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Business should look a little closer to home before expecting the government to decree how it deals with staff.

Outlet shopping centre Harbour Town has been put up for sale, with the campaign to be managed by Jones Lang LaSalle.

The Australian dollar is slightly lower as investors wait on the release of the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's July policy meeting.

Energy Minister Mike Nahan is positive the remerging of energy retailer Synergy and generator Verve will lead to increased competition in the marketplace, but acknowledges the details of how the ‘r

Canadian resources giant Teck has exercised its right to earn an additional interest in Rox Resources’ Reward zinc project and will spend an additional $10 million on exploring the tenements.

Doric chief executive Peter Iancov has resigned after the diversified contractor decided to defer some of its growth strategies.

The Australian share market is higher as strong gains among the major banks offset falls by several major resources companies.

A plywood train is sitting in the Hay Street Mall, part of a council protest against government plans to run the real thing down the middle of the city's shopping malls.

Point-of-sale financing group ThinkSmart has beaten its guidance for the six months to June 30, rebounding from a $1.5 million loss in the previous half year to lodge a net profit of $700,000.

Economic growth is expected to remain below trend well into the new year as Australia struggles to transition away from being a mining focused economy.

A leading business group is unimpressed at how the federal election campaign has shaped up after what had been a promising start.

Property development group Cedar Woods says it expects to grow its profits further in 2014, after recording a record net profit for the year to June 30.

Cleveland Mining Company has announced former Fortescue Metals Group director Russell Scrimshaw as its new chairman, while Iluka Resources has appointed former Murchison Metals managing director Gr

Clough has confirmed it achieved a record profit in the 2013 financial year, with the result meeting guidance the engineering and project services group released in June.

Contracting group Brierty's shares have jumped after it booked a record net profit for financial year 2013, a result it says was driven by its diversity of operations.

Australia's second-largest internet provider iiNet is proving there's nothing wrong with being number two, after posting a 64 per cent rise in profit.

Western Australia is destined for further skills shortages and a reliance on temporary migrants despite the slowdown of work on major resources projects.

Miner Iluka Resources' first-half profit has been smashed in an environment of plunging mineral sands prices and weak demand.

Woodside has outlined plans to develop three floating LNG projects off the Kimberley coast, with each likely to be similar in scale to Shell’s $12 billion Prelude development.

The local stock market has opened flat as gains by the major banks offset losses by mining giant BHP Billiton.

Ports and rail operator Asciano has lifted its net profit more than 40 per cent due to growth in its coal haulage business.

Government failures at James Price Point can teach us many lessons, around long-term planning, due process and adapting to change.

The Australian dollar has regained some of its losses following the release of the Reserve Bank of Australia's August minutes, thanks to stronger gold futures on the back of greenback weakness.

Gold futures have hit a two-month high as losses in the US dollar stoked demand for the metal a day ahead of closely watched minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting.

US stocks have closed mostly higher following some solid retail earnings reports.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 7.75 (0.05 per cent) to 15,002.99.

Western Australian broadacre farmers only averaged a “fairly miserly” 1.07 per cent return on capital for their 2012 harvests due to variability in grain prices, low rainfall, higher costs and

Australian shares have finished lower as investor concerns about emerging markets hit resource stocks.

Junior resources plays Millennium Minerals and Citation Resources have announced capital raisings worth a collective $12 million.

Global resources giant BHP Billiton's full-year profit has fallen by 29 per cent to $US10.9 billion ($A12.0 billion), as falling commodity prices outweighed efforts to cut costs.

Greens leader Christine Milne has warned the botched approvals process for James Price Point is a sign of things to come under a coalition plan to return environmental decision-making powers to the

It’s not easy being an optimist these days, which is why an outbreak of confidence about Australia at investment bank Morgan Stanley is worth analysing – it just could change your plans for the fut

About 500 jobs could be lost from the Western Australian education system after the state government unveiled a new funding model.