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Local wine makers must stop whining about the high Australian dollar and back themselves to win their share of global sales, says producer Australian Vintage.

Western Australian employers have downgraded expectations for increasing staff numbers in the first quarter of 2013.

Keeping inflation in check is important to maintain steady economic growth, but it is not enough, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens says.

The Western Australian Farmers Federation says dairy farmers need to receive at least 42.5 cents per litre for milk for the industry to be sustainable in WA.

A lack of uncommitted available reserves coupled with the demand for Australia's liquefied natural gas could create challenges for domestic gas supplies by 2016.

A local council in the Pilbara wants to import foreign workers for smaller businesses in the retail, hospitality and other sectors that are struggling to keep local employees.

Most investors are not stupid, but if you follow the trail of money they leave there does seem to be an awful lot who just don’t think about where they park their hard-earned savings – and that cou

Transfield Services has won several new contracts worth $140 million, including work on two major energy projects.

Treasurer Troy Buswell wants to prevent his former lover and independent MP Adele Carles from making any more damning accusations, as the political fallout from their private affair continues.

Australian stocks have opened firmer, with the major miners leading the broader market on track to close at a fresh high for calendar 2012.

Small business confidence may have reached a turning point after some difficult times in the past couple of years.

US stocks ended slightly higher on Monday amid hopes that a political deal over the looming fiscal cliff was in the works.

Investors who jump into the sharemarket in December might just get an early christmas present - if history is any guide.

The dire state of the plantation forestry sector has been highlighted by a move by growers to wind up their Australian Growth managed investment schemes run by RuralAus Investments. 

Former Murchison Metals chairman Paul Kopejtka has joined the board of metals explorer Ascot Resources.

Uranium producer Peninsula Energy has secured $36 million in funding for the construction of the Lance uranium project in Wyoming.

The Australian dollar is unchanged after weak Chinese trade data reduced earlier gains made on strong US job numbers.

The federal government has hit out at a senior Liberal MP for suggesting the global financial crisis would not have had a budget impact under a coalition government, describing the remarks as "delu

Australian households won't see instant cuts in their power bills if the federal Labor government's carbon tax is abolished, energy retailers say.

The Australian stock market has closed marginally higher as upbeat Chinese data helped to sustain the momentum of the market.

Investors have given Ten Network Holdings's latest capital raising a thumbs down amid doubts about the struggling broadcaster's ability to reverse its flagging fortunes.

Mining contractor Barminco says an initial public offering is off the agenda until at least 2014, as it aims to re-finance its debts over the current financial year.

Mining contractor Macmahon Holdings is poised for a capital raising as it battles to reverse a drop in earnings and tries to cut costs.

Property company GPT Group has made a bid for Australand's commercial and industrial and investment property portfolio.

Iron ore miner Atlas Iron says it has completed a $US275 million financing package to put it on track to produce 12 million tonnes per annum by December 2013.

BC Iron has announced it will acquire an additional 25 per cent interest in the Nullagine iron ore project from joint venture partner Fortescue Metals Group for at least $190 million.

Woodside Petroleum has reached another joint venture agreement to expand its exploration interests in Myanmar (Burma).

Weaker-than-expected housing loan figures suggest the Reserve Bank of Australia may need to cut the cash rate further in 2013.

Another mistake in acquiring land for Woodside's controversial Browse gas hub has made targeted timeframes "tight", Lands Minister Brendon Grylls concedes.

The Australian market has opened flat as trading volumes start to thin out heading into the festive season.

Shopping centre owner Centro Retail Australia is changing its name just 12 months after a massive company overhaul that kept the once debt-laden company afloat.