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The Australian dollar has crept higher against its US counterpart, hitting 80 US cents, as the US dollar slides around, most other major currencies tread water but commodity currencies slip.
Oil prices have risen to two-month highs, ending the strongest month of the year for crude futures, boosted in part by expectations of US sanctions against Venezuela's oil sector and as supply concerns have waned in recent weeks.
Gold has hit its highest in almost seven weeks, boosted by a struggling dollar and US economic data that cast doubt on whether the Federal Reserve will raise rates again this year.
Security checking business Veritas has signed a deal to piggyback Australia Post's bricks and mortar presence ahead of an anticipated surge in demand for identity checks driven by new federal security legislation.
The Australian share market has closed higher, led by mining and energy stocks, as investors took confidence from offshore markets ahead of the start of the local reporting season.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he has taken on "the cause" of getting Western Australia a fairer deal on GST amid new claims the state will lose another $1.9 billion of the national carve-up.
Three local resources companies have announced successful raisings worth a total of $12 million today, with uranium hopeful Vimy Resources, gold focused Explaurum and gold explorer Catalyst Metals all raising capital.
Captain Cook Cruises has today announced it will extend its ferry services to Rottnest later this year, joining Rottnest Express and Rottnest Fast Ferries, which could create downward pressure on prices of trips to the island and boost jobs.
Finbar Group has sold the serviced apartments component of its latest project in West Perth, striking a deal worth $12.5 million with a funds management group headquartered in Singapore and Hong Kong.
SPECIAL REPORT: An increasingly competitive funding environment has prompted several arts and cultural organisations to sharpen their focus on audience development as a means to boost sustainable income streams.
SPECIAL REPORT: A focus on creating and sustaining a liveable, connected and internationally appealing city is driving arts and culture development and construction projects across Perth.
Satterley Property Group has bolstered its Queensland portfolio with a 63-hectare acquisition in Ripley Valley, around 33 kilometres south-west of Brisbane.
Biotech company Sirtex Medical is facing two class actions over allegations it engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in relation to missed sales forecasts for 2016-17, which sparked a share price plunge.
Origin Energy has lifted full-year oil and gas production by 40 per cent to 323 petajoules, helped by the ramp-up of operations at its Australia Pacific liquefied natural gas project and better-than-expected output from its conventional oil and gas business.
West Perth-based miner Sandfire Resources has further lifted its interest in the Black Butte copper project in the US, taking its total share of project vehicle Tintina Resources to 78.1 per cent.
Two Western Australian businesses have been recognised for their achievements in the subsea engineering sector at the 2017 Subsea Energy Australia awards.
The Australian share market has bounced back from its previous session's losses, starting the week comfortably higher on the back of strength in the mining and energy sectors.
Malcolm Turnbull is promising to more than double the amount of funding for indigenous students in Western Australia over the next decade as he drums up support in the west.
Gold prices have risen to a six-week high after weaker-than-expected US inflation dampened expectations that the US Federal Reserve will aggressively raise interest rates and North Korea fired a ballistic missile, triggering safe-haven buying.
Oil has ended its strongest week this year with a surge built on receding fears of oversupply, as US crude came within striking distance of $US50 a barrel for the first time since the end of May.
Commissioning has been completed today at a 150-megawatt gas power station in South Hedland built by Canadian energy company TransAlta, to power Horizon Power customers and Fortescue Metals Group's operations.
Perth-based Decmil Group has cut its full-year revenue forecast for the second time in six months and foreshadowed a trading loss in the second-half of the 2017 financial year, along with further impairments.
Gumala Aboriginal Corporation is taking legal action against its former chief executive, Steve Mav, for allegedly breaching his duties while he was at the helm of the indigenous group.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has slapped a five-year ban on a Queensland-based former employee of stockbroking firm Patersons Securities, after he made unauthorised trades on a client account and created false records on two further accounts.
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Despite staring down a looming vacancy in one of its largest assets, Dexus says there is a lot to like about the fundamentals of Perth's office market.
