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Gold miner Northern Star Resources has outlined plans to spend $50 million next year on exploration activity, after announcing a high-grade gold discovery on the Millennium tenement at its Kundana project near Kalgoorlie.

Sluggish wages growth and rising unemployment is hardly a recipe for a happy consumer.

Westpac boss Gail Kelly has become one of the country's highest paid executives, with her pay packet swelling to around $13 million.

Andrew Forrest has reiterated his support for Fortescue Metals Group diversifying its operations into other commodities, but said there were no immediate plans to pursue nickel, or oil and gas over its core iron ore business.

Western Australia's economy remains the envy of most of the Western world, despite sustained falls in consumer and business confidence, according to the founder of Australia's biggest mortgage brok

The Fair Work Commission last night issued an order to the Australian Institute of Marine & Power Engineers to end a planned strike by Teekay Shipping's engineers this morning in Port Hedland.

Skippers Aviation will this month begin providing regular public transport flights between Perth and Onslow, where Chevron operates its $29 billion Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project.

The coalition government has accused Labor of betraying the renewable energy sector by abandoning negotiations on a new target.

Seven West Media is warning of a 10 per cent a slide in its first-half profit due to softer-than-expected television advertising.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia chairman David Turner says Australia's largest lender is "cautiously positive" about 2015 financial year.

BHP Billiton officially confirmed today it has scrapped the sale of its Nickel West business in Western Australia "at this time" after failing to attract a buyer at an acceptable price.

US stocks have set fresh records for the fifth straight session, but just barely, amid holiday-dampened trade.

Oil prices have traded mixed as the market gauged the outlook for an OPEC oil production cut amid abundant global supplies.

Gold prices have ticked higher as a respite from the strong US dollar squeezes some bearish investors out of the market.

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The Australian dollar has hit 100 Japanese yen for the first time in 18 months, giving the local currency a leg-up against the greenback.

Canning Vale-based seafood producer Kailis Bros has maintained its status as one of Western Australia's largest private companies, with annual sales of $433 million last financial year.

Troubled miner Pluton Resources says its major shareholder General Nice Resources has committed to provide extra funding to recommence operations at the Cockatoo Island iron ore project.

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The share market has closed lower as a broad drop in commodity prices weighed on energy and resources stocks.

Work has begun work on upgrades to the Roe Highway-Berkshire Road interchange in Forrestfield, under a deal worth $46.2 million.

The amount of home loan-backed securities held by the Reserve Bank of Australia has increased 25 fold to help banks settle day-to-day transactions.

While its rivals are agitating for an overhaul of media ownership laws, Seven is preaching caution.

Three of billionaire Gina Rinehart's companies will go to trial next March over the late filing of financial accounts with the corporate regulator.

Perth house prices fell by 0.1 per cent in the September quarter, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, making it the only capital city to record a fall in dwelling values over the peri

Northern Minerals has appointed Dublin-headquartered management consulting firm Accenture to plan and budget a feasibility study at its flagship Browns Range rare earths project near Halls Creek.

Joe Hockey won't deliver a mini-budget when he updates the government's books next month.

A record-high surge in business conditions in October has failed to light a fire under Australian companies, with confidence taking a fall.

The Australian share market is flat, weighed down by the mining stocks.

US stock markets have soared to fresh records, but internet broadband carriers were hit hard by President Barack Obama's call for tough net neutrality rules.

The Australian dollar is lower as the greenback regains ground following its post-jobs report slump.

World oil prices have tumbled after Kuwait downplayed prospects for an OPEC output cut in the face of abundant global supplies.