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A prime riverfront restaurant has been placed on the market, with selling agent Colliers International expecting strong interest from Perth’s top hospitality operators.

Peak Resources has secured a $28.6 million funding deal with mining and metals equity investor Appian Natural Resources Fund, to assist in financing a bankable feasibility study at its Ngualla rare earth project in Tanzania.

The coal industry is getting its "mojo" back despite job losses, BHP Billiton chief executive officer Andrew Mackenzie says.

Online retail spending growth continues to slow.

As worries about the global financial crisis fade, Australian households look ready to break open their piggy banks.

Shares in Perth-based metals explorer Peel Mining have surged on news it would receive up to $7 million through a farm-in agreement with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation.

Telstra's forgotten pay phone booths will be repurposed as Wi-Fi hotspots as part of a plan to blanket public spaces with internet.

The Australian share market has opened flat after iron ore prices hit a fresh five-year low.

A worker has died at BHP Billiton's Worsley alumina refinery in Western Australia's South West after falling down an elevator shaft near a conveyor belt.

Consumer confidence is stabilising as households become more optimistic about their finances.

The Australian dollar is unchanged, as a fall in the price of iron ore and a weaker New Zealand dollar weigh on the currency.

Wall Street stocks have finished lower as a heavy week of US economic data got under way while investors eyed political unrest in Hong Kong.

US oil prices have risen sharply at the start of a busy week of economic data expected to further strengthen confidence in the comparative strength of the American economic recovery.

Perth-based explorer Gold Road Resources has received commitments for a $23.2 million capital raising, with the company keen to further explore gold targets identified within its tenement holding on the Yamarna Belt.

Sydney is an amazing city with lots of iconic attractions, so it’s hard to summarise a week there in short-form, but I’ll try – I love visiting and experiencing what it has to offer, but have no great desire to live there.

The Australian share market has lost all the gains it made this year, after suffering a fall of more than one per cent.

Ausdrill announced today that the proceedings in the Supreme Court against its chief executive officer Ron Sayers have been discontinued.

Western Australia's corruption watchdog has recorded an increase in allegations it receives about misconduct by public officers, plus a 100 per cent conviction rate, its annual report shows.

More Western Australians think it is a good time to buy property than in any other state in Australia, but sandgropers remain increasingly pessimistic regarding the prospects of capital growth, according to new research.

A co-working office space catering specifically to the mining sector will launch next week in West Perth, as mining and exploration companies seek to reduce accommodation costs.

Online technology allowing organisations to organise secret ballots.

Mining contractor Barminco has been affected by a weaker resources sector but has cut costs to grow its margin on a weaker revenue base.

Western Australian industrial design firm Form Designs says its shark barrier technology is a more viable cost-effective solution to the shark nets proposed for 22 WA beaches by Premier Colin Barnett in media reports today.

In this week's Podcast, Mark Pownall, Dan Wilkie and James Lush discuss the state government selloff, BGC, the budget surplus, and a wrap-up of the retail property sector.

Petrol retailers have rejected any suggestion a third-party website listing petrol pump prices every 15 minutes enabled them to engage in price-fixing.

Lower operating costs and an efficiency drive have helped Western Power record an improved net profit result, in a year where strong capital investment continued.

BHP Billiton is teaming with Mexican oil company Pemex in a bid to develop deepwater petroleum reserves in the Gulf of Mexico.

Businesses are not adequately engaging with Asia, despite Australia's future economic growth depending strongly on the expanding region, a new report shows.

Accounting firm EY says debt levels and an ongoing focus on costs is placing more pressure mining services companies in Western Australia.

Standard & Poor's says Western Australia is unlikely to get a credit rating upgrade soon, but it seems encouraged by government measures to improve the state's finances.

Clive Palmer's Mineralogy has moved to terminate CITIC Pacific Mining's rights to mine his iron ore in Western Australia, casting doubt over an $8 billion project.

The Australian Stock market is sharply lower, following a big selloff on Wall Street overnight.