Gold prices have extended their declines in aftermarket trading as the Federal Reserve's meeting minutes quashed any hopes the central bank could delay raising interest rates.
Oil prices in New York have finished little changed on a mixed US inventory report as Morgan Stanley analysts said they expect OPEC to take action to defend prices.
Jobs are to go at the ABC as the national broadcaster works out how it will operate with $254 million less in government funding over the next four years.
An uncertain future for Pluton Resources’ Cockatoo Island iron ore project has led Watpac Civil & Mining to flag a hit to its net profit of between $2 million and $4 million for the 2015 financial year.
Shares in Adelaide-based Flinders Mines plummeted on the stock market today after it announced a $6.7 million capital raising to complete a feasibility study on its Pilbara iron ore project.
Chevron Australia’s former general manager greater Gorgon area, Colin Beckett, has been appointed to the board of Australia’s largest onshore oil producer, South Australian company Beach Energy.
The Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority has begun marketing the former Midland Livestock Saleyards site, touted by Planning Minister John Day as a vital step in the renewal of the eastern suburbs.
Supermarket giant Woolworths wants the federal government to loosen regulations it says are disadvantaging customers and making it harder for retailers to compete with international rivals.
A subsidiary of mining services group Ausdrill has won its first international contract, which will be to supply drilling services at a tenement in Papua New Guinea held by Heritage Oil for an undisclosed sum.
Amcom Telecommunications is preparing for a busy end to the year as negotiations with Vocus Communications continue and TPG Telecom waits on the sidelines.
Australia will seek a free trade agreement with the European Union, as Tony Abbott pledged to take a "strong and effective" plan to the 2015 climate summit in Paris.
UPDATE: Aldi says it's first Western Australian store is set to open in mid-2016, at the state’s largest shopping centre, the Lend Lease-owned Lakeside Joon
The Western Australian government has talked up the positives contained in a report on indigenous disadvantage at a time when its relationship with Aboriginal people is at a new low.
Coles stores in Western Australia will be selling WAFarmers branded milk from today, with part of the proceeds from sales going to development of the state’s agricultural industry.
Mining services companies WesTrac and Orica have both announced further restructuring moves, including a reduction in their workforce, with Orica also announcing the sale of its chemicals business to a private equity group.
The state government has committed to pay $7.3 million per year in fees to the manager of an accommodation village in South Hedland, irrespective of occupancy levels, after tipping in $53 million to support the original development.
Gold prices have closed at their highest level in nearly three weeks, spurred by a drop in the US dollar and tensions in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Construction has begun on Blackburne Property Group’s $145 million Aria apartments project in Swanbourne, with Probuild appointed to carry out the works.
