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The Australian market has opened higher despite weak offshore leads as the financial sector lifts local shares.

Local and global factors are combining against a significant future strengthening of the $A against the greenback.

Business groups have welcomed the industrial relations policy package announced this week by federal opposition leader Tony Abbott but most have lobbied for the coalition to go much further.

The Australian dollar has plummeted almost two US cents and could be on its way back below the 100-US cent mark for the first time in nearly a year.

US stocks fell on Thursday, as buyers took a breather after a slate of successive record closes.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 22.50 (0.15 per cent) to 15,082.62.

Western Australian households face an extra $218 a year in fees and charges as Treasurer Troy Buswell warned of a “significant erosion” of the state’s revenue base.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s chief Greg Medcraft has warned that investors hungry for yield are going to be attracted to riskier investments as Australia’s interest rates

The Australian dollar is higher after strong employment figures made the possibility of another official interest rate cut less likely.

The number of dwellings expected to be built in Perth this year has increased to 22,500, and is forecast to stay around that level for the next three years.

Caravel Minerals gone to the market to raise some extra cash as it seeks to develop its gold and copper acreage in WA and Queensland with a reunited management team from Dominion Mining.

THE booming Western Australian economy of the past decade has fuelled a rise in philanthropic activity of all kinds in Perth.

Palmyra-based Sullivan Property Consultants has picked up a Rockingham bulky goods centre for $14 million.

The consumer watchdog has put out a scam warning after nearly $1 million in investment fraud losses were reported to its ScamNet agency during the past month.

Sumatra Copper & Gold is seeking to raise $20 million to put towards development at its flagship Tembang gold-silver project in Indonesia.

The Chamber of Arts and Culture WA has appointed its inaugural executive director, with the recruitment of experienced arts administrator Henry Boston.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says his industrial relations policy will protect the pay and conditions of workers and offer them access to flexibility arrangements.

AusGroup subsidiary AGC Industiries has extended its fabrication contract for Chevron’s Gorgon natural gas development by $13.6 million.

Further interest rates cuts appear less likely following another surprise surge in employment.

THE Department of Health says its rollout of a modernised patient administration system is on track, four years after the upgrade was given the green light.

AN integrated business embracing public and private health-care services has doubled the availability of cancer treatment in Western Australia.

Privately owned Bethesda Hospital is starting to plan for its next expansion, after regaining outright ownership of its Claremont property and overcoming a period of financial challenges.

Western Australia's top judge says he has "serious concerns" about the state's attorney-general decision to stop a project that would have allowed the Supreme Court to stream cases online in r

BY any objective standards, the nation’s demand for healthcare services is growing rapidly.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says it's not the amount of government spending that is putting pressure on the budget, but the lack of tax money coming in.

The Australian share market has opened flat.

Premier Colin Barnett continues to hope Commonwealth funding will be forthcoming for the state government's rail plans, despite its historical backing of roads.

National Australia Bank's half year net profit has grown by 23 per cent to $2.52 billion.

The Australian dollar is nearly a third of a US cent lower ahead of the release of key monthly employment figures.

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US stocks have continued their upward climb, riding positive economic data from Germany and China to new records.

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