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Amid all the focus on China's growing economic strength it's perhaps easy to forget about Australia's strong ties to Japan.

Whoever wins the federal election will be tasked with managing an economy that can no longer rely on a mining investment boom that has helped extend the nation's unbroken expansion to a staggering

A rally by banking shares has helped the Australian share market shrug off weaker resources stocks and close the week with another rise.

Indigenous contracting group Gumala Enterprises has announced $17 million worth of new contract wins with Rio Tinto in the Pilbara.

Make-A-Wish Australia has announced a new partnership with Perth-based mining services firm Mineral Resources.

Perth-based arts manager and Bethanie Group chief operating officer Mary-Ellen King is the sole Western Australian among the 12 new appointees to the Australian Council for the Arts board.

The Totally Huge New Music Festival offers an insight into how far performers can push the boundaries of audio art.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has made a pre-election pitch to union members in his first visit to Perth since dramatically reclaiming the leadership of the federal Labor Party last month.

Rental growth for Perth housing outstripped gains in home values by a whopping 45.5 percentage points over the past six years, according to new research released today.

Shares in Perth company Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd have soared after it signed a conditional US$660 million funding agreement with a private equity group for a proposed project in the United States.

China-backed Norton Gold Fields has just about wrapped up its all-scrip takeover of Kalgoorlie Mining Company, declaring its bid is now free from all conditions.

The coalition will let Labor's Gonski-based funding system stand for a year if it can't get legislation repealing it through parliament.

The appointment of Mineral Resources CEO Chris Ellison as the honorary consul for New Zealand piqued my interest in this unusual role – the official but unpaid representation of a nation.

Mining giants BHP Billiton and its partners, including Rio Tinto, will spend $US3 billion ($A3.2 billion) to build a new seawater desalination plant at the Escondida mine in Chile.

When the chief executive of an ASX-listed company is getting paid an annual salary of only $110,000, it's a sure sign that money is tight. But not for all, as Business News' quarterly CEO salary survey reveals.

Resource companies are struggling as the Australian market opens flat.

The Department of Housing has spent more than $80 million buying land from major developers at the northern limits of metropolitan Perth in the past nine months, adding as many as 1,200 lots at the

The Australian dollar is higher after disappointing US durable goods data dampened hopes that the Federal Reserve will begin tapering its economic stimulus soon.

US stocks have closed higher as soaring Facebook shares were up 30 per cent, boosting sentiment.

Rising productivity and lifestyle changes have added a new dimension to the makeup of the nation's workforce.

Low emissions power company Enerji is in discussions with four potential new clients after announcing its inaugural pilot plant had produced electricity for the first time, its new chief executive

Three fleet leasing companies in Perth are seeking an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd when he visits Western Australia on Friday, as the share price of the country's largest salary pa

A mining industry representative group says a new tax credit needs to be created for Australian miners to ensure the successful development of new mining operations.

Finding influential people online is the ‘new marketing'.

The Australian share market ended the day flat as resources stocks were hit by weaker metals prices and financial stocks rose.

Shares in OZ Minerals have dropped more than seven per cent after the miner warned it would produce less gold this year than previously expected.

Shares in St Barbara dropped heavily on the ASX today after the gold miner said its Pacific operations did not reach production targets for financial year 2013.

The team behind some of the city's most progressive venues has a new project that promises to be a little bit Spanish and a little bit Latin.

Like the captain of a sinking ship, the days of cheaper petrol, electronics, clothing and overseas travel will go down with the falling Australian dollar.

Heron Resources has signed an agreement with Kewdale engineering group Simulus to use its unique metallurgical testing processes, with a view of making the Kalgoorlie nickel project more economical

Composites manufacturer Quickstep Holdings has made the first commercial sale of its patented Quickstep process, securing a $6 million contract with Russia-based aircraft composites builder ORPE Te