The Australian share market has closed slightly higher as investors await more movement on addressing Greece's debt and the so-called fiscal cliff in the United States.
The Australian resources sector is well placed for the future although it could be held back because of higher costs and a lack of competitiveness, industry chiefs say.
Treasurer Wayne Swan has used parliamentary question time to raise the achievements of the Labor government after five years of power, saying it has been endorsed by the International Monetary Fund
Western Australia's firefighters are battling dud radios, a lack of basic equipment and budget cuts, despite a succession of devastating bushfires in the past three years, a parliamentary comm
Australia will find it difficult to achieve meaningful economic growth without boosting productivity through micro-economic reform, National Australia Bank chairman Michael Chaney says.
Western Australia is currently at the forefront of global oil and gas activity, and international demand should ensure it will stay there for some time, one of Shell Australia’s top executives says
Perth’s residential land market is emerging from a substantial and extended downturn, with lot production expected to peak at more than 13,000 lots in 2014-2015, new research says.
Transportable housing manufacturer Fleetwood Corporation has warned of a weaker result in financial year 2013, the result of soft trading conditions in all of its key markets.
Board control at Murchison Metals is set to pass to corporate raider Sir Ron Brierley’s Mercantile Investment Company, after the incumbenet chairman and managing director said all parties agreed on
Elemental Minerals has raised $14 million and has announced plans to secure a further $5 million to advance studies and exploration at its Sintoukola Potash Project in the Republic of Congo.
Serviced office provider Servcorp has secured a floor in the recently opened Brookfield Place, after striking a deal to sub-lease space not taken up by accounting firm PwC.
Shares in Perth-based oil and gas play Kinetiko Energy have risen after the company reported better than expected results from drilling activities at its Amersfoort joint venture in South Africa.
Oil and gas junior Pura Vida Energy has completed a $5.95 million placement, to fund drilling programs at its Mazagan acreage off the coast of Morocco.
Engineering group Monadelphous says it has secured an $80 million contract to provide maintenance services to Queensland Curtis LNG at its new gas plant.
Wesfarmers chief executive Richard Goyder says the tone of the national conversation has become too pessimistic, challenging business leaders to embrace the opportunities created by Australia’s str
It's been the buzz term for the past decade, but the decline in Australia's terms of trade will make it crucial that all the talk about lifting productivity be acted on.
Macmahon Contractors and Thiess have been named preferred proponents to deliver a roads upgrade project in New South Wales the federal government says will cost $762 million.
European stock markets and the euro rose as traders welcomed strong Chinese manufacturing data and an Israel-Gaza truce, while a Greek bailout deal was put on hold ahead of an EU summit.
The $30 million Yanchep Central Shopping Centre was opened today by Premier Colin Barnett, the first major commercial development in a decade for an area which is expected to be home to nearly 150,
Mining services group Ausdrill's stock has dropped on the ASX today after it reduced its profit guidance for the 2013 financial year as a result of project delays and cutbacks, softening margins an
