Global crude futures plunged to fresh lows Thursday amid a swamped market as US production hit a new record and the market mulled Saudi denials of a price war.
Gold prices rose on Thursday, as investors reacted to reports of Russian troop movements in Ukraine and Moscow's threats to dispatch warplanes for maneuvers in the Gulf of Mexico.
The City of Subiaco has reversed a plan which would have required would-be bar owners to jump through identical hoops as required by the Department of Racing Gaming and Liquor.
Latin Resources has entered into a $3.12 million funding agreement with US-based Lind Partners Australia to fund the development of its copper projects and its Guadalupito Andaulsite heavy mineral sands project in Peru.
The Franchising Council of Australia and the Australian National Retailers' Association have welcomed the release of the updated Franchising Code of Conduct by the federal government.
Murdoch University chancellor David Flanagan has revealed up to five senior executives are under investigation, while also disclosing some of the “shocking” evidence against them.
For the best ringside seat at a bruising encounter don't buy a ticket to a boxing event, sign up for an iron ore forecasting conference which will, for the first time since prices crashed, put the big boys of the industry on the same podium as the small producers.
The state government has made further amendments to its decision to charge a $4,000 public school fee for families on 457 visas, after community backlash resulted in multiple delays.
The Western Australian government's flagged destruction of up to 150 remote indigenous communities is being widely condemned as harking back to assimilation days.
The Reserve Bank of Australia is confident the economy will gradually pick up pace in the next couple of years, with the labour intensive services sector a key driver.
About $5.6 million owed to thousands of Western Australians is lying unclaimed in the Department of Treasury's register of unclaimed money database, Treasurer Mike Nahan says.
One of Australia's most prominent businesswomen, Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly, is stepping down after seven years at the bank's helm, to be replaced by Brian Hartzer.
Wall Street's five-day record run has ended after huge fines for rigging the foreign exchange market sent the shares of three leading US banks tumbling.
Total reported sales activity has remained virtually unchanged for three weeks with only minimal variations in house sales whilst the fall in multi- residential sales this week was replaced with a lift in land sales.
Oil prices retreated with traders fixed on the OPEC oil cartel which appears set to maintain output at an upcoming meeting despite ample global supplies of crude.
Developers are set to be offered incentives by local governments to create affordable housing options, part of a suite of changes to the state's planning guidelines adopted by the Western Australia
Rail infrastructure company Aurizon is positive but cautious about the West Pilbara iron ore project, with chairman John Prescott saying today that, on balance, he expects the development to proceed.
A waterfront commercial development site, including 37 boat pens, at Mandurah's Mariner's Cove has been listed for sale, with Knight Frank appointed to undertake the sales campaign.
A Perth technology company that boasts a track record of sales growth and annual profits is planning to list on the ASX after launching a $2 million initial public offering.
The run of technology companies taking advantage of lacklustre mining stocks based in Perth is continuing, with three more backdoor listings expected to be completed this month and another towards the end of the year.
