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Australian consumers are downbeat heading into Christmas, despite the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to cut the cash rate to its lowest level in three years.

Coca-Cola Amatil says trading conditions in Australia have picked up in the lead-up to Christmas as the beverage group forecasts a lift in profit and revenue for 2012.

Coalition governments are happier to contract out responsibility for the running of government-financed hospitals like Peel because they believe it represents better value for taxpayers.

Australian stocks have continued to rise after closing at a new high for 2012 yesterday, led by gains by mining companies.

The state’s regulated taxi system could prove a lot easier to unwind than Victoria’s entrenched sector.

The herd mentality means we could be seeing more ‘all-business’ conglomerates.

Common sense is often forgotten when the topics of Chinese investment and farming get discussed.

Are Australian journalists too chummy with politicians to go hard at the big stories?

BHP Billiton has extricated itself from the contentious Browse gas project, agreeing to sell its interest to PetroChina in the third major ownership change the project has seen this year.

The Australian dollar has rallied to its highest level in almost three months after a surprise rebound in German investor confidence lifted global markets.

US stocks finished solidly higher on Tuesday, with gains in Apple, Google and Intel boosting the tech-rich Nasdaq.

AFTER years volunteering for long-running children’s charity Uni Camp for Kids during her time at the University of Western Australia, Roxy Pope said a conversation with a parent involved in the ch

AS the successful ‘Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters’ closes, the Art Gallery of Western Australia’s MoMA Series will next year bring the second exhibition from New York’s Museum of Modern

THE state government has donated $20,000 to the St Vincent de Paul Society as part of its Christmas Appeal.

ZIG Ziglar, the iconic motivational speaker of our time, passed away November 28 2012. In his honour, I am updating an article I wrote in 1992 after meeting him for the first, time.

CHRISTMAS is a favourite time of the year for many, business owners included.

THE Coolbellup Hotel is set to become the latest local watering hole consigned to the history books, with the owners of the pub planning to construct a $40 million apartments project in its place.

THE total value of major shopping centre upgrades either under way or announced in Perth this year has reached nearly $1 billion.

Western Australia has an abundance of gas and explorers are looking for more, both offshore and onshore, but there are questions over how much growth the industry can sustain.

THE number of job-ready New Zealanders heading to Australia jumped this year, with many of them bound for Western Australia.

After a 10-year absence, Matthew Lance returns to Perth with a new dining experience.

EMERGING mining services company Scanalyse is following the lead of established players like Ausdrill, Lycopodium and Forge by expanding to Africa.

THE State Administrative Tribunal has ruled that being convicted of breaching the Fair Trading Act and being charged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission is not sufficient reason

TOWNS in Western Australia’s south will be revitalised following the WA Planning Commission’s endorsement of growth plans for nine “SuperTowns”.

ST JOHN of God Health Care is making its move on the Peel region, signalling its desire to take over the troubled Peel Health Campus if the state government puts the hospital to tender.

Cape Lambert Resources has agreed to pay the Australian Taxation Office $33 million as a provisional settlement for a dispute over $96 million in back taxes and penalties.

Australians are increasingly using their mobile devices to shop in the lead up to Christmas, PayPal data shows.

Engineering contractor Clough has extended its $200 million finance facility with a consortium of banks for a further three years.

The Australian dollar is slightly higher, despite a survey showing weak business confidence, and ahead of a meeting of the US central bank.

Sirius Resources has raised $44 million to advance drilling programmes and project studies at its Nova copper-nickel discovery near Norseman.

Development giant Mirvac has advanced its plans for the Karratha town centre, saying it will submit its development application with the Shire of Roebourne before Christmas.

Woodside managing director Peter Coleman has called for a broader debate on productivity issues, saying there has been too much focus on blue collar wage rates and not enough on costs the gas indus