new ‘‘fairness'' fund to give consumers a better chance to fight back against financial institutions

Australian shares have finished higher despite a drag from the energy sector weakened by coal exports to China.

Australian shares have opened lower after a negative lead from Wall Street and amid concerns about coal exports to China.