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Coles has been ordered to pay a $2.5 million penalty for falsely advertising "freshly baked" bread when it had been par-baked off-site - sometimes months earlier.

The Australian share market has opened slightly higher after solid gains on Wall Street overnight.

Tributes are flowing in for former test captain and Australia's most revered cricket commentator, Richie Benaud, who passed away overnight in a Sydney hospice.

Gold retreated for a third straight session on Thursday on a stronger dollar after comments from US Federal Reserve officials kept alive expectations for an interest rate rise some time this year d

Andrew Forrest's iron ore miner Fortescue Metals says it has nothing to hide when it comes to paying tax.

With their leaders unpopular, and trailing in the polls, the governments in Perth and Canberra are banking on getting it right in their May budgets.

The Australian dollar is slightly lower after the US dollar rallied on the back of strong US jobs data.

Oil prices have edged higher from the prior day's nose-dive in a volatile market with some analysts citing signs of a potential demand pick-up.

Big gains in petroleum stocks have lifted the US equity market as investors bet on more large energy mergers following Royal Dutch Shell's takeover of BG Group.

WA researchers are looking at ways to help breast cancer sufferers get back on track.

BC Iron has vowed to make deeper cost cuts as it scrambles to stay abreast of falling iron ore prices.

Perth will play host to chief executives from seven of the world's biggest energy and engineering companies during the LNG18 conference, to be held in April next year.

Perth Airport was given an overall ‘satisfactory' quality of service rating by the competition watchdog, while passengers rated the airport's service quality as ‘good'.

The share market has finished weaker for the first time since April Fool's Day as the big miners took a hit.

Only four out of Western Australia's top 20 companies currently meet a gender target set by the Australian Institute of Company Directors, which wants women to fill 30 per cent of board positions on S&P/ASX 200 companies within three years.

“I don't know anybody that doesn't minimise their tax”. With those words from 24 years ago, the current Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance is exposed for the nonsense it is.

Perth-based gold miner Minera Gold has raised $US1.55 million ($A2 million) from existing shareholders and a new investor, while also announcing a number of board changes that includes the retirement of both its chairman and chief executive.

Federal Treasuer Joe Hockey has said Western Australia's budget has been hit by a perfect storm, but state treasurers from across the federation are opposing action to stop the slide in Western Australia's GST revenue.

Ambulance ramping at Perth hospitals has not eased since the opening of the new $2 billion public facility at Murdoch, the state government concedes.

A six-kilometre extension to the Mitchell Freeway will begin in the coming months, with Leighton Holdings awarded a $160 million contract for the construction work in Perth's north-west corridor.

Metals X has issued a stern warning to Tanami Gold claiming it would be financially unwise to accept Northern Star Resources' bid for the Central Tanami gold project over its own proposal.

Global aluminium giant Alcoa has swung back to profit and struck a new energy supply deal in a positive sign for its Australian business.

Private driving service Uber has announced it will reduce fares for its budget UberX service in Perth by 20 per cent, making trips with the company up to 50 per cent cheaper than a taxi.

The Australian stock market is flat with energy stocks weaker on heavy oil price falls.

Western Australia might end co-operation with Canberra if it fails to win changes to the way GST revenue is distributed to the states and territories.

The Australian dollar is slightly higher after the US central bank failed to give a clear indication on when it will raise its interest rate.

Gold has extended losses, falling below $US1,200 an ounce after US Federal Reserve minutes revealed an interest rate rise could take place as early as June, causing the US dollar to turn higher.

Macquarie Capital and Brookfield Asset Management have agreed to buy Apache Corporation's Australian oil and gas operations for $US2.1 billion ($A2.7 billion), with the deal underpinned by a long-term gas sale agreement with Alcoa.

Another huge rise in US stockpiles and record oil output in Saudi Arabia has sent crude prices tumbling.

US stocks have risen as a big Royal Dutch Shell acquisition and a large potential pharma deal offset concerns about earnings season and US monetary policy.

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Australians would pay more for power at peak times, like hot days, and fork out extra at petrol stations under a government blueprint to grow the energy sector.