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Australian stocks have opened weaker, with David Jones among the worst performers after the department store chain posted a decline in third quarter sales.

Perth's public transport network will undergo the biggest disruptions in its history when lines shutdown to allow work to be done on the Perth City Link project.

The Australian dollar has continued to fall due to investor caution and falls in commodity prices.

The 7.3 per cent plunge in Japanese stocks during last week injected needed sobriety into US markets, but they showed a resilience that cheered investors worried about protecting the year's gains.

With debt getting out of hand, maybe it’s time we rethink how borrowing decisions are made at a national level, and by whom.

Peet chairman Tony Lennon has lifted his interest in the land development company to 21.4 per cent after participating in a special placement tied to its takeover of east coast property company CIC

Base metals exploration company Classic Minerals has become the 25th Western Australian company to list on the ASX this financial year.

It’s so easy to forget that public debt has caused considerable strife for Australia.

Australia's domestic flights were a little roomier for the travelling public in March, with the growth in passenger numbers failing to match the extra seats added into the market.

The Perth Convention Bureau will retire its partnership with CMS Events’ Perth Event Show to focus on international and national markets.

The Australian dollar has finished the day higher, despite falling back from its earlier highs amid uncertainty about the future of the US Federal Reserve's stimulus program.

The Australian stock market has tumbled to a five-week low, with $26 billion wiped from the value of the bourse.

Balamara Resources announced today that it would undertake a renounceable rights issue next month in an effort to raise $5.26 million working capital.

KBL Mining today announced a sweeping recast of its corporate strategy that may see the company looking to sell part of its Sorby Hills lead-zinc-silver project, located in the northeast Kimberley

 Both major Western Australian political parties fear Shell's Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) project will trigger a departure from onshore processing, slashing state royalties an

After a quarter of a century in the city, Perth’s science education centre is on the move.

WHAT do you call a person who makes the same mistake year after year? ‘Fool’ is one suggestion, and it seems the same description certainly applies to governments.

A big population centre at Lake Argyle has been proposed by a Fremantle consultancy as the winning entry to an international competition. The objective was to balance the nation’s development with a northern capital.

The Australian Agricultural Company has announced a $46.5 million loss for the three months to March 31 2013, after being hit by the continuing effect of government bans on live exports.

The federal government needs to restore consumer confidence by securing jobs and ensuring less red tape, says Australia's peak retail group.

Australian shares are a little weaker as the market follows Wall street into negative territory.

Gold futures have snapped to a one-week high as a slump in global equities markets and the US dollar drew investors in search of a refuge to the precious metal.

Subiaco company Kairiki Energy has cancelled a $12 million right issue that was “partially and conditionally” underwritten by Patersons Securities, after failing to achieve its minimum subscription

The Australian dollar has fallen to its lowest level in almost a year following further gains in its US counterpart and disappointing Chinese manufacturing figures.

Perth company ThinkSmart has predicted an after-tax profit of $0.5 million for the first six months of 2013, at its annual general meeting today.

Australian stocks suffered their biggest one-day fall in two months as more than $32 billion was wiped from the value of the bourse.

ASX-listed oil and gas companies currently report their reserves and resources in 33 different ways, research by Perth-based consulting group RISC Advisory has found.

The relationship between the high $A and interest rates has a way to run.

What lessons can we learn from wine sector that we can apply to industry development in this state?The wine sector has intrigued me as a business journalist for the past two decades.

 Telstra is not saying how many jobs may be lost as part of a major restructure of its internal operations.