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Australian stocks have opened weaker, with the big miners leading the broader market lower after commodities prices, particularly gold, were hit hard in offshore trading.

Premier Colin Barnett says Prime Minister Julia Gillard has shown a low regard for students in his state in the federal government's school funding plan.

Mining companies should be focusing on improving productivity rather than just digging up bigger volumes of minerals, according to a report by consultants PwC.

Gold careened into bear-market territory on Friday, slipping below $US1,500 an ounce at one point, further succumbing to investors' push for higher yields.

There has been plenty of recent ammunition to feed scepticism in the bull market of 2013 - yet stocks continued to float higher, racking up solid gains for the week.

NSW motoring group study supports suppressed government report on fuel self-sufficiency.

Titan Energy says it is on the lookout for new acquisitions after raising $2.16 million through a placement with Pendulum Capital.

The Australian dollar has pushed higher, helped along by continued strength on share markets.At 1700 AEST, the currency was at 105.56 US cents, up from 105.21 US cents yesterday.

The increased likelihood of the Browse gas project being developed as a ‘floater’ takes to nine the number of floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) plants under construction or being considered for

The City of Geraldton has called for tenders to find a builder to conduct a $2.1 million restoration of the town’s historic original railway station.

Mexico-focused exploration firm Azure Minerals has secured $2.35 million from investors to finance drilling activities at its Cascada copper-gold-silver project .

The artificial currency, Bitcoin, won’t trigger the next crash, but its mere existence is a sign of the problems facing financial markets.

Australian shares closed marginally higher on Friday to complete their biggest one-week gain since last October.

The NSW government has agreed to privatise the state's ports, in a deal that will net more than $4 billion for infrastructure projects in the state.

APA Group is to sell the Moomba-to-Adelaide gas pipeline system to QIC Global Infrastructure for $400.6 million.

More than 330,000 people have applied to work Down Under as part of Tourism Australia's six 'Best Jobs in the World' promotion.

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest says Australia will be left behind if efforts aren't made to make Sydney a strategic trading centre for Chinese currency.

Shares in Calibre Group have plummeted nearly 52 per cent after the engineering and asset management firm issued a profit warning.

Shares in Elemental Minerals leapt on the ASX today after the company received a non-binding takeover offer from a Hong Kong investment group.

UNITED States Ambassador to Australia Jeffrey Bleich says the US economy is well on its way to recovery, presenting a bullish perspective on the superpower’s outlook.

The state government has short-listed three consortiums of the “world’s top stadium builders” for the Burswood football arena.

Treasurer Wayne Swan is encouraging Australian businesses to get "ahead of the curve" and push toward greater use of the Chinese renminbi (RMB) currency in their trade dealings.

The Australian share market has opened higher after Wall Street hit fresh record highs overnight.

Western Australia’s business leaders are concerned about productivity but less anxious about growth than their eastern-states counterparts, a directors survey has revealed.

Woodside Petroleum has held out the hope of proceeding with an alternative gas project in the Kimberley after spiralling costs forced it to terminate plans for a gas processing plant at James Price

US stocks have pushed to new record levels after the government's weekly report on jobless claims came in better than expected.

The Australian dollar hit a fresh 10-week high following gains on US sharemarkets, but lost some ground after disappointing jobs figures.

Outward changes to our products reflect the massive upheaval under way across the media landscape.

We can expect the battle for the soul of the Labor Party to be waged furiously after what seems like an inevitable election loss in September.