The Australian economy managed what the Reserve Bank of Australia likes to call "about trend" growth in the December quarter, the national accounts showed today.
Shares in GR Engineering have jumped on the ASX this morning, after the company announced a £75 million ($111 million) contract with Wolf Minerals at the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in England.
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says he has "personal evidence" Australians are having trouble finding work in the mining and other industries because overseas workers are filling jobs through the 457
A legal challenge against the federal government's mineral resources rent tax has started in the High Court with lawyers for miner Andrew Forrest arguing the controversial impost breaches the
The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared to an all-time record high on Tuesday, passing the five-year-old mark to leave behind the deep losses of the economic crisis.
When the big players start exiting a sector it’s a fair bet things are on the slide; and so it is with with the Lowy family’s decision to quit its retail trust.
OF all the issues likely to feature prominently in the lead-up to the March 9 state election, it’s perhaps no surprise the arts is a long way down the list.
A BUSINESS cannot move forward without continuously reviewing the past; not to be critical of our mistakes, but to ensure the journey forward continues to improve.
WHEN Gabe Fasolino was hired as a plant manager at a $7 million manufacturing company, he heard rumours that there were problems with drug and alcohol use among the workers.
WHK Group, the listed entity behind accounting firm Crowe Horwath, has received a merger proposal from SFG Australia, which owns accounting and financial planning firms including Western Pacific an
AS many of the management consulting sector’s global brands have established a presence in the booming Perth market, local boutique player Momentum Partners has quietly been expanding its national
IT could hardly be called upheaval, but there has been a rare changing of the guard at the top end of Perth’s accounting world, with two of the big four firms this year handing over the reins to ne
WA’s role as the nation’s economic powerhouse is no more evident than in the accounting sector, with strong growth a dominant feature of the past decade.
A MERGER between property valuation firms Landmark White Hegney and Western Australian-based Glendinning and Associates will create one of the largest valuation teams in the state.
The Barnett government is facing the prospect of a third bout of industrial action during the state election campaign, with Western Australia's public sector union calling a mass meeting
Corrective services minister Murray Cowper is being investigated for alleged illegal land clearing at a holiday shack community, prompting calls for him to be sacked.
Three WA-based oil and gas juniors have entered separate agreements collectively worth nearly $230 million with Hong Kong-based investment house Canadian Pan Ocean, covering the highly-prospective
